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White & Case is one of the world’s leading law firms in the area of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), distinguished by our experience and focus on both strategic and private equity transactions, specific industries and cross-border transactions.

With a global M&A team spanning 26 countries, we are one of the few law firms with the global capacity and experience to provide assistance to clients on worldwide M&A transactions.

We are well-versed in the markets in which our clients operate, allowing us to maintain a commercial approach that optimizes efficiency, reduces costs and enhances effective deal execution. Our global presence and critical mass of lawyers in each location ensures local legal advice at standards essential for such transactions, as well as the economies that result from experienced, coordinated transaction management.

 

White & Case has a market-leading, Global Banking Practice that focuses on advising banks, sponsors and corporations in connection.

We distinguish ourselves in this area by our ability to handle the most complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions. With established teams in all the major financial markets globally, including New York, London, Frankfurt, Paris, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore, and in many regional financial centers as well, few firms, if any, can match our international reach, depth of local resources, seamless integration across offices and ability to provide US, English and local law advice. We have strong regional finance practice groups focusing on various areas, including Latin America, Scandinavia, CEE, the Middle East and Asia. Our clients also benefit from our corresponding and integrated Global Capital Markets Practice, which enables us to assist them with bank/bond/equity financings.

Acquisition finance lies at the heart of our Global Banking Practice. White & Case routinely advises on the biggest headline deals, and our lawyers have played major roles in many of the groundbreaking leveraged finance transactions seen over the years, going back as far as the buyout of RJR Nabisco by KKR in the late 1980s.

Our team comprises more than 230 lawyers in offices worldwide. The international strength of our Global Banking Practice is reflected in the fact that White & Case is not only recognized for its banking work in Chambers Global 2012 (one of the series of respected guides to the legal profession), but also in more than a dozen Chambers individual market and regional rankings, including rankings for New York, Latin America, London, Frankfurt, Paris and Asia.

As well as serving the needs of many of the largest banks in the United States, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, we also have a significant practice advising sponsors and corporate borrowers.

The ability to raise funds necessary for growth is critical to virtually every company. For decades, the global capital markets team at White & Case has been dedicated to structuring transactions that allow companies to realize their objectives.

Our global team works closely across the regions, where our "on the ground" knowledge of local markets and the political, regulatory and economic environments in which our clients operate, gives us an unrivalled familiarity with the intricate legal issues specific to those markets.

We advise on the full range of debt and equity transactions and have achieved a leading reputation for advising on "firsts" to market in difficult legal environments.

Practice Highlights
Our global capital markets/securities practice includes lawyers in the world’s key financial centers including New York, London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo. 

Full Range of Services 
Groundbreaking and cutting-edge deals, as well as an impressive client portfolio, have all contributed to a reputation as a leading international capital markets practice. Global investment banks, sovereign clients and issuers regularly call on our experience to support them in complex cross-border transactions.

The strength of the practice can be seen in both the size of our worldwide team and the variety of deals we complete. Our experience spans a broad range of products, including initial public offerings, domestic and international offerings, private placements, structured credit products, convertible bonds, debt programs, high yield and sovereign bond issuances.

Delivering the Full Service Your Transaction Demands
As the capital markets evolve, more and more deal structures require experience and capabilities in multiple areas of law. Working with other practices within White & Case, we bring the necessary knowledge (whether it be tax, environmental, intellectual property or project structures) to complete the most complex transactions. Using these resources, our lawyers are committed to delivering the highest quality legal services in the most efficient manner possible.

Guiding You Through Ongoing Issues
Given today"s complex regulatory environment, companies must focus an increasing amount of attention on issues related to corporate governance and ongoing reporting requirements. Our global presence puts us at a unique advantage of understanding the obligations in various jurisdictions, and allows us to provide you with the comprehensive advice critical to guiding you through the maze of regulations that you may face.

Clients benefit from deep technical expertise, global reach and in-depth local knowledge of our Global Tax Practice. More than 100 White & Case tax lawyers and advisors are strategically located in financial centers and government capitals worldwide to provide timely, effective advice on evolving tax law and policies. We team with multi-disciplinary White & Case practices to seamlessly generate solutions to our clients" domestic and global tax challenges. The depth of our experience brings insight and sensitivity to client concerns and time constraints, which underscores the results-oriented approach of our Global Tax Practice.

Innovative, Value-Driven Advice
Our client focus has helped us nurture a wide array of business relationships for more than a century. Known for our balanced perspective, we add value to our relationships through our innovative, practical approaches to minimize tax liabilities on issues ranging from mergers and acquisitions, financings and investment fund transactions to complex tax planning. Many of these transactions cross borders, and some of the more notable matters are truly global in scope. In addition to advising clients on stand-alone transactions, we serve as litigation counsel before tax authorities in multiple jurisdictions and as primary tax advisors to middle-market businesses and multinationals alike.

White & Case was one of the first full-service firms to develop an intellectual property practice. Today, our lawyers represent clients in their most challenging and complex intellectual property matters. Supported by White & Case"s offices around the world, our knowledge, like our clients" interests, transcends geographic boundaries. All our clients have access to the capabilities of our Firm"s lawyers, wherever they are based.

We prosecute and litigate complex IP matters around the world, assisting clients in protecting their intellectual property rights from infringement, counterfeiting, misappropriation and unfair competition.

Often, IP issues do not arise in a vacuum—they transcend other practice areas such as Antitrust, M&A and Privacy. Our lawyers are adept at handling these types of complex, cross-practice matters and they bring a proven track record of success to their clients" matters.

Today, more people than ever before are covered by executive compensation and employee benefits plans and agreements, which have become vital tools to attract and retain top talent.  In order to get the most from these arrangements, companies and top executives turn to us. We provide guidance on the entire spectrum of executive compensation and employee benefit concerns.

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Designing the Best Employee Benefit Plan for You
We help businesses create employee benefit plans that comply with the complex and rapidly changing rules of tax, pension, employment, and securities laws. We help craft these plans so that they provide maximum flexibility and tax-favored benefits to employees, while also imposing the lowest after-tax cost on plan sponsors. After plans are in place, we continue to offer ways to update plans to take full advantage of changes in the legal environment.

Protecting Plan Fiduciaries
Benefit plan trustees, fiduciaries and service providers need to tread carefully, because of potential prohibited transactions, investment requirements and other fiduciary responsibilities. For decades, we’ve carefully guided fiduciaries, helping them to remain in compliance with evolving laws.

Compensating Top Executives
We help both executives and companies structure incentive and compensation packages that keep key employees satisfied and motivated. Our guidance covers the full array of compensation arrangements, including employment, severance and change-in-control agreements; and stock option, equity and other incentive compensation plans. Golden parachutes and compensation in excess of $1 million create special complications. We provide the knowledge to deal with these concerns.

Capitalizing on Benefit Plans for M&A Deals
Employee benefit plans are playing an increasingly important role in M&A deals. These plans are used in financings, takeover defenses and a variety of other ways. As a result, buyers, sellers, lenders and plan fiduciaries all are interested in using these plans to their best advantage – and we show them how, without violating governing laws and rules.

Resolving Complex, Interrelated Issues
Employee benefit matters are often intertwined with other legal issues. To deliver the best solutions, we marshal the talents of our litigation, securities, banking, employment, and corporate law colleagues – as well as draw on the talents of experienced lawyers working in our offices around the world. As a result, we’re the first choice for many top executives and companies seeking help with complex, global benefit, and compensation challenges.