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Lawyers in Chadbourne’s corporate practice represent domestic and international clients in connection with a broad range of business transactions throughout the world, including: mergers and acquisitions, capital markets offerings, bank and other financings, private funds formation and transactional work, securities compliance, corporate governance and general corporate activities.

Our practice is global in focus. Approximately one-third of our corporate lawyers are bilingual or multilingual. Many are licensed to practice in more than one jurisdiction.

We offer our clients expertise in every major industry, with particular depth in aerospace and defense, consumer products, energy, insurance and reinsurance, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and communications and technology.

To learn more about Chadbourne"s experience and capabilities in each of these areas, see the related practice pages linked below.

 

Chadbourne"s litigation department has earned a national reputation for excellence in complex high-stakes, high-profile business disputes. Our attorneys have extensive experience in a broad range of disciplines including products liability, commercial litigation, accountants" liability, securities litigation and regulatory enforcement, corporate governance, special investigations, environmental litigation, trusts and estates, insurance and reinsurance, and intellectual property.

Our practice comprises skilled trial lawyers who regularly try and win cases in state and federal courts throughout the United States and abroad. We also understand that disputes are often best resolved outside the courtroom, and we provide advice and devise action plans and policies that help clients avoid enmeshment in costly litigation in the first place. Thus, we make use of tools such as arbitration, mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.

Complex litigation problems today sometimes take the form of not just a single proceeding, but numerous related cases going forward simultaneously, and our litigators are skilled in managing complex, multi-jurisdictional litigation around the globe. We have the resources and knowledge to handle major litigation of large dimensions on a long-term basis; yet we also have the flexibility to handle smaller cases in a cost-effective manner.

Our department’s ability to provide strategic business counsel for our clients has earned recognition in leading directories, including:

• Chambers Global - The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business
• Chambers USA - America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
• Benchmark Litigation
• Practical Law Company"s Dispute Resolution Handbook
• Who’s Who Legal - The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers
• New York Super Lawyers

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Chadbourne’s real estate attorneys handle financings, acquisitions and sales, leasing, construction and development, joint ventures, bankruptcy and loan-workout matters.

Our clients include banks and other financial institutions, owners and operators, developers, retailers, private investors, pension funds, public and private real estate investment trusts (REITs) and governmental agencies. We have worked on transactions involving a wide variety of real property: office buildings, industrial buildings, power plants, hotels, theaters, shopping centers, senior and assisted living facilities, multi-family housing and vacant land. Our practice is both domestic and international in scope.

 

Chadbourne has a long history of working for the energy sector and is a recognized name in the business. Over 100 Chadbourne attorneys work on energy related matters, 60 of them exclusively. Through our 12 worldwide offices, we are well positioned to meet clients’ needs wherever they operate; indeed, the firm has represented clients in energy transactions in more than 80 countries on six continents.

Chadbourne was integrally involved in the creation of the independent power industry in the United States in the late 1970"s and early 1980"s. It was instrumental in opening doors for independent generators in more than 20 U.S. states and acted as counsel in a seminal case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Since then, it has worked on many cutting-edge transactions. The firm has also played a pioneering role in privatizations of the electricity industry and privately financed infrastructure projects throughout Latin America, Russia and the former Soviet bloc countries, central Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

The firm"s international energy practice has a major presence in renewable areas such as wind, solar, geothermal, biomass and biofuels, with substantial experience in traditional oil and gas industries, electric and gas utilities, natural gas pipelines and LNG. Our energy clients include independent power producers, utilities, financial institutions and energy consumers. We can advise clients on every aspect of an energy project, such as regulation, financing, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, workouts and revenue securitizations.

Moreover, we have experience with emerging energy technologies. Our experience with clients in solar, wind, ethanol, biodiesel, ocean energy, fuel cells and other technologies gives us the understanding needed to meet the needs of nascent energy providers. This broad knowledge of our energy lawyers is a key part of Chadbourne’s new climate change practice, which will help clients address the business and legal aspects of global warming.

Our attorneys frequently speak at industry conferences, providing our perspective on energy issues. We also publish the highly regarded Project Finance NewsWire and host a conference, now in its 19th year, by invitation only, for leaders in the independent power industry.

 

Our capital markets lawyers regularly advise issuers, underwriters, placement agents and initial purchasers in public and private U.S. and global offerings of securities, including SEC registered offerings of equity and debt, Rule 144A and Regulation D private placements and Regulation S offerings exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933.

These transactions range from IPOs by start-up companies to registered shelf offerings and private placements of debt and equity securities by Fortune 500 issuers. These registered, qualified purchaser and otherwise exempt offerings encompass offerings of debt securities (including convertible debt, high-yield debt, medium-term notes and tax-exempt securities), common and preferred stock, warrants, and securities issued in connection with asset securitization and monetization transactions. We also represent issuers in the establishment of commercial paper programs, including 3(a)(3) and 4(2) programs, and employee stock option and other equity compensation plans.

We have extensive securities law expertise in connection with merger and acquisition transactions, spin-offs, tender offers, exchange offers and proxy and consent solicitations.

Team

Our capital markets team consists of more than 70 attorneys worldwide with substantial experience and expertise in capital markets and securities transactions, many of whom are also active in our corporate governance and securities compliance practices. We work closely with lawyers from Chadbourne’s other practice groups, bringing together those with the necessary industry and product expertise to provide our clients with an efficient and creative team able to provide the right strategic support and advice for virtually any transaction in the capital markets.

Clients

Our lawyers represent the key players in public and private securities offerings, including underwriters, placement agents, initial purchasers and issuers. Attorneys in our capital markets practice have represented, as underwriters’ counsel, most of the major investment banking firms. We also regularly represent well-known seasoned issuers and others in connection with their registered and exempt offerings.

Industry Expertise

We offer our capital markets clients in-depth understanding and expertise in every major industry, with particular depth in aerospace and defense, automotive, communications, media and technology, consumer products, energy, food and beverage, insurance and reinsurance, manufacturing, mining, pharmaceuticals and transportation.

Geographic Scope

Our capital markets practice is global, with both domestic and cross-border securities transactional experience. Our clients benefit from the global reach of the Firm"s network of over 450 attorneys in our offices around the world, including New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Mexico City, London, Moscow, Warsaw, Kyiv and Dubai.

We have a long history of representation in emerging markets offerings. Our capital markets lawyers work closely with carefully selected local law firms in jurisdictions where we do not have offices in connection with international capital markets offerings. For example, we serve as U.S. counsel to Latin American issuers and underwriters of Latin American offerings. We have represented issuers or underwriters in various offerings originating in Latin America, including issuers in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela. We also have active representation of issuers in Turkey and the Middle East.

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Chadbourne & Parke LLP’s bankruptcy and financial restructuring group has an impressive record of achieving successful outcomes for its clients in Chapter 11 cases and corporate restructurings both in the United States and abroad. We are active in all areas of business restructurings and insolvencies, in matters ranging from the largest multinational mega-cases to significant regional businesses. Our group was recently recognized as one of the leading firms in the bankruptcy/ restructuring area in Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2012), noting that the firm is “a highly respected player in the bankruptcy market, with a team that brings specific expertise in international and cross-border restructurings."

Our practice includes:

• Representation of ad hoc and official creditors’ committees in large and complex Chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings. Major committee representations includeTribune Company, Spiegel, Inc./Eddie Bauer Inc., ACA Financial Guaranty,and Parmalat USA Corp.
• Representing U.S. and non-U.S. banks, investment banks, insurance companies, bondholders and other creditors in dealing with their exposures to financially troubled companies, including leading roles in the Xerium, TOUSA, Capmark, Chrysler, Lehman Brothers, Enron, Refco and Mirant Chapter 11 cases.
• Representation of leading financial institutions such as Citigroup, Credit Suisse and The Royal Bank of Scotland, as agents for lender groups, in large, often multinational, restructurings and Chapter 11 cases.
• A central role in the restructuring of the insurance monoline industry, including ACA Financial Guaranty, Ambac, MBIA, and BluePoint. Chambers USA (2011 ) noted that the firm is "praised as a major player in the monoline sector."
• Playing a leading role in many of the most significant cases brought under provisions of the Bankruptcy Code governing U.S. proceedings ancillary to foreign administration and liquidation cases. For example, we represented the receiver appointed in the Russian bankruptcy of Yukos Oil, and commenced a Chapter 15 in the United States on his behalf.

Our bankruptcy and financial restructuring lawyers have extensive experience in corporate finance, structured finance, leveraged lease transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and in litigation and appellate practice. Members of Chadbourne’s project finance, corporate finance, tax and litigation groups regularly join our restructuring teams so that we can draw effectively upon the combined resources of our lawyers located around the globe. Our clients have come to rely upon our resourcefulness and poise in the face of overwhelming complexity, and they often engage us for their most challenging matters. As noted in Chambers USA, our lawyers "do not believe in posturing, but rather strive to arrive at solutions."

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