A Rare Depth Of Experience At The Highest Levels Of Business And Finance

Selected Experience Related To The United States

Our Managing Partner acted as Treasury counsel with responsibility for all global treasury activities of a $120 billion subsidiary of a Fortune 25 company for over a dozen years with respect to virtually all of its capital markets and structured finance activities around the world. Part of the on-the-ground team that acquired the business that became the company’s London and ultimately European operations. Member of the leadership team that built and put into place the first funding facilities for the new European treasury group and set up its operations.

COUNSEL SERVICES, FINANCIAL SERVICES, TREASURY, U.S., EUROPE, SOUTH AMERICA, SECURITIES OFFERINGS, ABS, STRUCTURED FINANCE, INTERNATIONAL, REGULATORY, CAPITAL MARKETS


As counsel to domestic and global agribusiness conglomerates and middle-market companies, European and U.S. money center banks, and sector focused funds, several billion dollars of transactions, projects and financings across the agriculture sector.

BANKS, FUNDS, PROJECT FINANCE, U.S., EUROPE, ASIA, AGRICULTURE, INTERNATIONAL, REGULATORY, SECURITIES OFFERINGS, CAPITAL MARKETS


Asia general counsel for a Fortune 500 technology and defense company.

COUNSEL SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY, U.S., ASIA, INTERNATIONAL, CAPITAL MARKETS


Assisted leading medical research institution and related entities in connection with their efforts to commercialize intellectual properties.

HEALTHCARE, COMMERCIALIZATION, M&A, INTERNATIONAL, REGULATORY, SECURITIES OFFERINGS, TECHNOLOGY, U.S., SOCIAL IMPACT, CAPITAL MARKETS


As Senior Administrative Officer, Minnesota Department of Commerce, one of our lawyers directed healthcare reform efforts for the Governor’s Health Cabinet on methods to reduce annual state healthcare costs of $40 billion through administrative uniformity and simplification, attaining primary consensus among healthcare industry leaders (representing healthcare providers and payers) on standardized, electronic medical billing to reduce costs and end over 14 years of piecemeal agreement, resulting in an annual estimated reduction in costs of $56 million.

GOVERNMENT, REGULATORY, HEALTHCARE, TECHNOLOGY, U.S., CAPITAL MARKETS


General Counsel for a company in the direct investment and asset management business with operations in U.S., Asia and Europe. Responsible for global legal strategy and execution for all domestic and international investments, transactions and operations of the firm, including regulatory matters. The firm owns and manages a portfolio of directly-held private investments in established and growth stage companies, which include leading domestic and international brands, companies and technologies primarily in sectors such as Healthcare, AgTech, FinTech and Sports & Entertainment. Developed the company’s risk management and portfolio intake and monitoring procedures.

COUNSEL SERVICES, HEALTHCARE, SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT, FINANCIAL SERVICES, INTERNATIONAL, U.S., ASIA, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AGRICULTURE, TECHNOLOGY, REGULATORY, CAPITAL MARKETS


On behalf of several prominent private investment funds, the design and formation of credit opportunity and private equity funds and the structuring and execution of various transactions to acquire, finance, and leverage fund assets on the one hand and to monetize or dispose of fund assets on the other hand.

FUNDS, M&A, INTERNATIONAL, SECURITIES OFFERINGS, REGULATORY, U.S., FINANCIAL SERVICES, CAPITAL MARKETS


Multibillion dollar/euro government bailouts in the U.S. and Europe. Restructurings and workouts of financial institutions, funds, programs and complex instruments. Clients called on teams led by our Managing Partner from the inception of the capital markets crisis in July 2007. He assisted global banking institutions in the United States and Europe, issuers, sponsors of complex instruments and investment funds in maintaining, obtaining, and in some cases restructuring or otherwise working out privately and through government programs over $150 billion of liquidity.

FINANCIAL SERVICES, U.S., EUROPE, BANKS, STRUCTURED FINANCE, INTERNATIONAL, ABS, REGULATORY, CAPITAL MARKETS