Representative Transactions

Mergers, Acquisitions, and Sales

Represented the purchaser, an NYSE-listed public company, in its $780 million acquisition of the stock of a publicly-held broker-dealer holding company.
Represented the purchaser, a privately-held insurance company subsidiary of an NYSE-listed public company, in its $320 million acquisition of the stock of a regional insurance company.
Represented the seller, a privately-held broker-dealer subsidiary of an NYSE-listed public company, in its $265 million sale of the assets of its equity capital markets business.
Represented the purchaser, a privately-held subsidiary of an NYSE-listed public company, in its $240 million acquisition of the stock of a holding company that controlled the investment advisers to several registered fund families.
Represented the purchaser, an NYSE-listed public company, in its $150 million acquisition of the stock of an equity capital markets-focused broker-dealer.
Represented the purchaser, a privately-held broker-dealer subsidiary of an NYSE-listed public company, in its $125 million acquisition of the stock of a fixed income capital markets-focused broker-dealer and investment adviser.
Represented the purchaser, a privately-held broker-dealer subsidiary of an NYSE-listed public company, in its $75 million acquisition of the assets of a municipal finance-focused broker-dealer.
Represented the seller, a privately-held broker-dealer subsidiary of an NYSE-listed public company, in its $62 million sale of its institutional fixed income business unit.
Represented the purchaser, a privately-held broker-dealer subsidiary of an NYSE-listed public company, in its $54 million acquisition of the assets of a fixed income-focused broker-dealer.
Represented the seller, a privately-held insurance company subsidiary of an NYSE-listed public company, in its $40 million sale of its insurance administration unit.

Joint Ventures / Strategic Investments / Other Transactions

Represented the non-government investor in a $100 million investment in an oil development project in Trinidad, including in relation to the negotiation of the joint venture agreement, subsequent documentation of capital raising activities to fund the joint venture entity, and the negotiation of turnkey drilling / extraction, joint operating, oil mining leases, and other agreements with state oil and gas agency.
Represented one of two non-government investors in a $90 million investment in an oil development project in India undertaken with a state oil and gas agency, including in relation to the negotiation and documentation of co-investment, turnkey drilling, joint operating, and other agreements with state oil and gas agency.
Represented the investor, a privately-held broker-dealer subsidiary of an NYSE-listed public company, in a $175 million securities trading joint venture with a money-center bank.
Represented the U.S. party in a strategic alliance with a large U.K.-based investment bank to develop an EU-based capital markets business.
Represented the investor, a privately-held broker-dealer subsidiary of a NYSE-listed public company, in a $40 million investment in an Israeli investment bank.
Represented the investor in its purchase of $50 million in convertible preferred stock in a U.K.-based technology company.
Represented the investor in its $125 million acquisition of interests in and development of oil and gas working properties in Texas and Oklahoma; subsequently represented the investor in investments and co-investments in working properties, including in relation to negotiation and documentation of profits participation, operating, and other agreements.
Represented an investor in a $50 million joint venture to develop multiple-unit residential real property assets in the southwestern U.S., including in relation to the joint venture agreement, agreements to purchase real property, and various loan and loan guaranty documentation.
Represented the investment adviser to multiple registered fund families in the re-structuring, re-chartering, and integration transactions undertaken to form a single fund complex with a single board and a unified brand.

Financings

Represented multiple private funds and commodity pools in relation to initial fund-raising transactions totaling more than $5 billion
Represented numerous private fund advisers, commodity pool operators, and commodity trading advisors in initial, follow-on, and other financing transactions
Represented the non-U.S. guarantors in a €632 million cross-border financing facility with a borrower and multiple money-center banks (transaction parties were in six separate jurisdictions).
Represented the borrower, a privately-held broker-dealer subsidiary of an NYSE-listed public company, in several $200 million-plus syndicated loan transactions.
Represented the issuer, an NYSE-listed public company, in its shelf registration with the SEC.
Represented the borrower, a privately-held broker-dealer subsidiary of an NYSE-listed public company, in multiple $100 million-plus revolving and other credit transactions.
Represented the borrower, a privately-held broker-dealer subsidiary of an NYSE-listed public company, in an $80 million regulatory subordinated debt loan transaction.