Expertise
The firm advises on the structures that decide who controls a company, the contracts that run it, and the financings that fund it, all with the same question in mind: will this hold up when it’s tested?
Formation, ownership, and the shareholder and partnership arrangements that decide who controls a company and how. Counsel through M&A, reorganizations, and the day-to-day decisions that keep the corporate record clean and defensible.
How boards decide, how decisions get recorded, and how authority actually flows: director duties, board and committee mandates, minute books, and the approval frameworks that keep decisions defensible when they're examined later. Governance built for scrutiny, whether from a regulator, an acquirer's diligence team, or a courtroom.
Public and private securities offerings, continuous disclosure, and regulatory compliance, for issuers raising capital and the dealers and investment banks who underwrite them. Prospectuses, exemptions, and the ongoing obligations that follow a listing.
The contracts that run a business (supply, services, distribution, and licensing), drafted so the commercial terms actually allocate risk the way the parties intend. Clear documents that hold up when a relationship is tested.
Loans and credit agreements across the lending spectrum (bilateral and syndicated facilities, secured and unsecured), acting for both borrowers and lenders. Counsel on the security package, the covenants that will actually be lived with, and the regulatory perimeter that banks, dealers, and fintech businesses operate within.
Securitization and structured products across asset classes, acting for issuers, underwriters, and investment banks. Transactions engineered so the cash flows, the security, and the flow of funds all perform through the full life of the deal, not just at closing.
Advisory on disputes, litigation risk, and regulatory scrutiny, rather than conducting the proceedings. Analyzing how a deal or document will hold up if challenged, weighing exposure, shaping strategy and settlement positions, and guiding clients through regulatory inquiries, examinations, and enforcement risk, in coordination with the litigation counsel who run the matter.