Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Akin Gump is a global law firm with more than 900 lawyers and advisors who pride themselves on dedication to their clients and their communities. With 18 offices worldwide, we are renowned for numerous market-leading practices; our strengths in complex transactions and restructurings, high-stakes litigation, and public policy and regulatory matters; and our unyielding pro bono commitment.

Our financial restructuring practice, with over 100 dedicated restructuring lawyers worldwide, is broadly recognized as one of the world's leading restructuring and special situations groups. Akin Gump has a long track record of advising official and informal creditors' committees, companies and investors in formal and out-of-court restructurings, financings and special situations. It has played leading roles in some of the most complex and groundbreaking matters, including Aeroméxico, Avaya, Chesapeake Energy, Frontier Communications, GTT, iHeartMedia, Intelsat, Mallinckrodt, Noble, PG&E, Purdue Pharma, Seadrill, Sears, SunEdison, Washington Mutual and Weatherford International.

We partner with clients from both established industries and cutting-edge markets to deliver creative solutions to business-critical issues, helping them seize opportunities and anticipate challenges. Driven by our forward-thinking leadership, we have built a strong culture of innovation and collaboration as well as a talented and diverse workforce committed to the success of our clients and each other. We are intentional about fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees are supported and given the tools to succeed. We are focused on recruiting and nurturing the next generation of exceptional legal talent and are proud that our recruitment and professional development efforts are recognized as among the best in the industry.

Baker McKenzie

Baker McKenzie is a transactional powerhouse with unmatched private equity focus and expertise. We work with some of the world’s largest financial sponsors on acquisitions, exits and portfolio company needs. We help structure deals to minimise risk and ensure that clients achieve their goals.

With over 300 private equity lawyers, we have more experts in more markets than any other private equity practice and work seamlessly across borders to deliver innovative advice wherever it may be. Seamless, global operation is part of our DNA.

Our full service firm and breadth of practices enables us to address all aspects of the transaction, bringing specialists that are best in class in their fields.

The combination of our deep sector local expertise, and our ability to work seamlessly across each of the countries and specialisations means we can add unique value in shaping, negotiating and closing the deal. We are a true partner in the investment process, from initial investment to exit, that can help structure financing, incentivise management, create value in the portfolio company and execute a successful exit.

The results speak for themselves - we lead and close complex deals - every day.

Cuatrecasas

Cuatrecasas offers innovative and practical solutions for complex M&A deals and transactions. With extensive commercial experience and industry awareness, its team provides business-oriented advice. The firm works regularly for many of the largest domestic and international companies.

Involved in many of the market’s headline-making M&A deals and prized for its quality skills and standards, its Corporate Practice has more than 300 lawyers with broad expertise in all types of M&A and private equity transactions. This team stands out for its experience in crossborder advice.

Year after year, Cuatrecasas is one of the law firms with the largest market share for advised M&A deals, advising on large transactions in different markets.

Cuatrecasas is a law firm present in 13 countries that advises on all areas of business law through a multidisciplinary, diverse and highly qualified team of more than 1,200 lawyers. The firm has a sectoral approach and focus on all types of business, with extensive knowledge and experience in the most sophisticated advice, covering ongoing and transactional matters.

Proskauer

We are 725+ lawyers serving clients from offices located in the leading financial and business centers in the Americas, Europe and Asia. The world’s leading organizations, companies and corporations choose us to be their representatives in their most critical situations. Moreover, they consider Proskauer a strategic partner to drive their business forward. We work with asset managers, private equity and venture capital firms, Fortune 500 companies, major sports leagues, entertainment industry legends and other industry-redefining companies.

Ropes & Gray

When clients come to Ropes & Gray, they find a global team of 1,400 professionals, whose top-notch skills, varied backgrounds and unique perspectives can help them meet high-stakes challenges, solve complex problems and reach their goals. An international presence, the firm has offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, London, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul.

Many of the world’s most respected companies and institutions are longtime clients. We also serve many organizations (and investors and individuals) at all stages of the business life cycle, from start-ups to establishment as industry leaders. They come back to us year after year to handle their most important matters. They do so, they say, because we understand their businesses, we are easy to work with and we get results. 

The firm is built on a foundation of delivering a premier, value-added service at a reasonable cost. Because our clients have unique business needs, including in some cases a preference to work on the basis of alternative fee arrangements, we are flexible and creative in designing custom-tailored pricing plans where appropriate.

Ropes & Gray has always focused on providing clients with the highest quality advice on their most critical legal and business needs. We’re a thoroughly contemporary firm that can bring 150 years of legal and institutional history to bear on the challenges clients face in today’s global, networked, 24/7 environment. Our collaborative approach means that our clients have ready access to leading corporate, litigation, transactional and regulatory lawyers whose knowledge and experience span industries and geographies.