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Hunton & Williams
30 St Mary Axe
London EC3A 8EP
Managing Partner:Martin ThomasEstablished: 1999
Major practice areas include:
Banking and Finance, Capital Markets; Carbon, Energy Trading; Energy and Natural Resources; Regulatory; Environmental and Planning; Labour and Employment; Mergers and Acquisitions; Outsourcing; Privacy and Information Management; Project Finance; Real Estate and Property Finance; Restructuring; and Tax.
Significant experience: The office offers legal services under both English and US law and regularly advises on both UK and cross-border transactions.
CORPORATE
Banking and Finance
We act for banks, other financial institutions, borrowers and investors in a wide range of financing transactions including syndicated and bi-lateral lending, acquisition financing, distressed debt trading and portfolio purchases, derivatives transactions and structuring, project finance, real estate financing and structured financing.
Contact: Roger Dyer
Capital Markets
We have substantial experience in London, other European and US capital markets. Our lawyers' experience includes representation of issuers, sponsors and underwriters in IPOs and secondary offerings, in both the debt and equity securities markets. We have a particularly strong practice advising companies, nominated advisers and brokers in relation to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. We are able to offer advice on both English and American securities laws from our London office.
Contacts: Martin Thomas; Paul Tetlow; Raúl Grable; Charles Ashton; Dearbhla Quigley
Mergers & Acquisitions
The London M&A team has broad and extensive experience in structuring and advising on all aspects of UK and international M&A transactions. The team has represented international financial institutions and UK and international public and private companies in transactions in the UK, Europe, Central and South East Asia, Africa, the United States and South America. Our M&A experience includes advising on hostile and friendly public company takeovers; private company and business acquisitions and disposals; leveraged buyouts; corporate spin-offs; holding company formations; corporate auctions; privatisations and strategic joint ventures.
Contacts: Charles Ashton; Martin Thomas; Paul Tetlow; Dearbhla Quigley; Raúl Grable
ENERGY
Our energy practice covers corporate mergers, acquisitions, corporate restructurings, debt and equity finance, energy trading and regulatory work. We act for a broad range of clients including major energy corporates, investment banks, governmental and other state organisations and NGOs throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Carbon
The London carbon practice is considered a 'leader in its field' (cited by Chambers and Partners 2009), our lawyers having developed a significant amount of experience in this relatively new area of legal practice. We advise a diverse and prestigious range of clients, including energy producers, carbon finance and trading entities, originators, aggregators, buyers, brokers and traders, along with investment banks and government bodies in the UK and globally. Our carbon practice covers the integrated areas of carbon projects (notably CDM and JI), carbon funds and structured finance, primary and secondary trading, regulatory compliance and policy monitoring. The team also has experience in relation to carbon capture and storage projects and regulation.
Energy Trading
The team has extensive experience in negotiating and documenting energy trading transactions and regularly deals with standard form energy trading documents (ISDA, GTMA, NBP, EFET etc), structured bespoke products, renewables and derivatives. In addition we have experience with the most up-to-date credit support techniques and products.
Renewables
Experience of acting in the renewable energy sector is present throughout all of the legal disciplines in our London office and our renewable energy team has the resources and experience to assist in the implementation of renewable energy projects in the UK and beyond. Our team consists of dedicated lawyers with experience in key areas such as project finance, international banking, energy, natural resources regulation and tax. Our lawyers regularly advise on the development, financing, construction and operation of onshore and offshore projects in every renewable energy sector, acting for developers, banks, investors, contractors, suppliers and offtakers. An important part of our renewable energy practice is our experience in the generation, regulation and trading of all types of "green" credits, these credits providing an important source of income for renewable energy projects.
Project Finance
Our project finance team in London advises clients on the structured financing of projects in all energy and infrastructure sectors, in the UK, Europe and world-wide. The team's experience includes projects representing a full spectrum of both size and value and we advise all participants in the project finance chain, from developers, project sponsors and project companies, to banks, mezzanine financiers, multi-laterals and public sector entities. The project finance team is comprised of lawyers from disciplines across the London office, ensuring that each individual project (or portfolio of projects) is serviced with the specific capabilities that it requires so as to add value to both the client and the project(s) concerned.
Contacts: John Deacon; Matthew Williams; Raúl Grable; Ferdinand Calice; Elisabeth Blunsdon; Anju Sanehi
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY, OUTSOURCING AND PRIVACY
Global Technology and Outsourcing
The technology and outsourcing team is recognised internationally (source: Computerworld, Black Book of Outsourcing) as being at the forefront of the legal market for advising upon a variety of outsourcing and managed services arrangements. Technology and outsourcing are the primary means by which sophisticated companies will benefit from today's globally networked marketplace for goods, services and resources. Our global technology and outsourcing practice group combines market-leading depth and breadth of experience with a worldwide platform. In any given year, we work on multiple domestic, global, offshore and multi-shore sourcing and technology transactions with total contract value in the millions of pounds.
Privacy and Information Management
Information can be a powerful asset or a legal liability. The team in the Privacy and Information Management practice helps companies manage data at every step of the information lifecycle. Our London practice team focuses on developing enterprise-wide information management programs. Our skills enable clients to comply with privacy and data protection laws in a practical yet proactive way.
Contacts: Bridget Treacy; Peter Brudenall
OTHER PRACTICE AREAS
Labour and Employment
The team focuses on full employment law services provided in terms of litigation, corporate support, human rights and tax. Particular experience in relation to TUPE, Post Termination Restrictions and Confidential Information, Discrimination, ADR and industrial action. We focus on the following industry sectors: construction, energy, technology and outsourcing, capital markets, natural resources, media and communications, recruitment and financial services.
Contact: Ruth Harvey
Real Estate and Property Finance
The team concentrates on acting for institutional investors and property companies in the acquisition, disposal and management of investment properties, as well as acting for banks and other financial institutions in property finance transactions and acting for developers in property developments. They are also experienced in the property aspects of acquisitions, divestitures and project and infrastructure development as well as public and private sector initiatives within commercial property.
Contact: Thelma Marshall
Regulatory, Planning and Environmental
The regulatory, environmental and land-use planning team assist clients with European interests. The team focuses on energy projects, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, waste and water law, contaminated land and the environmental aspects of corporate activities. The team is experienced in advising on environmental permitting and compliance issues, energy specific regulation and land use planning issues.
Contact: Anju Sanehi
Restructuring and Insolvency
The team has extensive experience on providing comprehensive, innovative and practical advice to both creditors and debtors on all aspects of formal and informal procedures in a wide range of sectors, which include: debt for equity swaps; administrations and Company Voluntary Arrangements; receiverships; liquidations; advice in relation to wrongful and fraudulent trading; solvent and insolvent re-restructurings and cross-border insolvency issues. We have particular experience in the restructuring of SIVs.
Contact: Roger Dyer
Tax
Hunton & Williams' UK tax practice has wide experience in international transaction structuring, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and market listings. This experience is especially strong in the cross border context in Europe and the United States. We also have substantial knowledge in funds, private equity and management incentives. We are able to offer advice on both English and US tax laws and seamlessly implement complex international structures on a cost effective basis.
Contact: Leigh Lisk
