C. Brophy Christensen
Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor
San Francisco, CA, 94111-3823
Phone: +1-415-984-8793
Fax: +1-415-984-8701
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Marty Dunn
1625 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC, 20006
Phone: +1-202-383-5418
Fax: +1-202-383-5414
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Gregory Ezring
Times Square Tower
7 Times Square
New York, NY, 10036
Phone: +1-212-326-2143
Fax: +1-212-326-2061
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Peter Healy
Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor
San Francisco, CA, 94111-3823
Phone: +1-415-984-8833
Fax: +1-415-984-8701
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David J. Johnson, Jr.
1999 Avenue of the Stars, 7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA, 90067
Phone: +1-310-246-6816
Fax: +1-310-246-6779
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John-Paul Motley
400 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA, 90071
Phone: +1-213-430-6100
Fax: +1-213-430-6407
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Monica Thurmond
Times Square Tower
7 Times Square
New York, NY, 10036
Phone: +1-212-326-2108
Fax: +1-212-326-2061
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Robert Plesnarski
1625 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC, 20006
Phone: +1-202-383-5149
Fax: +1-202-383-5414
LAWYERS
- Related Practices
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Apollo Management, LP
Bear, Stearns & Co.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Emdeon Corporation
Hexion Specialty Chemicals
International Game Technology
JMP Securities
Mindray Medical International
Occidental Petroleum
SanDisk Corporation
Toyota Motor Credit Corporation
ValueAct Capital
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Capital Markets
As global capital markets evolve and become increasingly interconnected, there are greater benefits—and challenges—to fund raising across borders, markets, and instruments. Maximizing return on a deal requires an understanding of the varied regulatory and compliance environments as well as rapid execution to quickly take advantage of market conditions. O’Melveny combines a worldwide reach with sophisticated knowledge of primary markets and efficient deal structuring to represent issuers and underwriters in large complicated fund-raising transactions. Our 60-plus Corporate Finance lawyers in the key financial centers of the United States, Europe, and Asia counsel on everything from early stage strategy through execution to post deal integration. Whether planning an initial public offering on a major exchange, a private placement, or a debt/equity swap, investors and businesses can count on O’Melveny to help close innovative transactions that capture the greatest market opportunities.
Key Facts
- Chambers USA (2007) says our Capital Markets group is “hindered little by geography.” In addition to having “one of California’s finest” practices, we also have a solid presence in New York, giving us nationwide penetration of the market. The guide added, “Commentators were deeply impressed by the quality and volume of instructions secured by the [F]irm.”
- Legal 500 (2007) recommends O’Melveny for acquisition finance, stating that our lawyers are “held in high regard by clients for the ‘depth of market knowledge they bring to the table’ and their ‘business-oriented approach to getting deals done.’”
- In 2007, O’Melveny represented American Capital Strategies Ltd. in the US$160 million private equity financing of Geosign Group of Companies, a deal TechCrunch described as one of the largest private equity financings for an Internet company in recent history.
- Our Corporate Finance group works closely with colleagues in the Firm’s regulatory, tax, intellectual property, and bankruptcy practices, among others, to provide comprehensive and integrated counseling.
- Our practice includes lawyers with invaluable insight into the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and regulations. Two Corporate Finance partners in our Washington, DC office formerly served with the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance: Martin Dunn as the division’s deputy director and former acting director, and Robert Plesnarski as its deputy chief counsel.
- In 2006, International Financial Law Review honored us with the “Private Equity Deal of the Year” award for our participation in the consortium bid of US$18.5 billion for BAA Plc, the world's largest airport operator.
- O’Melveny garnered Project Finance International’s “Asian Telecom Deal of the Year” in 2006 for representing eAccess Ltd., Japan's third largest Internet services provider, in multiple rounds of equity financing by subsidiary eMobile Ltd., which raised a total of US$1.28 billion in equity financing. The equity financing, when added together with project financing from lending sources of US$2 billion, resulted in a combined equity and debt capital of more than US$3.28 billion.
- O’Melveny was recognized as “Private Equity Market Lead Legal Advisor” in mainland China based on Zero2IPO’s 2006 survey of Chinese venture capital firms.
- We are one of the few law firms capable of providing comprehensive advice to Chinese issuers and international underwriters on SEC-registered and Rule 144A offerings, as well as Hong Kong and London listings. We have bilingual deal teams in our Beijing, Hong Kong, and Shanghai offices, supported by our US and London offices, to handle these transactions. Our experience includes representing bulge bracket and regional banks as well as venture-backed, state-owned enterprises (“SOEs”), and private companies.
Practice Strengths
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Debt Exchanges
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Forward and Other Complex Derivative Transactions
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High-Yield Debt Offerings
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Investment-Grade Debt Offerings
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Registered and Exempt Public Offerings
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Regulation S Offerings and Other Foreign Securities Transactions
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Restructurings
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Rule 144A Offerings and Other Private Placements
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Spin-Offs and Other Carve-Out Transactions
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Structured Finance Transactions Involving Asset-Backed and Credit-Linked Instruments
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Apollo Management, LP
International Game Technology
JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley
Bear, Stearns & Co.; Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; and Wachovia Capital Markets
Merrill Lynch; Pierce, Fenner & Smith; and JMP Securities
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