Kurt Berney
Plaza 66, Tower 1, 37th Floor
1266 Nanjing Road West
Shanghai, 200040
Phone: +86-21-2307-7007
Fax: +86-21-2307-7300
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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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Portia Ku
Plaza 66, Tower 1, 37th Floor
1266 Nanjing Road West
Shanghai, 200040
Phone: +86-21-2307-7091
Fax: +86-21-2307-7300
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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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Robert Plesnarski
1625 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC, 20006
Phone: +1-202-383-5149
Fax: +1-202-383-5414
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David Roberts
Yin Tai Centre, Office Tower, 37th Floor
No. 2 Jianguomenwai Ave.
Chao Yang District
Beijing, 100022
Phone: +86-10-6563-4209
Fax: +86-10-6563-4201
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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
PROFESSIONALS
- Related Practices
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Alaska Air Group
Apollo Management, LP
Apple, Inc.
Banc of America Securities
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank
Emdeon Corporation
Hexion Specialty Chemicals
International Game Technology
JP Morgan
Mindray Medical International
Occidental Petroleum
Piper Jaffray & Co.
SanDisk Corporation
Toyota Motor Credit Corporation
ValueAct Capital
Vector Capital
Yahoo!
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Capital Markets
As global capital markets evolve and become increasingly interconnected, there are greater benefits—and challenges—to capital raising activities 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 team of seasoned Capital Markets 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. We work with public companies of all sizes on a broad range of compliance, disclosure and operational matters, many of which result from SEC regulation and securities exchange listing standards, as well as best practices. Our team includes corporate and transactional lawyers having experience with established and newly-public companies across the US and Asia. Our team brings decades of relevant experience from recently-held positions with the SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance, which provides us a unique capability to provide practical, informative, and effective advice. As Asia continues to offer capital raising opportunities, 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 teams in our Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai offices, supported by our US and London offices, to lead these transactions. Our experience includes representing bulge bracket and regional investment banks as well as private equity-backed, venture-backed, state-owned enterprises (“SOEs”), and private companies.
Key Facts
- Chambers USA (2010) says clients of our capital markets group "involved in transactions with cross-border elements benefit from the firm's international network of resources," and that our securities regulation lawyers have "an incredible knowledge of the details of securities law as well as how they are interpreted by the regulatory staff."
- Chambers Asia (2010) praises our capital markets group in China, noting that "this is one of the few top-tier firms with a full presence on the ground, which really makes issuers feel that it is accessible," and "the China team's experience means that problems that crop up can be handled quickly, without having to re-invent the wheel.” -
- Legal 500 (2010) recommends O’Melveny for capital markets, stating that our team "is rated ‘excellent, very responsive, incredibly knowledgeable’ and ‘easy to work with’ by clients," and that it is "‘particularly hard-working’ and ‘always aims to get the very best results for its clients’."
- 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 Capital Markets 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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Elliott Associates, L.P.
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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