Chadbourne serves Europe primarily from its offices in London and Warsaw, with other offices in Kyiv, Moscow and St. Petersburg. Our lawyers in Europe serve local and international clients in such areas as project finance, corporate, corporate finance, insolvency and financial restructuring, securities, commercial law and regulatory issues, tax, insurance, real estate and litigation matters, including multi-jurisdictional products liability litigation and related legislative issues.
Lawyers work on matters throughout eastern and western Europe, as well as in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Lawyers working with European clients come from many countries, including the United Kingdom, the U.S., Australia, Belgium, New Zealand, Spain and Turkey. Their international experience and local-country knowledge enable them to meet clients’ needs throughout Europe.
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Largest Private Financing in the Ukrainian Telecommunications Industry
Astelit
$540 million financing for a Ukrainian telecommunications company controlled by a Turkish GSM operator.
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Initial Public Offering
Multimedia Polska S.A.
$269 million global offering, including a public offering to Polish individual and institutional investors and an international offering to selected institutional investors outside of Poland.
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Sale of European Business Division
Newell Rubbermaid Inc.
Advice on antitrust and corporate matters in the sale of certain portions of a home décor business to a manufacturer and marketer of window treatments and furnishings.
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Largest Unsecured Syndicated Term Loan Facility in Turkey
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri, AS
$3 billion unsecured syndicated loan facility, the largest facility of its type ever closed in Turkey.
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Refinancing of Carry Arrangements Among Oil Companies
Azerbaijan (ACG) Ltd.
$750 million loan financing among Turkish and Azeri oil companies and ExxonMobil to refinance carry arrangements with respect to costs associated with the development and production of the Azeri, Chirag and deepwater Gunashli oil fields offshore Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea and to fund future cash calls. Project Finance magazine awarded this financing "European Oil and Gas Deal of the Year" for 2006.
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Energy Sector UNCITRAL Arbitration
Major Russian Oil Company
Claims before a UNCITRAL arbitration panel by a Russian oil company against a Polish energy company involving fuel delivery contracts.
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Lernout & Hauspie/Dictaphone Chapter 11
European Bank Group
Claims of $350 million by a European bank group in the bankruptcy of Lernout & Hauspie/Dictaphone, a Belgium-based speech and language technology company.
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