United States
The United States is Chadbourne’s home base; Thomas Chadbourne founded the Firm in New York in 1902, and it has grown steadily since then. The Washington, DC, office opened in 1935, making it one of the oldest law firm branch offices in that city. The Los Angeles office opened in 1987 and the Houston office began operations in 2002. Within the United States, Chadbourne offers a full range of legal services, including mergers and acquisitions, securities, project finance, corporate finance, energy, telecommunications, commercial and products liability litigation, securities litigation and regulatory enforcement, white collar defense, intellectual property, antitrust, domestic and international tax, insurance and reinsurance, environmental, real estate, bankruptcy and financial restructuring, employment law and ERISA, trusts and estates and government contract matters.
Representative Experience
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Reinsurance Sidecar Transaction
Cyrus Reinsurance Holdings
Formation, private-placement capitalization, and reinsurance agreement negotiation for a reinsurance "sidecar" transaction.
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Underwritten Follow-on Offering under a Universal Shelf Registration
Ormat Technologies
$117.2 million follow-on offering of 3.5 million shares under its $1 billion universal shelf registration for a geothermal energy company.
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Rule 144A Offering for Pipeline System
Gulfstream Natural Resources, LLC
Rule 144A offering of $850 million senior unsecured notes for a joint venture of Duke Energy Corporation and The Williams Company, Inc., to finance the Gulfstream pipeline.
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Avianca Airlines Chapter 11
Colombian Financial and Investment Entities
Debtor-in-possession financing for Avianca Airlines, involving negotiations with potential investors and other restructuring issues.
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Directed Verdict for Cigarette Manufacturer
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
Directed verdict secured for cigarette manufacturer in products liability action.
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