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Financial Institutions

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Regional Capabilities:

You’re dealing with sophisticated financial transactions in a fast-moving global marketplace, and you want representation that’s equally sophisticated. You want the knowledge to help you with intricate cross-border deals and increasing regulatory pressure. You want the ability to defend your interests in a mercurial market.

Dentons has that knowledge and ability. We understand the sector—and financial institutions of every size, focus and geography.

From banks and insurance companies to trading houses and credit payment providers, you get a global team—working from offices around the world including the major financial centers of London, Hong Kong and New York.

When you’re doing business within the financial markets, we’ll be by your side planning, deploying and advancing your interests. We’ll give you the ability to take care of transactional and adversarial matters—to take decisive action, when the market or the deal won’t wait.

Look to our lawyers for effective solutions across the financial services sector including:

Advocacy
Banking Litigation
Capital Markets, Derivatives and Securities
Consumer and Mortgage Finance
Cards and Payments
Distressed situations
Finance—Asset, Structured, Lending and Acquisition, Project, Real Estate, Trade and Commodities
Fund structuring and compliance
Lending and Acquisition Finance
Private equity
Regulatory
Reorganization, Restructuring & Insolvency
Transactions

More About Financial Institutions

Experience

Multinational financial institution: Dentons and Nextlaw In-House Solutions, including a team of former GCs, supported the board and audit committee in their oversight of regulatory compliance programs to fulfill prudential regulator expectations. The client’s audit committee praised our team for the novelty and substantive value of our methodology and findings, which surpassed the capabilities of traditional strategic consultancies while also offering the protection of attorney-client privilege. Our report was provided to and comprehensively reviewed by the regulator. www.nextlawinhouse.com
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank PJSC: Advising on an AED 250 million unregistered sale and leaseback (ijara) facility to Emirates National Factory for Plastic Industries LLC, a Sharjah-based company and one of the UAE's largest manufacturers of plastic products. The deal involved a number of disbursements and a mixture of moveable assets (plant and machinery) and real estate located in Sharjah and Abu Dhabi. The security package included a commercial mortgage, real estate mortgages and assignments of various revenue streams. The facility was split into a Dirham tranche and a Dollar tranche. The deal won the award for "Syndicated Deal of the Year" at the Islamic Finance News Awards 2011.
Capital Power: Advising on financings, which have a combined value of US$995 million, specifically a US dollar note issue by Capital Power US Financing L.P., as issuer, and guaranteed by Capital Power L.P., as parent guarantor, pursuant to which US$230 million 5.21% Series A senior guaranteed notes and US$65 million 5.61% Series B senior guaranteed notes were issued, and the amendment and restatement of the senior syndicated credit facilities of Capital Power L.P. for US$700 million. The amendment and restatement included the addition of Capital Power (US Holdings) Inc. as US borrower.
China Development Bank: Advising on a CA$352 million secured credit facility to Canadian Royalties Inc., a subsidiary of Jilin Jien Nickel Industry Co. Bank.
Citibank N.A. (US) and Citibank N.A.: Representing Citibank N.A. (US) and Citibank N.A., London branch in the establishment of TD Bank’s first regulated covered bond programme under the CMHC Registry.
EDB: Representing on a US$300 million financing of turn-key construction of the new Abakan combined heat and power unit by Yenisei TGC (TGC-13), a member of the Siberian Generating Company Group.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: Representing a European-based IFI on its €320 million senior secured syndicated loan to PCMA Rus, a Peugeot-Citroen / Mitsubishi Motors joint venture, for the construction of a €500 million automobile manufacturing plant in Kaluga, Russia.
International Bank of Azerbaijan: Advising on the establishment of an Islamic Banking Unit and the drafting of amendments to the banking legislation of Azerbaijan to accommodate Islamic banking. This will be the first time that Islamic banking products will be offered in Azerbaijan and will serve as a model for any future Islamic banking structures within the country and the region.
Investment and Development Office of the Government of Ras Al Khaimah: Advising on the annual update of RAK Capital's $2 billion certificate issuance programme and a related liability management transaction. The transaction included simultaneous tender and exchange offers, as well as consent solicitations, in respect of $325 million trust certificates issued on behalf of the RAK Investment Authority and AED1 billion trust certificates issued by RAK Capital. At the same time we advised on the new issue of $400 million trust certificates due 2016 under the RAK Capital programme. This was the first Shariah compliant liability management exercise with publicly traded sukuk and was voted most Innovative Deal of the Year by Islamic Finance News.
JPMorgan Chase: Advising as administrative agent on a CA$800 million five-year revolving credit facility for Lionsgate Entertainment Corporation. This is one of the largest revolving credit facilities raised by an entertainment company in more than a decade. The new facility replaces Lionsgate's previous CA$340 million revolving credit facility.
Keybank: Advising on a $60 million Build America Bond transaction for the Navajo Nation, the first large scale loan to be governed solely by tribal law and tribal courts. This transaction was awarded the "Deal of the Year" award in 2011 by the Native American Finance Officers Association.
Qatar International Islamic Bank: Acting in connection with its successful debut US$700 million sukuk issue. The transaction represents QIIB's first international debt capital markets issuance. We successfully applied our debt capital market and Islamic finance expertise, as well as our specific local knowledge to help QIIB as a first-time issuer, which has strengthened QIIB's prominence throughout the Middle East region and beyond. This significant deal demonstrates our capability to work effectively across various offices in our network.
Royal Bank of Canada Natixis New York Branch: Advising on a CA$252 million project financing by Le Plateau Wind Power LP (a wholly owned subsidiary of Invenergy Wind LLC) for the development, construction, ownership and operation of a 138.6 megawatt wind-power generation facility in the MRC d’Avignon, QC.
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation: Acting as bond trustee in relation to the restructuring of €1.3 billion of bonds guaranteed by SEAT Pagine Gialle (Italian Yellow Pages) and issued by its subsidiary in Luxembourg. The complex restructuring (which was part of a full debt restructuring of SEAT) was effected by way of a consent solicitation pursuant to which the existing high yield bondholders voted to approve an exchange of their bonds for equity in SEAT (via an issue of convertible and exchangeable bonds) and new secured bonds. Our London and NY insolvency lawyers also advised on various aspects of the deal.
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc: Representing in the restructuring of a €140 million structure finance granted in the context of a potential DPO (Debt rePurchase Opportunity) with one of its sponsors in Spain.

Recognition

Nine Dentons Lawyers named BTI Client Service All-Stars

February 10, 2017

Leading global law firm Dentons tied for first place among 650 law firms named as Client Service All-Stars for 2017 by BTI Consulting Group. With nine lawyers named as "All-Stars," Dentons topped the list of firms honored for their exceptional dedication to client service.

Dentons wins Middle East Law Firm at emeafinance awards

February 25, 2016

The Dentons Middle East Banking team has been recognised for its regional strength. The Firm was named 'Best Middle East Law Firm' at the emeafinance Middle East 2015 Awards, held in Dubai this week.

Dentons awarded Best Law Firm of the Year 2014

February 26, 2015

EMEA Finance recognises Dentons leading team as it announces winners of its 2014 Middle East Banking Awards.

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Insights

Dissecting the Financial Assistance Prohibition and the impact of the Proposed Amendment to Section 45 of the Companies Act

October 7, 2019

An analysis of the current financial assistance prohibition in the South African Companies Act and the positive impact of the proposed changes in terms of the Companies Amendment Bill.

Transitioning towards €STR

October 2, 2019

It's a benchmark! Today marks the first publication of €STR, the new euro short-term rate set to replace EONIA and serve as a fallback for EURIBOR. This Client Alert covers the most important developments occurring in light of these changes and offers guidance on how affected parties can stay ahead of the rate replacement game.

Treasury proposes overhaul of CFIUS process, introduces real estate transaction reviews

September 24, 2019

On September 24, 2019, the US Department of the Treasury published proposed rules that, if adopted, would implement major changes to the process by which the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee) conducts its reviews. The proposed changes were mandated by the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA). The proposed rules would revise and reissue Part 800 of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations—the current primary CFIUS implementing regulations—and add a new Part 802, addressing real estate transactions subject to review by the committee.

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News and Events

Upcoming Events

Dentons' Taking Financial Security Guide

Horizon Brief – Financial Disruption: The Cyber Threat

London, United KingdomNovember 6, 2019

In a digital age, cyber threats are becoming more of a norm than an exception for businesses, particularly those in the financial services sector for obvious reasons. In this first session in our Financial Disruption series of the Horizon Brief events, we will be discussing the dark web, "deep fake" news and the better knows forms of cyber crime.

Recent Press Releases

Dentons enhances Banking and Finance team in London with fourth partner hire in 2019

September 25, 2019

Dentons has strengthened its UK Banking and Finance team with the hire of restructuring and insolvency partner Richard Pallot-Cook in London. He re-joins from Simmons & Simmons, where he has been a partner since 2013 having previously been a partner at Dentons.

Dentons enhances Banking and Finance team in London with third partner hire in 2019

September 25, 2019

Dentons has further strengthened its UK Banking and Finance team with the hire of partner Simon Middleton in London. Simon joins from Simmons & Simmons where he was a partner since 2005.

Dentons secures LCIA arbitral award

August 12, 2019

Global law firm Dentons has successfully represented a European creditor in a multi-party arbitration in the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) against a Ukrainian company, which operates on the world steel market.

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