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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:

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Finance—Asset, Structured, Lending and Acquisition, Project, Real Estate, Trade and Commodities
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Reorganization, Restructuring & Insolvency
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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

Dentons among the best Chilean law firms in the Leaders League 2023 ranking

March 8, 2023

Chile: Our firm was recognized in ten practice areas, highlighting 14 partners who lead the ranked practices.

Dentons Chile expands its recognitions in Chambers Global, Fintech, and Latin America 2023

February 23, 2023

Chile: The firm almost doubled its recognition in the English legal ranking Chambers & Partners in its latest release, listing eight lawyers and adding a new local practice area.

Dentons South Africa recognized by Best Lawyers 2023

November 29, 2022

Best Lawyers ® have recognized Dentons South Africa for its remarkable contribution to the local legal industry as part of Best Lawyers 2023.

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Insights

Regulating crowdfunding – Hong Kong moves

March 27, 2023

Hong Kong: Whilst Hong Kong has always had regulations controlling fundraising activities, it has never enacted specific legislation to regulate crowdfunding. As a fairly effective method of alternative finance, crowdfunding characteristics are defined by their purposes such as “reward-based”, “debt-based”, “equity”, “debt”, “donation-based” and “litigation-based”.

Banking Sector Turmoil

March 22, 2023

United States: As new strategic risks emerge from the collapse of these banks, our cross-disciplinary team that includes legal, crisis communications, public policy and cybersecurity practitioners stands ready to help clients in the financial sector and those in other industries facing the broader economic implications. Answers to some of the key questions clients have asked us so far can be found here.

Dentons DCM Quick Guide to Negative Pledges

March 13, 2023

United Kingdom: The negative pledge is a key tool for the protection of existing senior creditors from being effectively subordinated to later secured senior indebtedness. This article outlines how a negative pledge is used in the DCM context, the "typical" scope of an investment grade bond negative pledge and potential variations that may be seen.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons advises the Islamic Development Bank on sukuk issuance

March 24, 2023

Dentons has advised the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) on the issuance of US$2 billion trust certificates under its US$25 billion trust certificate issuance programme. The transaction was successfully completed on 14 March 2023, and the issuance was made through a special purpose vehicle issuer incorporated in Luxembourg.

Dentons advises Bank of Sharjah on its issuance of US$500 million Notes due 2028

March 21, 2023

Dentons has advised Bank of Sharjah P.J.S.C. on its issuance of US$500 million Notes due 2028. The transaction was completed on 14 March 2023. The issuance received orders of more than US$1 billion and was more than two times oversubscribed.

Dentons advises CaixaBank on the opening of its first branch in Italy

March 13, 2023

Global law firm Dentons assisted CaixaBank in the opening of its first Italian branch in Milan.

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