Proskauer Rose LLP

Chairman: Timothy Mungovan

Number of partners: 250

European Offices: London, Paris

International Offices: The Firm also has offices in São Paulo, Hong Kong, Boca Raton, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York and Washington, D.C.

Languages:Cantonese, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish, and many others

Firm Overview:

Clients turn to Proskauer when a matter demands excellence and innovation. With 800+ lawyers in key financial centres around the world, the Firm is known for its pragmatic and commercial approach to a full spectrum of transactional and contentious practices.

Since 1875, Proskauer has helped define — and helped clients navigate — nearly every emergent field of law. Proskauer is committed to excellence as a best-in-class, trusted advisor to prestigious clients as they navigate complex challenges and seek to capitalise on market opportunities. Today, much of that work happens at the intersection of private capital and global finance.

Lawyers work seamlessly across practices, industries and jurisdictions with asset managers, private equity and venture capital firms, Fortune 500 and FTSE companies, major sports leagues, entertainment industry legends and other industry-redefining companies.

Over the Firm’s 150-year history, the issues may have changed, but one constant is that Proskauer’s work continues to shape the future.

Main Areas of Practice:

Private Investment Funds:

Proskauer’s Private Investment Funds Practice has market-leading capabilities in fund structuring, offering and operations for closed-ended funds (including hybrid funds) in a wide range of asset classes including private equity, buyout, venture/growth, credit, secondaries, real assets, and beyond.

Proskauer also has a market-leading global secondaries team that has provided in-depth advice on all aspects of the secondaries market since the dawn of the industry. The Firm’s clients span a vast array of sectors and industries and include global institutions, mid-market and large buyout houses, boutique industry-specific sponsors, funds of funds, SWFs, family offices and new managers.

Private Credit

Proskauer’sPrivate Credit Group is made up of cross-disciplinary finance and restructuring experts exclusively dedicated to private credit investors. It includes over 90 finance and restructuring lawyers focused on representing credit funds, business development companies and other direct lending funds in connection with “clubbed” and syndicated credits, preferred equity, special situations and alternative investments.

Private Equity:

Proskauer’s highly regarded Private Equity team provides first-rate representation to private equity investment sponsors across all stages of the private equity life cycle, including leveraged buyouts, minority investments and co-invests, complex carve-outs, growth equity investments, secondary transactions, take-privates and the equity aspects of distressed situations.

Mergers & Acquisitions:

Proskauer’s M&A team represents clients in mergers, acquisitions, management and other leveraged buyouts, dispositions, spinoffs, auctions, tender offers, proxy fights, joint ventures, partnerships and strategic alliances. Proskauer’s European transactional experience covers business services, chemicals, defence, entertainment, financial services, health care, infrastructure, life sciences, hospitality, manufacturing, publishing, real estate, retail, sports, technology and telecommunications.

Leveraged Finance:

Proskauer has been a pioneer in the evolution of the global finance industry and is uniquely placed to lead clients through the convergence of the bank-led syndicated finance and private credit markets. The European Leveraged Finance Practice comprises 10 dedicated lender-side leveraged finance partners across the London and Paris offices, combining deep experience in broadly syndicated leveraged loan financings and high-yield bond offerings with a market-leading private credit platform. The team works closely with the wider Proskauer Global Finance Practice on product offerings, which, in addition to leverage finance, include fund finance, investment grade lending and capital markets, restructurings and workouts, structured products and sports financings.

Tax:

Proskauer’s Tax lawyers work on all tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions, structuring of inward and cross-border investments, establishment of investment funds, joint ventures, restructurings, capital markets and financing matters.

Financial Services Regulation:

Proskauer handles UK and EU regulatory matters, including structuring and establishing private investment funds, FCA authorisations, perimeter issues, EU passporting, current and proposed EU and international laws and regulations, conduct of business, financial promotions and marketing, client assets, regulatory capital, market abuse, systems and controls, appointed representatives and tied agents, anti-money laundering, changes of control and close links, and approved persons.

Restructuring:

Proskauer handles acquisitions of financially distressed assets, asset sales, insolvency litigation, corporate investigations, creditors’ rights issues, cross-border and insurance insolvencies, financial and operational restructurings, hedge fund fraud and distress, liquidations, securitisations and workouts.

Capital Markets:

Proskauer’s Capital Markets team handles high-yield and other debt, equity, alternative capital finance, equity-linked securities, real estate securities, tender and exchange offers, public-company representations and broker-dealer matters.

Technology, Media & Telecoms:

As primary counsel on a broad array of technology and e-commerce matters, Proskauer’s TMT group offers commercial and strategic advice on AI, IP transfer and licensing matters, technology outsourcings and procurement programmes, practical privacy and data protection compliance issues, and M&A matters where IP and technology assets are deal value drivers.

Antitrust & Competition:

Proskauer’s Antitrust & Competition team advises on global filing coordination, regulatory engagement, and substantive strategy, working closely with the Firm’s clients to identify and mitigate regulatory risks and achieve commercial objectives.

Litigation:

The Litigation team advises clients in disputes arising from all aspects of their business, including post-M&A, shareholder, employment, contractual, partnership or JV-related. The team also advises on fund disputes, disputes involving portfolio companies and other related issues. Additionally, the Firm handles both private and public disputes in connection with a broad range of investigations and enforcement actions.

International Arbitration:

Proskauer’s International Arbitration team handles complex international arbitration and litigation proceedings involving joint ventures, acquisitions, construction projects, licensing and distribution relationships, as well as a variety of other international commercial agreements.