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Winston & Strawn LLP has launched a transportation-structured finance practice. Bill Bowers will serve as chair of this new group, which brings together more than 25 attorneys based in the firm's New York, Chicago, London and Washington, DC, offices. The group will focus on structured finance and securitization financings for the full range of transportation assets, including aircraft, aircraft engines, ships, railroad rolling stock, and containers; as well as the restructuring, transfer, and repackaging of such financings. They represent banks, underwriters, placement agents, issuers, lenders and liquidity providers in such financings, as well as a wide range of asset users ' U.S. and foreign airlines, operating lessors, shipping companies, railroads and trucking companies.
Vedder Price P.C. announced that Raviv Surpin has joined the firm's Los Angeles office as a shareholder on the Global Transportation Finance (GTF) team. Surpin works with operating lessors, borrowers, finance companies, manufacturers and investors in all manner of aircraft finance transactions. He previously served as vice president & corporate counsel at International Lease Finance Corporation/AerCap (ILFC/AerCap).
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
The DOJ's New Parameters for Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs
The parameters set forth in the DOJ's memorandum have implications not only for the government's evaluation of compliance programs in the context of criminal charging decisions, but also for how defense counsel structure their conference-room advocacy seeking declinations or lesser sanctions in both criminal and civil investigations.
Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
Compliance Officers: Recent Regulatory Guidance and Enforcement Actions and Mitigating the Risk of Personal Liability
This article explores legal developments over the past year that may impact compliance officer personal liability.