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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).
Law Firms are Reducing Redundant Real Estate by Bringing Support Services Back to the Office
A trend analysis of the benefits and challenges of bringing back administrative, word processing and billing services to law offices.
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.
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Risks of “Baseball Arbitration” in Resolving Real Estate Disputes
“Baseball arbitration” refers to the process used in Major League Baseball in which if an eligible player's representative and the club ownership cannot reach a compensation agreement through negotiation, each party enters a final submission and during a formal hearing each side — player and management — presents its case and then the designated panel of arbitrators chooses one of the salary bids with no other result being allowed. This method has become increasingly popular even beyond the sport of baseball.
Disconnect Between In-House and Outside Counsel
'Disconnect Between In-House and Outside Counsel is a continuation of the discussion of client expectations and the disconnect that often occurs. And although the outside attorneys should be pursuing how inside-counsel actually think, inside counsel should make an effort to impart this information without waiting to be asked.