McGuireWoods has developed an international reputation for providing high-quality corporate services throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Pacific Rim. The firm ranks among the top law firms for M&A, private equity, capital markets and syndicated debt financings in highly respected year-end league tables published by Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters. Chambers USA notes, “This group has a stellar reputation for its sophisticated corporate practice” and “excellent network of offices to act for local and international clients on complex transactions.”
McGuireWoods’ corporate lawyers, located in key commercial, financial and regulatory capitals across the U.S. and Europe, provide an extensive range of legal services to closely held and publicly held corporations, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, and other for-profit and nonprofit organizations. The firm represents each of the top 10 U.S. banks ranked by assets and earned a top-tier nationwide ranking for Banking and Finance Law in the 2018 edition of U.S. News-Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms.”
McGuireWoods’ corporate practice provides client-customized services in corporate finance and capital markets, corporate governance; cross-border transactions; entity formation; mergers and acquisitions; private equity and venture capital; securities compliance, and supply chain management.
Our lawyers have extensive experience in acquisitions and divestitures, and in every type of financing, including venture capital, private placements, public and private issuance of equity and debt, initial public offerings and recapitalizations. Working closely with accountants and other professional advisors, we offer clients the benefits of our experience with business entities of varying sizes, market segments and stages of growth.
Our industry depth and range mirrors our global reach. We cross borders, practices and industries collaborating with colleagues and managing resources in the U.S., Western and Southern Europe, Russia and Eurasia, China, Africa, the Middle East, India and Latin America.
Named M&A Mid-Market “Law Firm of the Year”
- Mergers & Acquisitions Magazine, 2017
Represented a worldwide fashion brand, in connection with its worldwide leasing, distribution, and franchising agreements.
Representation of the world’s leading aluminum producer in the $1.5 billion sale of its interest in a Western Australia refinery to the world’s largest diversified resources company.
Represented the leading processor and marketer of fresh pork and packaged meats in the United States in connection with an underwritten public offering of convertible debt securities, including the issuance of $400 million 4% convertible senior notes.
Represented the leading processor and marketer of fresh pork and packaged meats in the United States in a $500 million senior notes offering.
Regularly assist wireless telecommunications providers with negotiation of master service agreements and statements of work, litigation management, assisting with product launches, counseling on compliance with PCI data security standards, and assisting with payment processing issues and accounts receivable collections management.
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