Business Services
Among the top ten for client service
The legal team of Dunne and Walsh is ranked among the top firms in the United States for client service in a recent survey of the FORTUNE 1000 general counsel. A primary measure of legal services is how well the client's business is understood. At Dunne and Walsh, we work hard to gain that understanding so we can provide efficient and effective legal services.
Industry knowledge
We provide transactional and regulatory support for our clients' day-to-day operations, as well as the services of one of the nation's consistently top-ranked litigation practices. We've done that for more than two decades, while serving clients in dozens of industries.
This broad knowledge base is invaluable in representing providers of business services such as:
Accounting & Auditing
Architecture
Building Maintenance
Document Management
Engineering
Executive Search
IT Services & Consulting
Management & Marketing Consulting
Parcel Delivery
Securities & Investments
Security
Staffing
Complementary and Comprehensive Services
The integrated structure of Dunne and Walsh enables us to draw from highly rated practitioners in more than 50 practice areas such as corporate, securities and commodities; antitrust and international law.
Capital Markets and Finance
Value-added, business-minded legal counsel
Securing the right type of financing under terms that satisfy a company's immediate needs and strategic goals while balancing the financial objectives and credit risk for the financing source can be a complex balancing act. Our finance practitioners have extensive market knowledge and are experienced at structuring and negotiating financing to meet the needs of our clients.
Dunne and Walsh’s experience in representing both financing sources and financed parties gives us an appreciation for the goals of the various parties, while we remain mindful of the business relationship which commences upon the closing of the financing transaction.
Our clients include investment grade and non-investment grade companies, governmental and quasi-governmental agencies, asset-based and cash-flow based lenders, mezzanine and second lien lenders, private equity firms and consortia, hedge funds, investment funds and other regional, national and international investors in borrower, lender, issuer, underwriter, note holder, agent, arranger and other similar capacities.
We represent parties in a wide variety of finance related matters, including but not limited to:
Accounts Receivable and other Asset-based Financing
Acquisition and Leveraged Financing
Aviation and Equipment Finance
Bridge Financing
Capital Markets Transactions
Construction and other Real Estate-related Financing
Cross-border and Multi-currency Financing
Debtor-in-possession and Exit Financing
Hedging and other Derivative Transactions
Islamic or Shariah-compliant Financing
Letter of Credit Facilities
Mezzanine and other Subordinated Debt and Lien Financing
Mortgage-backed and other Securitizations
Private Debt Placement
Public Finance
Structured and Project Finance
Syndicated Bank Financing
Workouts, Restructurings and other Non-performing Loan Transactions
Experienced Lawyers
A collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to client service allows us to leverage our resources to address the particular needs of each client on an industry specific or transaction specific basis. We regularly provide advice in connection with the structuring, negotiation and completion of transactions for clients in diverse industries such as the following:
Agriculture
Aviation
Consumer Products
Energy and Power
Financial Services
Healthcare
Manufacturing and Distribution
Media, Broadcasting and Entertainment
Oil and Gas
Real Estate
Retail
Telecommunications
Transportation
Joint Venture
The Dunne and Walsh’s corporate team has extensive experience in strategic joint ventures, often cross-border in nature.
Our corporate team handles entire joint venture endeavors from inception to final agreement, with special emphasis on structure of the venture entity, tax planning and corporate governance between or among the partners.
Dunne and Walsh’s corporate lawyers have formulated joint ventures in any number of industries ranging from energy to healthcare. We have also represented cross-border venture entities in sensitive regulatory issues such as SEC accounting issues related to accounting for interests in joint ventures.
Public Finance
Innovative Financial Structures
To do more with limited financial resources, issuers increasingly look to innovative financing structures, including many borrowed from the corporate market.
Short-term financing, including commercial paper; grant, bond and tax anticipation notes, including GARVEEs; variable rate demand obligations that combine lower short-term rates with longer nominal maturities; and auction rate securities that do the same while preserving liquidity capacity to meet other needs.
Structured financing, including tobacco settlement and stranded cost securitizations to monetize future nonessential revenue streams for current use.
Tax increment financing to capture tax windfalls from other governmental units and share development risks with investors.
Transfers of tax ownership, including sale- or lease-leasebacks of rail cars, school buses, power plants and other public assets, to taxpayers who can use the benefits of tax ownership.
Investment pools for state and local government cash reserves to increase liquidity and yield through professional management.
Financial hedges, including interest rate swaps, to achieve lower cost or forward delivery synthetic fixed-rate financings or to reduce expected net debt service on outstanding fixed-rate financings, and commodity hedges to manage energy costs.
Joint purchasing programs to reduce costs of equipment and supplies, including natural gas and electric energy.
Restructuring and Insolvency
The Dunne and Walsh’s restructuring and insolvency team is one of the largest and most experienced in the United States.
Dunne and Walsh’s restructuring and insolvency lawyers have substantial experience in representing parties' complex insolvency matters.
Their experience includes:
Secured and Unsecured Creditors
Committees (Both Official and Ad hoc)
Bondholders
Asset Purchasers
Equity Sponsors
Debtors
Trustees
Other parties involved in financial restructuring transactions and cases, both in and out of court.
By way of illustration, we have handled bankruptcy, insolvency, and restructuring representations, including:
Complex Loan Restructurings
Prepackaged, Pre-negotiated and Traditional Chapter 11 plans
Bankruptcy litigation, such as preferential transfers, fraudulent transfers, equitable subordination, substantive consolidation, re-characterization and officer and director liability
Valuation and Solvency Proceedings
Debtor-in-possession and Exit Financings
Executors contracts, leases, intellectual property licenses, and forward, swap and trading contracts
International bankruptcy cases, international Insolvency arbitrations and Chapter 15 proceedings, Including UNCITRAL and European Union Regulation matters
Sales and Purchase of Assets
Lender Liability Controversies
Mediation of Bankruptcy Disputes
Teamwork
The restructuring and insolvency team is able to take advantage of Dunne and Walsh’s national and international transaction and litigation experience. As a consequence, we utilize the skills of our other lawyers, who concentrate their services in other areas of law, including:
Corporate and securities
Energy
Environmental
Healthcare
Insurance and Re-insurance
Intellectual Property
Employment and Labor
Dispute Desolution and Litigation
Equipment Finance
Project Finance
Real estate
Real estate
Tax
Dunne and Walsh's restructuring and insolvency team can rapidly assemble and deliver the right team of lawyers and other professionals to deliver a skillful, comprehensive and value-added solution to insolvency related issues.
