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Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP

125 OLD BROAD STREET, LONDON, EC2N 1AR, ENGLAND
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Work 020 7776 7620
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Fax 020 7776 7621
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www.kattenlaw.co.uk
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Washington DC, New York, Los Angeles, London, Irving, Chicago and 1 more

Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP primarily acts for clients operating in the financial services industry in particular investment managers, investment funds, banks and broker-dealers, and undertakes related regulatory, corporate, tax and real estate work.

The firm: Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP has a thriving financial services practice that serves several hundred hedge and other funds, banks, broker dealers and other financial intermediaries. Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP is the London affiliate of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, a full-service US law firm with over 600 attorneys in seven locations, including Chicago, New York and Washington DC.

Types of work undertaken: Asset management: structuring and establishing all forms of collective investment schemes, including: hedge funds; private equity funds; long-only traditional equity and debt funds; emerging market and other alternative and specialist funds; advising funds and fund managers on appropriate structures from a tax and regulatory perspective (unit trusts, partnerships, investment trusts, open/closed-end, onshore/offshore, listed/unlisted); and marketing rules affecting international distribution of funds and other products and services. The firm deals with the drafting of all contractual documentation with service providers, including investment management agreements, fund administration, custodianship, prime and other brokerage documentation.

Banks/broker-dealers: drafting and advising on all forms of exchange-traded and OTC documentation and transactions, including ISDA and structured products. Also, drafting and advising on all forms of banking and security documentation and trade and other finance.

Regulatory: FSA authorisation, ongoing compliance with statutory, common law and regulatory requirements; customer and other contractual documentation; compliance procedures; settlement and custody issues; capital adequacy; market abuse; Chinese walls; insider dealing and money laundering.

Corporate: mergers and acquisitions (private and public) with a particular emphasis on cross-border transactions, fund raisings, placings, listings and public offers (including all forms of collective investment schemes and alternative asset management vehicles), company and partnerships (including LLPs) establishment, company secretarial assistance and general corporate advice, including shareholder, joint venture and similar agreements.

Real estate: commercial investment acquisitions and disposals, from single asset transactions to portfolios; commercial management and landlord and tenant; commercial development; complex structured financing arrangements and commercial property finance; real estate funds (debt and equity); joint ventures; commercial development.

The firm’s practice also provides a full tax service specialising in international tax planning in a number of areas, including mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt financing, private equity and real estate transactions. This complements the firm’s traditional strength, advising on the tax aspects of establishing funds and fund manager, brokerage and other businesses, and related transactions and tax matters.

International: Chicago, New York, Washington: antitrust, aviation, bankruptcy, corporate, customs and international trade, employee benefits and executive compensation, environmental, FCC and telecommunications, finance, healthcare, hotel and hospitality, insurance and risk management, intellectual property, investment funds, labour and employment, litigation and dispute resolution, mergers and acquisitions, private client services, private equity, real estate, securities, securitisation, taxation, technology, trusts and estates, white-collar criminal and civil litigation.

Breakdown of work %
Investment funds 25
Banking/broker-dealer work 15
Real estate 20
Regulatory 15
Corporate 15
Tax 10

Number of UK partners 5
Number of other UK fee-earners 6

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