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Tony has over 30 years of experience advising international clients with respect to all aspects of cross border capital markets and M&A transactions.

He provides commercially focused, user-friendly advice that management teams can use to make important business decisions. His clients value his insight into market trends and the political and commercial consequences of their decisions.

Based in Washington, D.C., Tony advises international clients, with a particular focus on Scandinavia, Asia and emerging markets, regarding structuring, documenting and closing cross-border capital markets, M&A and joint venture transactions. He regularly assists non-U.S. issuers, investment banks and professional investors in navigating the laws governing private and public securities offerings and SEC reporting obligations in the United States.

He provides comprehensive legal advice to clients raising capital in U.S. private and public markets (including IPOs), listing their shares on U.S. stock exchanges, negotiating, documenting and closing complex international M&A and business combinations, and structuring and implementing international capital allocation strategies. He is known for integrating material U.S. legal, commercial and political considerations into his clients’ business planning.

He represents clients in many different industries, including the shipping, offshore services and oil and gas sectors, advising them in a wide variety of business-critical transactions. He is a recognized leader in his practice area who regularly speaks at maritime conferences and publishes articles about U.S. and cross-border securities law topics.