Mayer Brown is a large international firm that entered into its current form through three cross-border mergers in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Firstly, in 2002, US firm Mayer Brown & Platt (established in Illinois in 1881) merged with UK firm Rowe & Maw (formed in 1895 in London), then the combined entity merged with Johnson Stokes & Master (opened in 1863 in Hong Kong) in 2007. Today the firm’s network covers 277 offices spanning three continents. In the US, where the firm has several of its largest branches, it has a presence in six states and teams based in Charlotte, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco,
Salt Lake City
and Washington DC.
Broadly for work across the US the firm is known for its outstanding work in derivatives, structured financing and securitization and in energy sector project development and finance, but it is active and strong in other areas of financial and corporate transactional work.
The banking team acts for borrowers and lenders in project, sustainability, acquisition and corporate financing, in addition to refinancing matters. In project financing, the team works on projects in the infrastructure and renewable energy industry, mostly related to transportation infrastructure, solar and wind energy projects.
In the capital markets area, in addition to the firm’s high-quality work in structured finance and securitization and derivatives areas, it also has expertise in investment grade and high yield debt and equity issues. It represents both issuers and underwriters in corporate, green and high yield bonds, CFTC advice, structured bond issuances, index launches, follow on offerings, IPOs, share offerings and ATM offerings.
In M&A the team has experience with reverse mergers, joint ventures, asset sales, as well as public and private acquisitions. It advises private equity and strategic buyers and sellers.
In project the projects space the firm represents developers, project sponsors, borrowers and lenders in project financing and development, and does outstanding work in the energy industry.
The restructuring and insolvency team represents administrative agents, debtors, creditors and trustees in Chapter 11, Chapter 7 bankruptcy cases, financial restructurings and insolvencies.
Key clients for the firm include HSBC, Bank of Nova Scotia, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, CIBC, BMO Capital Markets, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Nestlé, Prologis, John Hancock Life Insurance, Berkshire Hathaway, Barclays Bank and Deutsche Bank.
Client feedback: 32nd edition (2022/2023)
Restructuring: Restructuring and insolvency
“Rx experts who are creative in structuring and able to move large syndicates towards a goal. Always available to speak to the Agent and other syndicate members. The transaction contained complex matters (litigation, regulatory, swaps) that Mayer Brown displayed excellent expertise.”
“Very knowledgeable on the chapter 11 process. Ability to provide sound advice on restructuring options and strategy.”
