The partners of McKinney have developed a reputation as strong litigators but also maintain a significant presence in corporate matters. In recent months these areas have blurred, as corporate clients are increasingly becoming litigation clients....
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The partners of McKinney have developed a reputation as strong litigators but also maintain a significant presence in corporate matters. In recent months these areas have blurred, as corporate clients are increasingly becoming litigation clients. Recently, the litigation department has been involved in several large insolvency matters, representing liquidators with claims in excess of $300 million.
In the predominately nationalised telecom market McKinney has the fortune to represent IngiGO, a local arm of telecom company Systems Resource Group, as it attempts to crack the Bahamas Telecommunications Company's monopoly on the industry. With the Bahamas government expected to at least partially privatise the sector in the second half of 2009, lawyers expect to see a great deal of activity in this area in the ensuing months.
Last March, a McKinney team closed a deal for a syndicate of lenders led by Citibank in a loan facility to the Nassau Airport Development Company, a partnership between the Bahamian government and Canada's Vancouver Airport Services. The $265 million loan will be used to finance a development and renewal project at the Lynden Pindling International Airport, the largest airport in the Bahamas. The firm is also representing resort developer Rav Bahamas through its casino license application for a Bimini Bay resort.
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