As one of Bermuda's leading commercial law firms, Cox Hallett Wilkinson prides itself on offering top-tier corporate services with a smaller team of attorneys. Competitors note that partners Jonathan Betts and Ernest Morrison can be trusted to provide quality representation in matters where a conflict of interest is present....
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As one of Bermuda's leading commercial law firms, Cox Hallett Wilkinson prides itself on offering top-tier corporate services with a smaller team of attorneys. Competitors note that partners Jonathan Betts and Ernest Morrison can be trusted to provide quality representation in matters where a conflict of interest is present.
Prior to the global crisis CHW was already involved in several important debt financing projects, including the refinancing of Australian infrastructure firm Babcock & Brown Power (BBP) by a syndicate of banks for $2.7 billion. Betts and associate Daniella Skotnicki represented BBP in the refinancing that came at a crucial time for the heavily indebted company.
The firm was involved in several key M&A transactions in the latter half of 2008, including its counsel to Sinopec during the Chinese petroleum producer's acquisition of outstanding shares in Canada's Tanganyika Oil Company for $2.1 billion.
CHW's investment funds practice has been active with the Australian investment bank Macquarie in recent months, including the September 2008 launch of Macquarie's fund with the State Bank of India, MSIF (Macquarie SBI Infrastructure Fund), to raise funds for infrastructure projects in India. As of April 2009, MSIF had raised an initial capitalisation of $1 billion.
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