The most current iteration of
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer was formed in 2017 as a result of the merger between Arnold & Porter and Kaye Scholer. The firm now boasts 14 offices in six countries. In the United States, the firm has its largest offices in Washington D.C. and New York, but also has growing offices in San Francisco, Denver, Chicago, Newark, Houston, Palo Alto and Los Angeles. The firm is often praised for its
diversity initiatives and pro bono work.
While the firm does great work across its offices in banking, capital markets, regulatory financial services, M&A, private equity, project finance and restructuring and insolvency, it is its DC office that stands out for its restructuring and insolvency practice. The firm is particularly experienced in the technology, banking and financial services and life sciences industries.
The capital markets team represents issuers and underwriters in corporate bonds, sustainability bonds, share offerings, IPOs and bond refinancings. It also has a separate sovereign finance practice, which advises issuers on sovereign bond issuances.
In addition to transactional financial and corporate transactions, the firm regularly advises clients
in regulatory financial services matters. The regulatory financial services team advises clients in the banking and financial services industry on regulatory matters related to financing, acquisitions, incorporations, fund formation and securities regulations.
Its M&A practice is largely based out of the New York, DC and San Francisco offices, in addition to its ever-growing Denver office. The team advised strategic buyers and sellers in acquisitions, mergers and joint ventures. The corporate practice also has a private equity practice that advises private equity firms on buy and sell side acquisitions and investments.
In restructuring and insolvency, the team acts for creditors, debtors and public institutions in Chapter 11 and out of court restructuring matters.
The structured finance and securitization practice is based in the New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and DC offices. It represents clients in the banking and financial services industry as both issuers and underwriters in structured notes, covered bonds,
mortgage backed securitizations, receivables backed credit facilities, ABS issuances, CMBS and RMBS fund formations.
Key clients for the firm include Pfizer, Cognizant, Harbour Point Capital, DC Capital Partners, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Republic of Panama, Goldman Sachs, Borden Dairy Holdings, First Republic Bank and Piermont Bank.
