New York

Advised Celgene Corporation, one of the largest biotech companies in the United States, on its US$9bn acquisition of Juno Therapeutics, a clinical-stage cell immunotherapy company.

Advised Twenty-First Century Fox on it US$16bn bid for the 61 percent of Sky plc that it did not already own.

Advised an ad hoc group of holders of the US$6bn of bonds issued by the Mexico City Airport Trust (MexCAT) in connection with the tender offer, consent solicitation, and restructuring of MexCAT bonds.

Advised Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of obesity, in connection with its Chapter 11 proceedings.

Advised BB Securities and BNP Paribas in the establishment of the first, second, and third offerings from the Rio Oil Finance Trust, totaling approximately US$4.6bn.

Advised the official committees of unsecured creditors in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of Abengoa Bioenergy (Missouri) and Abeinsa (Delaware), subsidiaries of Abengoa SA of Spain.

Advised Ivanhoe Cambridge on the sale of its 60% interest in the 479 unit Ritz Plaza apartment complex in midtown Manhattan to an affiliate of the Carlyle Group.

Advised DuPont Fabros Technology on its US$7.65bn sale to Digital Realty, creating the largest wholesale data center REIT in the United States.

Represented Merck in multiple inter partes review proceedings concerning Pfizer’s number-one selling vaccine, Prevnar 13®; after oral argument and final written decision, we invalidated the entire patent.

Represented Amgen in district court litigation and inter partes review proceedings. After oral argument and final written decision, we successfully preserved a commercially valuable patent claim.

Advised a Brazilian company on three ICC arbitrations regarding the construction of FPSOs totaling over US$1bn in claims.

Represented two U.S.-incorporated companies in connection with potential investment treaty claims against the Kingdom of Morocco under the FTA between the U.S. and the Kingdom of Morocco, and the BIT between the U.S. and Morocco.

Represented a major European bank on investigations and the multidistrict civil litigation relating to LIBOR in federal court in New York.

Appointed by the City of New York to conduct whistleblower investigation of sitting NYC Commissioner of Department of Investigation.

Advised OUTFRONT Media on its successful bid for the renewal of its advertising concession on the New York MTA bus, subway, and commuter rail systems.

Represented the Republic of Ecuador on multiple bond issuances with an aggregate amount of US$12bn.

Represented an international financial institution on 30 individual and purported class actions where plaintiffs (gold traders, customers, etc.) alleged that participating banks manipulated the Gold Fix (setting the price for gold).

Representing MidCap Financial on multiple lendings across industries such as life sciences and pharmaceuticals, technology, and transportation and logistics.