Lending markets have experienced dramatic swings in activity over the past several years. In today’s environment, managing risks while taking a creative approach to pursuing opportunities has become an essential balancing act for those seeking to keep their business moving forward. Our independent Law and Consulting Firms have the deep market knowledge and decades of experience needed to provide effective and efficient leveraged finance solutions for complex transactions around the world.

An Experienced Global Finance Team

Our significant presence in these major financial centers and extensive deal flow enable us swiftly to advise our clients on shifts in market dynamics.

We integrate our bank finance practice with our debt capital markets expertise to offer clients seamless execution in bank/bond structures, whether within a single jurisdiction or in cross-border transactions. Our professionals provide market insight and innovative solutions in all aspects of leveraged finance, from negotiations on covenants, to complex subordination and inter-creditor issues, to structuring acquisition transactions that utilize multiple layers of financing. We also have extensive experience in tender offers, exchange offers, and consent solicitations for high-yield bonds.

Prae Legal represents leading financial institutions, mezzanine lenders, sponsors, issuers, and borrowers in a wide variety of acquisition finance and other leveraged finance transactions, including senior, subordinated, and mezzanine lending transactions; high-yield debt offerings; and bridge financings. In addition, we draw on the Firm’s global resources in tax, environmental, intellectual property, bankruptcy, and bank regulatory matters for the specialized expertise regularly required in many leveraged finance transactions.

Full-Service Legal Counsel for Leveraged Finance Transactions

Prae Legal Network’s Bank Finance  group comprises lawyers with leading expertise in the following areas:

• Asset-based loans
• Acquisition financings
• Bank regulatory matters
• Banking and Financial Regulation
• Bridge loans
• Capital Markets Offerings
• Consent solicitations
• Corporate Finance
• Convertible debt offerings
• Debtor-in-possession financings
• Exit financings
• High-yield debt offerings
• Investment Funds
• Inter-creditor negotiations
• Mezzanine financings
• Private Equity
• Preferred stock offerings
• Project Finance
• PPP – PFI Transactions
• Recapitalizations
• Secured and unsecured loans
• Security and Guarantees
• Securitisation and Factoring
• Structured Finance
• Tender offers/exchange offers

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Prae Legal Network’s Insurance Law Practice Group is unique in its depth and breadth of experience. The group is comprised of lawyers who specialize in defined aspects of insurance coverage law, and who have achieved national reputations for themselves in those areas.

Through Prae Legal network of Insolvency, Bankruptcy and Restructuring law practitioners, the Prae Legal group represents insurers with a high-quality and effective way to ensure legal compliance. Equally as important, the lawyers in the Insurance Law Practice Group counsel claim professionals, with respect to particularly troublesome or complex claims, in order to assist insurance providers in the prevention of bad faith claims or claims for the breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

Insurance Law Experts  help Clients Facing Challenges in the following areas:

• Represent clients before insurance regulators
• Represent insurers in major coverage claims arising from diverse casualties
• Lead corporate reorganizations
• Reinsurance
• Third Party Liability
• Subrogation
• Perform mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures; purchases; sales of assets and books of business; and new entity creation
• Draft corporate policies regarding privacy, document retention, codes of ethics, conflicts of interest, anti-fraud, subrogation policies, and claims handling
• License and register insurance companies, producers, and other intermediaries
• Handle product and rate filings, excess and surplus lines issues, and contract drafting

Moreover, when your organization’s legal needs move beyond insurance issues, attorneys in the group are able to connect you to the advice, expertise and support you might need from Prae Legal.

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Life sciences is a highly dynamic and global industry. That’s why life sciences companies, as well as investors and other capital providers to the life sciences industry, need to work with a Law and Consulting Firm that understands these challenges and that can provide consistent, practical solutions to meet these challenges.

Prae Legal has a network of life sciences law practitioners in all around the world. Our lawyers provide easy access to high-quality, focused legal advice and assistance needed to avoid matters from the very outset and solve problems when they happen later on.
Scope of our life sciences practice;
Our experience includes counseling foodstuffs, including food supplements, enriched food, novel food, parnuts, biotechnology, cosmetics, Biocides, detergents, pesticides and other chemical preparations, pharmaceutical, medical technology, healthcare organizations, and financial institutions investing in this sector:

• Anti-corruption, Compliance and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
• Commercial Transactions
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Employment Law
• Securities and Capital Markets
• Private Equity

Moreover, when your organization’s legal needs move beyond life sciences issues, attorneys in the group are able to connect you to the advice, expertise and support you might need from Prae Legal.

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Experts in the Prae Legal Technology Transactions & Licensing practice group assist a wide range of clients with maximizing company value from the intellectual property and technology assets that they own or license from third parties.

Attorneys in the group have experience with clients in many industries, such as biotechnology andpharmaceuticals; medical devices; diagnostics; life sciences; healthcare; information technologies, including hardware and software; Internet and e-commerce; telecommunications; video games;entertainment; retail; and financial services. Attorneys in the group work with companies of all sizes at all stages of development, including emerging growth companies, middle-market companies and established vendors of technology goods and services, to partner or sell their IP and technology assets. They also assist clients to in-license or otherwise acquire IP and technology assets, as well as to establish technology service arrangements.

Attorneys in the Technology Transactions & Licensing practice group counsel clients on structuring, negotiating and implementing collaborative and licensing transactions that often have a significant impact on a company’s business. With their extensive experience in these types of transactions and knowledge of both sides of contract issues, our attorneys assist clients on establishing the core IP and business terms and structure of the deal. They also act as problem solvers for complex and difficult contract issues. Clients value the ability of the attorneys in the group to manage the deal negotiation process in an effort to maximize speed-to-signing while minimizing legal expenses.

• Prea Legal Technology Transaction & Licensing practice group attorneys frequently help clients with regard to:
• Joint ventures and strategic alliances
• Collaboration and co-development agreements
• In-bound and out-bound patent and technology licenses
• Third-party arrangements with employees and consultants
• Manufacturing and supply agreements
• Distribution and reseller arrangements
• Branding and marketing arrangements
• Business process outsourcing arrangements
• Nondisclosure agreements

Attorneys in the group work closely with attorneys in the firm from other practice areas, which are often relevant for technology transactions, such as FDA; antitrust; bankruptcy; export control; government contracting; revenue recognition rules; security interests; and complex, multi-jurisdictional issues relating to privacy and security of information.

In conjunction with deal structuring, attorneys in the group also assist clients with IP due diligence, and their strategic planning and/or open innovation strategies, including assessing and identifying the client’s existing intellectual property; advising on protecting this intellectual property and counseling on areas of growth and the potential for licensing; and acquiring and selling intellectual property in order to realize maximum value for the business. For software matters, attorneys in the group advise on open source issues.

Attorneys in the group also assist clients with IP management and audits, including software audits.

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Criminal and other investigations often have a strong transnational link. The alleged conduct may be committed or an alleged perpetrator be residing abroad. Foreign subsidiaries or parent companies may be affected. Issues relating to obtaining evidence abroad or requests for mutual legal assistance often arise.

Proceeds from an offence may be located abroad. Foreign authorities may be conducting parallel proceedings. Initiating criminal proceedings can support civil or other actions. The Prae Legal Business Crime and Compliance group offers knowledge and expertise to support Law and Consulting Firms and to protect clients’ interests in criminal and other investigations. Practitioners have vast experience in handling criminal investigations and prosecutions, and in dealing with requests for a mutual legal assistance, and can provide proactive and preventative advice.

An Extensive Range of Expertise in Compliance

The expertise of the Prae Legal Business Crime and Compliance group helps clients facing challenges in:

• Responding to criminal investigations and defending proceedings against individuals and companies
• Advising individuals or companies on investigations and proceedings of regulatory or other authorities
• Providing support during searches and seizures at home and abroad
• Gathering of information for criminal investigations and inspection of files
• Designing and implementing compliance programs
• Reviewing compliance rules
• Providing legal assistance in dawn raids

Key areas of practice are:

• Anti-corruption, fraud and misappropriation of funds
• Accounting offenses
• Insolvency offenses
• Export control and embargoes
• Work and labor offenses
• Cartel and fair trade offenses
• Tax and customs offenses
• Money laundering and proceeds of crime
• Mutual legal assistance
• Training and education

Moreover, when your organization’s legal needs go beyond business crimes and compliance matters, attorneys in the Group are able to ensure you receive the additional advice, expertise and support you might need from Prae Legal.

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Prae Legal team of energy, environmental, and utilities attorneys advise a sophisticated client base that includes public and municipal utilities; renewable energy producers, suppliers, and distributors; manufacturing, technology, and managed-services companies; real estate developers and lenders; energy consumers; and energy investors. Our professionals capably handle the full range of regulatory, transactional, and litigation matters.

We support environmental and regulatory compliance, negotiate acquisitions and new project development, and represent clients in all types of administrative hearings and environmental and energy litigation. Through Prae Legal network of energy and environmental law practitioners, the Prae Legal  Energy and Environmental  group provides clients with a high-quality and cost-effective way to ensure legal compliance.

We do not only have a deep understanding of the external regulatory environment, we also take care to understand each client’s business model, financial position, and long-term aspirations. We collaborate with our clients to formulate practical, cost-effective solutions that meet their business imperatives. After all, a legal strategy unmoored from the business reality is really no strategy at all.In addition to our legal skill, clients benefit enormously from our strong relationships with countries’ governments, judges, policymakers, and experts in economics, environmental science, engineering and energy efficiency. Our professionals have earned the respect of these professionals over decades of practice, which facilitates communication, ensures fair consideration, and often enables us to reach out directly to resolve potential issues quickly.

Experience range of Prae Legal Energy and Environmental Group:

• Oil & Natural Gas
• Renewable Energy
• Wind Energy
• Nuclear Energy
• Electric Energy
• Energy & Infrastructure Finance
• Carbon Credits
• Electric power plants
• Gas processing plants
• Petrochemical plants
• Energy storage facilities
• Energy Litigation
• Refineries

When your organization’s legal needs move beyond energy and environmental issues, attorneys in the group can connect you to the additional advice, expertise and support you might need from Prae Legal.

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Globalization and technological advancement have opened new markets for everything from pop music to prescription drugs. Along with great benefits, these changes have ushered in new challenges as well. Namely, it is less difficult and more profitable for unscrupulous actors to infringe on privately held intellectual property rights.

Near-perfect reproductions of protected works can be made quickly and cheaply, and disseminated instantly to markets worldwide. Officials estimate that counterfeit goods now make up 5 to 7 percent of trade worldwide. Companies that expect to reap the rewards of exclusive ownership must be prepared to aggressively protect their trademarks and copyrights.

Through its extensive network of practitioners, lawyers of the Prae Legal Trademarks&Copyrights group represents a wide range of companies, from small start-ups to multinational blue chips, that operate in diverse industry sectors.

Our professionals enjoy close working relationships with Customs and Border Protection officers around the world. Through these ties, we are able to facilitate prompt seizure of counterfeit materials, a notably effective and inexpensive solution for our clients.

A Full-Service Trademark Law Practice

Our practice involves the full spectrum of legal services related to trademarks:

• Assistance with the selection and availability of marks
• Prosecution of applications in an effort to obtain federal and local registrations
• Appeals from the local Trademark Offices
• Risk management advice
• Negotiation and preparation of trademark licenses
• Co-existence and consent agreements
• Monitoring of trademark use by third parties
• Advice on the proper use of trademarks in advertising and on packaging
• Litigation and other proceedings involving trademarks
• Matters involving international protection

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Businesses of every size retain employees in locations around the world and need employees who are internationally mobile. It is fundamental to the growth of businesses and to the career advancement of individual workers.

But in this era of heightened security risks and geopolitical turmoil, cross-border movement is not simple. Immigration is a heavily regulated activity and subject to time-consuming evaluation by federal and international officials. Prae Legal’s immigration group attorneys are focused on identifying strategies that protect clients and enable the timely pursuit of business opportunities wherever they arise.

Prae Legal advises multinational corporations, domestic companies, nonprofit institutions, investors, and individuals about;

• Visas (Work permits, Study permits, Temporary Visas, Temporary resident permits, Business visitor entry)
• intra-company transfers
• hiring of foreign nationals
• citizenship requirements
• regulatory compliance
• other immigration matters
• Applications to overcome criminal or medical inadmissibility

Moreover, when your organization’s legal needs move beyond immigration  issues, attorneys  in the group are able to connect you to additional advice, expertise and support you might need from Prae Legal.

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Government regulations and oversight present businesses and business leaders with some of the greatest challenges they face today. As globalization and technological innovation have remade the marketplace, governments around the world have imposed more regulations and more complicated regulations to try to keep pace. It is a fact of corporate life that organizations must understand and comply with government regulations covering a vast and growing range of topics.

Companies need experienced counsel who can advise and litigate when public policy and business conduct overlap. Through Prae Legal Network network of Government Affairs counsels, the Prae Legal  Government Affairs  group provides clients with a experienced and effective way to ensure legal compliance.

Public policy is affected by politics and it is ever changing. the experienced lawyers in Prae Legal‘s Government Affairs group know what it takes to get the best outcomes for their clients. Our professionals take a distinctly proactive approach to the regulatory practice. This means that we use our knowledge to help clients achieve compliance quickly and efficiently, and with minimum business disruption. It also means that we identify areas where clients might leverage government regulations or available incentives to grow their business or become more competitive. Where others see restrictions, we find opportunities.

The Government Affairs group can provide expertise and experience in the following areas:

• strategic planning
• formulation of message(s)
• drafting of legislation, amendments to legislation and legislative report language
• preparation of testimony, position papers, advocacy letters and regulatory briefs
• Represent clients in their relationships with state, provincial or country-specific governmental entities, from the legislative bodies to the various departments, agencies, boards and commissions of state/country-specific government monitoring of legislative and regulatory activity
• coalition-building and media outreach
• coordination of demonstrations and other interactive events for key decision makers
• representation of clients at congressional and regulatory hearings and adjudicatory proceedings
• regulatory compliance
• Initiatives and referenda
• Coordinate legal and government relations strategy

Moreover, when your organization’s legal needs move beyond government issues, attorneys in the group can connect you to the additional advice, expertise and support you might need from Prae Legal.

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The regulatory environment for antitrust and trade regulation matters is exceptionally complex. Corporate activity is governed by both civil and criminal statutes, and antitrust matters are overseen by several different authorities with overlapping but not identical jurisdictions. Adding to the compliance challenge, identifying the fine line between competitive and anti-competitive behavior is often a matter of judgment and case-by-case analysis. Prae Legal Network’s experienced antitrust professionals help clients make wise business decisions in this complex and intensely scrutinized arena.

We advise public and private companies on all of their antitrust and trade regulation matters, from establishing a compliance program to executing a major merger. We counsel clients about how to maximize the benefit of a strong market position without veering toward monopolization; establish competitive but non-predatory pricing; respond to market developments while maintaining independence; structure a merger, acquisition, or joint venture to efficiently pass antitrust review; and achieve compliance with antitrust and trade regulation requirements.

Consulted early when antitrust issues or conflicts arise, Prae Legal professionals are often able to quickly identify comprehensive solutions that protect our clients and avert broader controversy.

Antitrust counsel at Prae Legal Network knows that every decision about a company’s competitive posture will have a direct impact on the bottom line. We take very seriously our role in seeking to protect clients’ fundamental financial health and identifying antitrust solutions that do not hinder growth. We do this by working with clients to establish quality compliance regimes, and we also assist clients with their strategic growth planning. For example, we evaluate whether regulators are likely to demand divestitures or sell-offs prior to approving a proposed merger, that may negatively affect the ultimate profitability of a deal. Clients contemplating significant business decisions seek our legal advice with respect to antitrust and trade regulation issues.

There is no such thing as a generic antitrust matter. Each question must be specifically analyzed and considered in its proper context. And, unlike in other legal disciplines, antitrust practitioners must understand economics as well as the law. Prae Legal Network’s antitrust group have advanced training in micro and macroeconomics, econometrics, accounting, and economic policy. They use this legal training to achieve a deep understanding of every client’s business model and to devise tailored solutions that serve clients’ specific business imperatives.

ANTITRUST & TRADE SERVICES

Assess antitrust implications of actual or contemplated mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and licensing arrangements

Seek regulatory clearance for mergers, acquisitions, and other proposed actions

Counsel clients on avoiding improper information sharing

Provide guidance on competitive pricing and non-monopolizing market positioning

Create corporate antitrust compliance programs

Provide assistance to trade associations, which are uniquely susceptible to antitrust claims

Advise clients in complying with federal and state consumer protection and privacy laws

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