Corporate Finance — Debt, Equity, Structured and Islamic
The firm, through Mr. Ansar, has been involved in the following financings:
Debt, Equity and Structured Financings
- Representation of Goldman, Sachs & Co., in connection with a $100 million offering of bonds by Hackensack Water Company, interest being payable on the bonds in the form of equity, an Institutional Investor Deal of the Year.
- Representation of Clemente Global Growth Fund Inc., in connection with its public offering and listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
- Representation of Delta Options Group in connection with its registration with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
- Representation of Tucker Anthony & R.L. Day in connection with the initial public offering of Amity Bank, a Connecticut bank.
- Representation of Tucker Anthony & R.L. Day in connection with the initial public offering of Connecticut Savings Bank, a Connecticut bank.
- Representation of Global Growth Fund, a closed-end fund, in connection with its public offering and listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
- Representation of Merrill Lynch in connection with an offering of notes by the Province of Newfoundland.
- Representation of Merrill Lynch in connection with a $100 million offering of municipal bonds by a Puerto Rican issuer.
- Representation of Bear Stearns in connection with a $100 million offering of mortgage backed-bonds by Sun Savings & Trust, a Maine savings and trust bank.
- Representation of the underwriters in connection with a public offering of Fairhaven Savings Bank, a Massachusetts savings bank.
- Representation of Citicorp in connection with a $45 million offering of convertible bonds by Dewan Salman Fibre Limited — the first such offering in the international capital markets by an issuer from Pakistan.
- Representation of Robert Fleming, as underwriter of a $100 million offering of global depositary receipts ("GDRs") by Hindalco Industries Limited, one of India's largest private sector manufacturers of aluminum ("Hindalco").
- Representation of Lehman Brothers and J.P. Morgan as underwriters of a $100 million offering of GDRs by Hindalco — Lehman's first underwritten offering of GDRs in India.
- Representation of Chescor Capital Middle East Limited in an offering of units.
- Representation of Atlantis Investment Fund, a Cayman Islands based closed-end fund, in connection with its structuring and formation for an aggregate amount of $120 million.
- Representation of Atlantis Investment Fund, in connection with the purchase of units of the Atlantis Fund, a British Virgin Islands fund, for consideration aggregating $70 million, both entities being affiliates of Saison Fundex Corporation, a Japanese financial services corporation.
- Advice to the Atlantis Investment Fund in connection with repurchase agreements with Credit Suisse First Boston, Dresdner Bank, Lehman Brothers, Salomon Brothers International Limited and UBS AG.
- Representation of Atlantis Fund in connection with an investment in preference shares of SFA CABS II CBO's offering of notes and preference shares aggregating $252 million.
- Representation of Atlantis Fund in connection with an investment in preference shares of Solstice ABS CBO's offering of notes and preference shares aggregating $302 million.
- Representation of Atlantis Fund in connection with an investment in preference shares of Valeo Investment Grade CDO II's offering of notes and preference shares aggregating $503 million.
- Representation of Atlantis Fund in connection with an investment in subordinated notes of Orion Euro High Yield B.V.'s offering of notes aggregating $276 million.
- Representation of Atlantis Investment Fund in connection with the listing of its units for an amount of $190 million on the Irish Stock Exchange.
- Representation of Atlantis Fund in connection with an investment in preference shares of Orchard Park CDO's offering of notes and preference shares aggregating $301 million.
- Representation of Saudi Hollandi as underwriter in connection with the initial public offering of a Saudi reinsurance company.
- Advice to two alternative investment firms based in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda in connection with strategies for realizing income from illiquid investments.
- Representation of a leading GCC-based shipping, transportation and logistics operator in connection with a $160 million financing secured by the shares of a listed affiliate engaged in the transportation of LNG.
- Representation of a GCC-based shipping, transportation and logistics operator in connection with consulting arrangements.
- Representation of a GCC-based consultant in connection with the origination of financing for a Silicon Valley technology company.
- Representation of a Dublin life sciences company in connection with research, development and financing matters with its partners and collaborators based in Germany and the U.S.
Islamic Financings
- Extensive experience of various Islamic financing instruments including Ijara, Murabaha, and Mudaraba, among others.
- Advice given as to Sharia'a compliant structures for investment into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.