Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP today announced the addition of five bank finance and high yield partners to its existing New York acquisition finance practice.  Joining the firm will be: Ronan M. Wicks and Patrick J. Flanagan, formerly partners at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP in New York; Bruce Czachor, formerly a partner at Shearman & Sterling LLP in New York: Julian S.H. Chung, formerly a partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP in New York; and Jason D. White, head of the leveraged and high grade finance and credit restructuring practices in the Americas for the legal department of Barclays Capital.  The new partners will join Orrick’s acquisition finance practice group of which Ronan Wicks will now serve as global co-head.

 

The new Orrick partners routinely represent a cross section of major investment banks in sophisticated financing and restructuring transactions involving financial sponsors, leveraged corporates and investment grade companies.  Representative clients have included Barclays Capital, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Citibank, and Bank of America.

With over 1,200 lawyers across 23 offices and 8 countries, Orrick’s representation of financial institutions accounts for more than one-third of the firm’s total revenues.  With this move, the firm adds a major acquisition finance capability to its leading financial institution practices in the areas of project finance, infrastructure finance, structured finance, public finance, capital markets, tax, and litigation.  

“We are delighted to assemble this team of leading practitioners in the area of acquisition finance,” said Ralph Baxter, Chairman and CEO of Orrick. “This move adds another strong dimension to our representation of major investment banks and financial institutions, both in New York and globally.”