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Вариант 3

Milbank

1. Milbank is known to have extensive experience in representing clients in the issuance of the most innovative financial instruments appearing on the capital markets, including principal exchange-rate linked securities, foreign currency warrants (including money-backed warrants), index notes, reverse index notes, and auction rate preferred stock.

In the Euro-finance market, Milbank has been involved in a significant number of "deals of the year" and deals involving new capital market techniques as listed by Euromoney.

2. More than 125 corporate finance attorneys regularly help clients structure and execute complex transactions, develop sophisticated new products and cope with regulatory barriers and tax implications. We have had extensive experience in corporate workouts, restructuring the debt of developing countries and assisting troubled banks and their shareholders in negotiating assisted acquisitions and settlements with regulators, and we work closely with a number of leading investment and commercial banks, including both foreign and domestic institutions.

3. Milbank represents many industrial and commercial enterprises, ranging from some of the world's

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largest corporations to many medium and smaller-sized companies. Over 130 lawyers who practice in the general corporate area provide clients in the United States and overseas with advice on corporate, commercial and regulatory questions in a broad range of business transaction. 4. In addition to general corporate mergers and acquisitions, Milbank has in-depth experience handling insurance, utility, banking and thrift industry mergers. We have represented many domestic and foreign buyers and sellers, active in cross-border transactions, and also regularly involved in representing venture capital partnerships and funds. 5. Milbank's lawyers have experience in leveraged buyouts involving public and private companies engaged in a variety of businesses, including manufacturing, mining, health care, entertainment, retail department stores, communications and financial services. Milbank has represented clients in all capacities, including management buyers, sellers, equity investors and lenders. 6. Milbank's banking and corporate practitioners have extensive experience in helping our clients through the banking regulatory maze, dealing with regulations of the Federal Reserve Board, the Controller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and state banking authorities. We have particular strengths in structuring investments in utility properties to avoid regulation by the SEC, FERC or state authorities which would diminish the expected return on highly leveraged investments.

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