Debevoise & Plimpton

Congratulations to our team in Asia for an impressive showing in the latest edition of Legal 500 Greater China 2025 including a record number of lawyer recognitions and our leading practices maintaining top tier status! #Debevoise30yearsinAsia

A team led by Nicholas Pellicani has advised B&M in a ￡250 million senior secured notes offering. https://bit.ly/4g9qjyn

A Debevoise team has filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Brennan Center for Justice and prominent election law scholars urging the en banc D.C. Circuit to reverse recent precedents that bar courts from reviewing deadlocked enforcement decisions by the Federal Election Commission if the bloc of commissioners who opposed enforcement cited “prosecutorial discretion” anywhere in their reasoning. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3CMMD2k

A team led by Geoff Burgess and Clare Swirski has advised Bain Capital on its investment in Oak Reinsurance, and on its cornerstone investment in Oak RE’s Lloyd’s Syndicate 2843, which will focus on global reinsurance. https://bit.ly/3B1Kq2s #Insurance

A Debevoise team led by insurance M&A partners Marilyn Lion and Kristen Matthews is advising Manulife in its $5.4 billion reinsurance agreement with Reinsurance Group of America, including $2.4 billion of long-term care reserves. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4hYubE5

Satish Kini and Alan V. Kartashkin feature in a new Q&A on Russian sanctions, as part of the 20Minds module on “Global Trade and Investment”, where they examine the expanding and complex web of sanctions imposed by the U.S., EU, and UK on Russia. https://bit.ly/4hXX5nT #sanctions

In the 2025 edition of Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP lawyers have again been recognized as leading arbitration practitioners for their exceptional work resolving complex international disputes. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3V4cF7m ? Congratulations to partners Catherine Amirfar, Conway Blake, Tony Dymond, Mark W Friedman, Lord Goldsmith KC, Ina Popova, Dietmar W. Prager, Natalie Reid, Samantha Rowe, Laura Sinisterra, Jeff Sullivan KC, Christopher Tahbaz, Patrick Taylor, international counsel Gavin Chesney, Robert Hoose, Aimee-Jane Lee, Cameron Sim and associates Shreya Aren, Berglind Birkland, Sol Czerwonko, Monika Hlavkova, Julianne Marley, Laith Najjar, Justin R. Rassi, Julio Rivera Ríos, Sonja Sreckovic and Nawi Ukabiala.

A Debevoise team led by M&A partners Emily Huang and Kevin Schmidt has advised Elliott Investment Management in its sale of a majority owned interest in Roadrunner Transportation to Prospero Staff Capital. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3V3abpQ

In Bisnow, Debevoise Deputy Presiding Partner Nicole Mesard, who has been named a Mentor Honoree ahead of Bisnow’s 2024 New York Power Women Event on December 4th, discusses her career journey, finding her authentic voice, and her advice when it comes to success in the workplace.?Learn more: https://bit.ly/3V6ss5B

Debevoise partners Tony Dymond, Peter Goldsmith, Gareth Hughes, together with international counsel Emily Lam, Cameron Sim and associate Benjamin Teo have authored an article on the recent decision of Siddiqsons Tin Plate Ltd v New Metallurgy Hi-Tech [2024] SGHC 272. This case reinforces previous decisions of the Singapore courts to the effect that parties wishing to pursue a set aside application must give fair intimation to the Tribunal during the arbitration of any breach of natural justice which they consider has occurred. Read more https://bit.ly/3OfYwAc #Arbitration #InternationalDisputes #CommercialLitigation #Litigation #Asia