Our Global Corporate Trust & Agency practice provides legal counsel to leading corporate trustees, agents, and financial institutions across the full spectrum of debt capital markets, structured finance, project finance, and loan agency transactions. With an experienced team in domestic and cross-border matters, we deliver technically precise, commercially grounded advice.
The practice draws on deep experience representing the corporate trust departments of major banking institutions alongside a global capability that spans the principal financial centers of North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and beyond. This breadth allows the firm to provide consistent, coordinated counsel wherever clients require support, and to bring a multi-jurisdictional perspective across a wide range of transaction types.
A global practice
Across all major financial centers, our lawyers bring extensive transactional experience, from investment-grade issuances and structured financings to highly complex multijurisdictional loan facilities. Our dedicated team is mobilized to provide consistent and coordinated global client support.
Technical precision
Corporate trust transactions demand technical precision, and our lawyers are recognized for navigating complex issues to bring deals across the finish line. We have an extensive track record representing corporate trustees and agents, and fully understand each client’s needs, ensuring every transaction successfully closes with confidence.
Built for every stage of the deal
We provide coordinated counsel throughout every stage of a transaction’s life cycle. The firm frequently consults with and supports its bankruptcy, restructuring, and commercial litigation lawyers while representing corporate trust clients in post-closing amendments, default administration, and bankruptcy, regulatory, and litigation matters.
How we can help
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Trustee and agency roles
Read moreTrustee and agency roles
We support clients in their roles and responsibilities as trustee, successor trustee, collateral agent, administrative agent, and in other agency capacities across domestic and cross-border finance transactions. The practice has represented leading banking and trust institutions in transactions providing financing for thousands of corporations and projects throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, and emerging markets in Latin America and Asia.
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Breadth across structures and transactions
Read moreBreadth across structures and transactions
The firm's corporate trust lawyers bring broad experience across debt capital markets, lending facilities, project financings, structured financings, and asset-backed transactions.
We counsel corporate trust departments of major banking institutions in their capacity as trustee or agent in connection with deal set-up and post-closing matters. The firm's corporate trust and bankruptcy lawyers have played leading roles in complex reorganizations, advising trustees on their post-default rights and obligations and coordinating distributions to investors.
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Emerging technology and regulation
Read moreEmerging technology and regulation
As a global law firm, we can assist on cross-border mandates and can confidently provide support on complex regulatory issues and emerging digital economy opportunities for our clients.
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Litigation and regulatory defense
Read moreLitigation and regulatory defense
When disputes arise, our corporate trust lawyers work in close coordination with the firm's bankruptcy, restructuring, and commercial litigation practices to represent corporate trust clients in default administration, bankruptcy, and litigation matters. The firm defends and prosecutes litigation claims, representing financial institutions in disputes and litigation arising from complex financial transactions and esoteric debt instruments.
