Chadbourne & Parke

Agency finance
Chadbourne & Parke has a pre-eminent practice representing public agencies that participate in infrastructure project financings in emerging markets. We regularly represent multilateral development banks, including both members of the World Bank Group and numerous regional development banks active in Latin America, eastern and central Europe, Asia and Africa. We also represent export credit agencies and bilateral investment-promotion and development agencies. For more information on agency finance click here.

Biofuels
As the biofuels industry grows in response to fuel-price concerns, it needs insightful legal guidance. Chadbourne & Parke provides that guidance, drawing on its experience working with lenders, developers, private equity investors and other players in this dynamic market, as well as the energy industry in general. Our experience includes reviewing and negotiating construction contracts, ethanol marketing agreements and feedstock agreements. For more information on biofuels click here.

Consumer products
Consumer products companies face constant legal challenges with the rise of globalisation, increased regulation and the unrelenting pace of technological innovation. Chadbourne's experience in sectors such as retailing, automotive, tobacco, cosmetics, clothing, electronics, durable goods, book publishing and computer software gives the firm a distinctive perspective in addressing these issues. For more information on consumer products click here.

Energy
Chadbourne & Parke has a long history of working for the energy sector and is a recognised name in the business. More than 100 Chadbourne & Parke attorneys work on energy-related matters, 60 of them exclusively. Through our 12 worldwide offices, we are well positioned to meet clients' needs wherever they operate; indeed, the firm has represented clients in energy transactions in more than 80 countries on six continents. For more information on energy click here.

Food and beverage
Companies in the food and beverage industry deal daily with matters of product safety and regulation, financing for expansion, cross-border trade and protection of intellectual property. Legal and business concerns can arise worldwide, as sourcing and consumer markets spread beyond home territories. Chadbourne & Parke understands the issues and can call on its worldwide network of lawyers to provide advice in almost every jurisdiction. For more information on food and drink click here.

Mining and minerals
Chadbourne & Parke's mining and metals experience draws upon the extensive legal expertise and broad industry experience of lawyers in our offices across the globe. Our lawyers have extensive experience in the day-to-day legal, financial and operation issues faced by mineral producers, financial institutions, contractors and others in the industry. We advise on a wide variety of domestic and international transactions, tax matters, permit issues, joint ventures and restructurings, as well as project financings. For more information on mining and minerals click here.

Nanotechnologies
Drawing upon attorneys from various practice groups, Chadbourne & Parke's transdisciplinary nanotechnologies practice offers clients the full spectrum of legal counsel needed to move and manage innovative nanotechnology-based products and services in the marketplace — for the purposes of capital investment, intellectual property, insurance and reinsurance, tax, public policy, regulation and products liability matters, among others. For more information on nanotechnologies click here.

Oil and gas
Attorneys in Chadbourne & Parke's oil and gas practice have been serving industry leaders for many years. Specialists in the practice have extensive transactional and regulatory energy experience and draw from our internationally renowned energy and project finance group and our top-tier Russia, CIS & Central Europe practice group. For more information on oil and gas click here.

Pharmaceuticals and medical devices
Chadbourne & Parke has a long history of serving and representing companies in the pharmaceutical industry through a full range of legal practices, including products liability and commercial litigation, corporate transactions, intellectual property and tax matters. Lawyers throughout the firm effectively serve the needs of our pharmaceutical clients, which include manufacturers and distributors of both over-the-counter and prescription products as well as other medical devices. For more information on pharmaceuticals and medical devices click here.

Renewable energy
Chadbourne & Parke is one of the most visible US law firms in the renewable energy market. The firm has worked on wind farm transactions both in the US and abroad and has been tapped in some capacity by most of the major US wind developers. Chadbourne & Parke is one of about half a dozen law firms that are the dominant players in the US market. For more information on renewable energy click here.

Transportation
Chadbourne & Parke's project finance group is an internationally recognised leader in transportation projects. The firm was listed in the 2012 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, in Band 1, the highest ranking, recognising the leading law firms in the public-private-partnership industry. A number of matters in which we have represented principals have been recognised as landmark transactions. For more information on transportation click here.