Orrick adds five partners in bank and high yield acquisition finance

By Tali David

Minneapolis, Oct. 3 - Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced the addition of five bank finance and high yield partners to its existing New York acquisition finance practice.

The following will be joining the firm: 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, according to a company press release.

According to the release, the new Orrick partners represent a cross section of investment banks in financing and restructuring transactions involving financial sponsors, leveraged corporates and investment grade companies.

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

Orrick is a San Francisco-based law firm with offices in the United States, Europe and Asia.

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