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Based in London since 1999, Neal McKnight s practice encompasses a broad range of corporate and financial matters in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, and cross-border transactions into and from the United States. His primary areas of practice include: Capital Markets Leveraged Finance Mergers & Acquisitions Project Development and Finance Mr. McKnight has extensive capital markets and leveraged finance experience based on his involvement in a numerous significant equity and debt capital markets transactions. His securities experience includes private placements of equity and debt under Rule 144A/Regulation S, high yield debt, leveraged acquisitions, recapitalizations, offerings of closed ended investment funds, transactions registered with the SEC, privatizations, project bonds, Eurobonds and structured financings. Mr. McKnight has advised principals in a number of European M&A transactions involving the oil and gas, petrochemicals, broadcasting, technology, pharmaceuticals, real estate and other sectors. He also has significant joint venture structuring experience. In the area of project development and finance, his work has focused largely on the representation of sponsors of natural resources and infrastructure projects. He has acted for sponsors seeking financing from commercial banks and capital markets investors, as well as agency lenders. Major business and legal publications have recognized the complex, precedent-setting transactions on which Mr. McKnight has advised as deals of the year in each of the past eight years. Selected Transactions Capital Markets ProLogis, first IPO of a Luxembourg real estate fund and largest real estate IPO in Europe Vivendi Universal, precedent-setting $1.3 billion and follow-on $1.6 billion high-yield debt offerings, representing the underwriters Enel, $19 billion privatization of Italian state electricity company, representing the company ICI, �834 million rights offering, representing the underwriters Vodafone, $5 billion equity offering sold based on accelerated bookbuild, representing the issuer A number of other equity and debt transactions Leveraged Finance Honsel GmbH, refinancing of existing acquisition debt with senior, mezzanine and PIK facilities (with warrants) NXP BV, �5.0 billion bridge loan and revolving credit facility and related �4.5 billion high yield refinancing (the largest high yield offering ever by proceeds raised) Represented financial arrangers in debt financings for potential acquirors in auction transactions Extensive experience structuring subordinated/high yield/PIK/hybrid debt instruments for recapitalization and acquisition finance transactions Advised sellers on financing issues and "certain funds" financing requirements for $11 billion Akzo Nobel/Organon Biosciences disposition, $2.7 billion SBS Broadcasting asset sale and $9 billion Innovene disposition by BP M&A Hedge fund in first potential direct investment in Eastern European company SBS Broadcasting, $2.7 billion sale to Permira and KKR, and other M&A transactions in Eastern Europe, representing SBS Broadcasting BP, $9 billion sale of Innovene to INEOS, representing BP on certain U.S. legal aspects of transaction GlaxoWellcome, $76 billion merger with SmithKline Beecham to form GlaxoSmithKline, representing GlaxoWellcome Private equity investments by several investors in Europe Significant joint venture experience Project Development and Finance Pending capital markets and syndicated loan transactions for natural resources/infrastructure projects in Nigeria and FSU $4 billion capital markets expansion financing for Tengizchevroil (TCO) in Kazakhstan, representing the sponsors $3.9 billion Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline project, representing the sponsors Phase 1 and Early Oil financings for $12 billion upstream ACG development in Azerbaijan, representing the sponsor financing parties | 