CHICAGO, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Peter M. Gaines, 57, a well-known
corporate lawyer recognized for his experience in complex finance
transactions, has joined Jenner & Block's Corporate Practice as a partner. Mr.
Gaines comes to Jenner & Block with more than 30 years of experience,
including 20 years practicing with Mayer, Brown & Platt and 13 years
practicing in London. Most recently, he was a Chicago-based partner at Bell,
Boyd & Lloyd.
"Peter's problem-solving skills, his international experience, his
entrepreneurial instincts, and his leadership qualities will be of great value
to our clients and to our already strong corporate department," said Susan C.
Levy, Managing Partner of Jenner & Block.
"Peter brings great experience and bench strength to our corporate finance
practice and will be very helpful in advancing our strategy of aggressively
growing our corporate practice," said Joseph P. Gromacki, Chair of Jenner &
Block's Corporate Practice and a member of the Firm's Policy Committee.
In his prior practice, Mr. Gaines has represented major institutions such
as Bank of America (and a predecessor, Continental Bank), BNP Paribas,
Dresdner Bank, NatWest, Scotiabank, CIBC, Bank of Montreal, Royal Bank of
Canada, Sanwa Bank, Goldman Sachs, UBS, Merrill Lynch, and Wells Fargo Bank,
and major corporate entities such as Cargill, Petrobras, RFC, and Time Warner
Telecom, in a wide variety of project finance, acquisition, securitization,
and other transactions. He has spearheaded transactions that arranged
financing for projects on five different continents.
Some of Mr. Gaines' past transactions have included a $3.2 billion
offshore oil and gas financing for Petrobras that was named a "Deal of the
Year" by seven industry publications; the representation of Dresdner Bank in a
DM4.5 billion project financing for an AMD Inc. silicon chip manufacturing
facility in Germany; and the representation of Time Warner Telecom Holdings
Inc. in various financing transactions.
"I am very excited to be joining Jenner & Block. The Firm has a strong
corporate and transactional group, and I hope to be a key player in the
ongoing expansion of that group," said Mr. Gaines.
Mr. Gaines has been recognized as a leading corporate finance lawyer by
Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers; Euromoney Guide to the World's
Leading Banking Lawyers; Who's Who Legal; The World's Leading Project Finance
Lawyers, and the International Who's Who of Banking Lawyers.
Mr. Gaines received his undergraduate degree in political science from the
University of Wisconsin in 1972 and his law degree from the same institution
in 1975. In law school, he was the Note and Comment Editor of the Law Review
and Order of the Coif. Mr. Gaines is licensed to practice in Illinois, New
York and Minnesota.
SOURCE Jenner & Block
Kevin Blasko, Public Relations Manager of Jenner & Block, +1-312-923-2635,
kblasko@jenner.com
