Chadbourne & Parke London Office Continues Expansion of Corporate and Capital Markets Practices

NEW YORK, July 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The international law firm Chadbourne & Parke LLP today announced that Danny Heathwood has joined the firm as international counsel in the London office and Erin Callahan has joined the firm as multinational partner.

Mr. Heathwood, a corporate attorney who was most recently with Hunton & Williams, focuses his practice on UK and cross-border transactional work, including advising companies and investment banks on IPOs and transactions on the Official List and AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, as well as counseling on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity investment.

Ms. Callahan comes to Chadbourne from the International Bar Association (IBA) in London where she served as deputy director and head of legal projects team. She joins Chadbourne's corporate governance and risk oversight practice where she will be responsible for advising clients on compliance with the recently enacted UK Bribery Act and other corporate regulations.  

"Having Danny and Erin on board continues our growth in London and expands our capabilities for clients doing business in the UK and emerging markets, particularly in the areas of capital markets, corporate governance and risk oversight, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity," said Chadbourne Managing Partner Andrew A. Giaccia. "These latest additions to our London team strengthen our corporate practice in London and help to solidify our reputation as a leader in Europe and in emerging markets."

Mr. Heathwood has worked on a number of significant AIM transactions with particular expertise in the mining and oil and gas industries. He has also represented clients in multimillion dollar mergers and acquisitions and private equity investments in the renewable energy sector.

Prior to joining the IBA, Ms. Callahan was a senior corporate associate at Debevoise & Plimpton in London, where she represented foreign private issuers in public and exempt offerings and advised companies on ongoing compliance with Securities Act, Exchange Act and New York Stock Exchange requirements, as well as general corporate law issues. She also counseled major international corporations on insurance policies for directors and officers.

"We are proud to welcome both Danny and Erin to Chadbourne and believe our clients will benefit greatly from their backgrounds in corporate law," said Claude S. Serfilippi, London office Managing Partner. "Danny's experience in sophisticated corporate transactions and his work representing clients in connection with listings on the London Stock Exchange give Chadbourne an advantage in helping emerging markets clients secure equity capital. Erin's work with the IBA, as well as her compliance and corporate governance experience, deepens our London corporate team at a time when corporate governance and compliance are top of mind for companies."

Mr. Heathwood earned his B.A. in Accounting and Law from the University of Manchester in 2001 and completed the legal practice course at Nottingham Law School in 2002. He is admitted as a Solicitor in England and Wales.

Ms. Callahan co-authored the chapter on U.S. corporate governance and directors' duties in "PLC Cross-border Corporate Governance and Directors' Duties Handbook." She received her B.A. from Hollins University in 1992 and her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1997. She is admitted to the New York Bar.

About Chadbourne & Parke LLP

Chadbourne & Parke LLP, an international law firm headquartered in New York City, provides a full range of legal services, including mergers and acquisitions, securities, project finance, private funds, corporate finance, venture capital and emerging companies, energy/renewable energy, communications and technology, commercial and products liability litigation, arbitration/IDR, securities litigation and regulatory enforcement, special investigations and litigation, intellectual property, antitrust, domestic and international tax, insurance and reinsurance, environmental, real estate, bankruptcy and financial restructuring, executive compensation and employee benefits, employment law and ERISA, trusts and estates, and government contract matters. Major geographical areas of concentration include Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East, Turkey and Latin America. The Firm has offices in New York, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, London, Moscow, Warsaw, Kyiv, Almaty, Dubai and Beijing. For additional information, visit www.chadbourne.com.

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