Junaid Chida
Times Square Tower
7 Times Square
New York, NY, 10036
Phone: +1-212-326-2031
Fax: +1-212-326-2061
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Carla Christofferson
400 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA, 90071
Phone: +1-213-430-8359
Fax: +1-213-430-6407
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Chris Hollinger
Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor
San Francisco, CA, 94111
Phone: +1-415-984-8906
Fax: +1-415-984-8701
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Charles Lifland
400 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA, 90071
Phone: +1-213-430-6665
Fax: +1-213-430-6407
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Denise Raytis
400 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA, 90071
Phone: +1-213-430-7450
Fax: +1-213-430-6407
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Mark Robertson
Times Square Tower
7 Times Square
New York, NY, 10036
Phone: +1-212-326-4329
Fax: +1-212-326-2061
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Eric A. S. Richards
400 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA, 90071
Phone: +1-213-430-6552
Fax: +1-213-430-6407
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Dev R. Sen
Times Square Tower
7 Times Square
New York, NY, 10036
Phone: +1-212-326-2053
Fax: +1-212-326-2061
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Dawn Sestito
400 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA, 90071
Phone: +1-213-430-6352
Fax: +1-213-430-6407
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Robert Siegel
400 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA, 90071
Phone: +1-213-430-6005
Fax: +1-213-430-6407
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Gregory Thorpe
400 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA, 90071
Phone: +1-213-430-6593
Fax: +1-213-430-6407
PROFESSIONALS
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Airlines for America
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ExxonMobil Corporation
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Orient Maritime Ltd.
Pacific King Shipping Group Limited
Polar Air Cargo
Port of Oakland
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Ports, Rail, Roads, Maritime Transport, Shipping and Logistics
O’Melveny is a trusted advisor to the transportation industry, with more than 50 years’ experience counseling clients around the world on critical business and legal matters, ranging from closing billion-dollar strategic transactions to successfully advocating before US courts and international tribunals. Our group combines broad and deep knowledge of every industry segment—land, air, and sea transport and logistics—with a track record of success representing clients in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, and the United States. For more information, visit our Business Trial and Litigation, Environmental, Integrated Legal Strategies, International Trade, Labor and Employment, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Project and Infrastructure Finance and Development Practice pages.
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Aviation
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O’Melveny is an internationally recognized leader in airport development, finance and privatization, air regulatory matters, and aviation industry labor and employment matters. We have represented airports and other aviation-related clients in all facets of their businesses for more than 40 years. We have advised airport owners (including governmental owners), private operators, developers, banks, underwriting firms, investment funds, concessionaires, air carriers, and other airport tenants. For more information, visit our Aviation page.
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'Major player’ in the PPP sector
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O’Melveny is a recognized leader in transportation sector public-private partnerships. Chambers USA 2012 refers to O’Melveny as “a major player in the PPP arena,” with “an impressive workload” and “a high-profile client roster.” Sources describe firm lawyers as “very easy to work with, fitting well into our business team.”
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Maritime disputes
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Our litigators have handled some of the world’s largest maritime disputes, including the high-profile representation of ExxonMobil in matters relating to the Valdez oil spill as well as shipbuilding disputes and arbitrations arising out of ship sale and purchase agreements and charter contracts.
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Ports
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Over the past 50 years, O’Melveny has participated in the development, financing, and sale of many significant port projects. We have advised on infrastructure development and expansion, rail line acquisitions and consolidations, operating agreements, tax matters, issues of public law, tidelands, regulatory approvals, environmental matters, land use, and project development and finance. Recent work includes representing the Port of Oakland in the first-ever long-term concession of a US port terminal facility.
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Rail
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O’Melveny counsels rail line operators, users, and affected communities on all aspects of transactions related to rail line consolidation, expansion, and development. When representing a group of local transportation agencies in the acquisition of existing railroad rights-of-way for Southern California’s commuter rail system, we negotiated complex shared-use, construction, and development agreements; provided advice regarding issuance of tax-exempt bonds; and worked closely with, and testified before, government agencies to address public issues.
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Roads
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O’Melveny has substantial experience adapting project financing structures to the distinctive requirements of toll road, bridge, and related projects for developers, investors, and lenders. We have thorough knowledge of the underlying economic aspects driving these projects, including the contractual arrangements and permitting issues that can pose challenges. We recently represented an infrastructure fund in connection with the financing of a Hong Kong-based company with substantial toll road interests throughout China.
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Sea vessels
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CEVA Freight, LLC
ExxonMobil Corporation
Cargo Vessel Company
ASTAR Air Cargo, Inc.
Port of Oakland
Alameda Corridor Project
FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.
Hertz Corp.
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