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Doug Hoffman is a partner in the firm's Corporate and Securities Group. He has devoted his practice to a wide range of domestic and international commercial transactions including mergers, stock acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, joint ventures, corporate finance, debt facilities, debt restructuring, privatizations and stockholder arrangements. Mr. Hoffman has been selected as a Leading Illinois Attorney for the areas of Mergers and Acquisitions Law, International Business and Trade Law, Banking and Financial Institution Law and Corporate Finance Law. Representative transactions include: Counsel to an offshore bank in connection with the acquisition of a publicly traded domestic Bank Holding Company involving a tax-free reorganization and the U.S. registration of the securities of the offshore acquiror Counsel to an offshore bank in connection with the acquisition of a trust company Counsel to an offshore bank in connection with the acquisition of a registered investment advisor Counsel to an offshore bank in connection with the financing of its subsidiary operations Counsel to an offshore bank in connection with the formation of a joint venture with another offshore bank to perform various processing services in North America Special counsel to an offshore bank in connection with the due diligence and acquisition of credit card portfolios Counsel to an offshore bank in connection with the private placement of notes issued by one of its U.S. subsidiaries in the European market Counsel to a consortium of multinational companies in connection with the making of its bid and acquire the concession rights to a tollway Counsel to an offshore joint venture partner in connection with the financial restructuring of a joint venture to provide support services to financial institutions Counsel to a Financial Holding Company in connection with the merger of its subsidiary banks and trust companies into a national bank Counsel to a Bank Holding Company in connection with the consolidation of twenty six of its national and state banks into one national bank Counsel to an offshore publicly traded company in connection with the recapitalization of its U.S. holding company Counsel to a state chartered bank in connection with the acquisition of another state-chartered bank Counsel to state chartered banks in connection with the disposition of banking branches Counsel to a state chartered bank in connection with the disposition of a portion of its trust services business Counsel to a well known U.S. based marketing company in connection with the acquisition of its shares by a publicly traded European based conglomerate Counsel to a publicly traded U.S. based company in connection with its acquisition of an offshore software design firm with a combination of debt equity and capital restructuring Counsel to a European based plastics company in connection with its negotiations to form a U.S. based joint venture with a U.S. company Counsel to a U.S. based company in connection with the negotiation and conclusion of a collaboration agreement with a European based company for the development of a line of precision equipment Counsel to an established Middle Eastern conglomerate in connection with the structuring and financing of its operations in the United States Counsel to a European based consumer products company in connection with its global capital restructuring. | 