Allen Hanen
Allen Hanen, a US-qualified partner, is the managing partner of Herbert Smith CIS Legal Services. He practised in New York and London with the Wall Street law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell, working in capital markets and M&A. He joined JPMorgan, the NY-headquartered investment bank, in 1993, and he worked with the bank in London and Brussels. Among other responsibilities, Allen was the lead internal counsel for JPMorgan’s European mergers and acquisitions business.
Since joining Herbert Smith in 1999, he has advised financial institutions and corporations on cross-border M&A and international capital markets transactions. Allen has advised both foreign and domestic Russian corporations on investments in Russia.
Credentials
- Alfa Group in connection with its acquisition of a stake in Vimpelcom and the related SEC disclosure
- Bank of Scotland on its £48 billion merger with Halifax Group and previously on its £47 billion hostile takeover bids for National Westminster
- De Beers in relation to the $19.6 billion recommended offer proposals made by a consortium comprising Central Holdings, Anglo American and the Debswana Diamond Company
- Eurotunnel on its financial restructuring, debt buy-backs and repackaging as well as share and debt issuances
- Friends Provident on its £4.2 billion demutualisation and listing on the London Stock Exchange and Rule 144A/Regulation S offering in the US and in connection with its submission to the Securities and Exchange Commission for a Section 12g3-2(b) exemption from the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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