Byrnam Wood

Dewey Leboeuf LLP

Our association with Dewey Ballantine dates from the late 1980s when we helped them evaluate moving from their longtime downtown home in a building that Governor Dewey had a hand in designing. In 1989 the decision was made for a move to 1301 Avenue of the Americas. The transaction we crafted was so flexible that we renegotiated it (profitably) even before occupancy was taken, to enable the owner to accommodate other tenants.

We renegotiated the lease again to allow the landlord to sell an interest in the building to Credit Lyonnais, who also leased space in the building and placed their name on it. That effort won for us one of our record seven "Deal of the Year" awards.

We renegotiated a third time so that the owner could bring the investment bank Wasserstein Perella into the building, in the process winning another "Deal of the Year" award and setting the stage for still another renegotiation in 2003, which was the largest transaction that year in the landlord's national property portfolio.

Dewey has continued to look to us for advice not only in New York, for their consolidation with Leboeuf, but also in other cities including a major relocation of the Washington, D.C. office.

Our Clients:

• Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP
• Day Pitney LLP
• Dewey Leboeuf LLP
• The New York Times
• Nike, Inc
• The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
• The Partnership for a Drug-Free America
• Publicis Groupe
• Ruder Finn, Inc.
• Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
• World Trade Center / Litigation Resulting from 9/11 Attack