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Hughes Hubbard Defends US Citizenship of Salvadorian Man Facing Removal Order
June 26, 2025 - On a pro bono basis, Hughes Hubbard successfully defended a Salvadorian man in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit facing a decade-old deportation order, arguing he derived U.S. citizenship when his mother was naturalized 40 years ago.
Firm Advises Develey Senf & Feinkost on Sale of US Production Facility to Newly Weds Foods
May 22, 2025 – Hughes Hubbard represented Munich-based condiment producer Develey Senf & Feinkost in the sale of its production facility in Dyersburg, TN, to Chicago-based global food ingredients manufacturer Newly Weds Foods.
Hughes Hubbard Advised Mercedes‑Benz in Investment in Apptronik’s $403M Series A Funding Round
April 1, 2025 – The firm advised Mercedes-Benz in its investment in humanoid robotics company Apptronik’s $403 million Series A funding round.
Firm Reps Banks in $1.2B Credit Facility for Suzano
Feb. 26, 2025 – Hughes Hubbard served as counsel to the administrative agent, sustainability structuring agent and a group of lenders from across the world on a $1.2 billion sustainability-linked export prepayment term loan credit facility for Suzano International Finance B.V., and guaranteed by Brazilian paper producer Suzano S.A.
Firm Wins Case Dismissal in US District Court for the Republic of Guinea
Feb. 19, 2025 – Hughes Hubbard achieved victory for the Republic of Guinea when Judge Jia M. Cobb of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed an action to confirm an arbitration award rendered by an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) tribunal seated in Paris against the country.
Hughes Hubbard Wins ~$500 Million Jury Trial for Denmark's SKAT in $2.1 Billion Tax Fraud Litigation
Feb. 11, 2025 – Hughes Hubbard secured a sweeping victory on behalf of the Customs and Tax Administration of the Kingdom of Denmark, or Skatteforvaltningen (SKAT), in a landmark jury trial presided over by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Firm Obtains Discovery Win in Dispute Over Sale of Pablo Picasso Painting
Feb. 6, 2025 – Hughes Hubbard secured a key discovery victory as part of its representation of Sotheby's in a long-running dispute over ownership of Pablo Picasso's painting “Le Peintre." The painting was used as collateral to obtain a $14.6 million loan without the knowledge of the artwork's owners
Hughes Hubbard Advises Banks in Vale Base Metal’s $1.5B Credit Facility
December 2024 – The firm advised a nine-bank club led by Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank on a $1.5 billion term loan credit facility to the Vale Base Metals Limited group, a subsidiary of Vale S.A.
Hughes Hubbard Advises Ualá on $300 Million Series E Fundraising Round
November 2024 – The firm represented Ualá, the Latin American neobank founded in Argentina, in its $300 million Series E preferred stock fundraising round at a post-money valuation of $2.75 billion.
Hughes Hubbard Advises Aso O. Tavitian Foundation on Gift of 330+ Works of Art to the Clark Art Institute
October 2024 — As reported in The New York Times, the firm advised the Aso O. Tavitian Foundation on its gift to the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute of an extraordinary collection of 331 works of art. The gift also included more than $45 million to build a new wing for the collection, and to fund a new curator’s position.
Firm Guides Griffin on $400M of Unsecured Notes Offering
October 2024 — Hughes Hubbard represented Griffin Global Asset Management on the closing of an offering of an aggregate principal amount of $400 million of senior unsecured notes priced at par by GGAM Finance, a subsidiary of Griffin Global Asset Management Holdings.
HHR Guides Côte d’Ivoire in €2B Reforestation and Carbon Credit Deal
The firm advised the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (also called the Ivory Coast) on drafting and negotiating a fifty-year concession agreement for restoration and biodiversity conservation covering an area of 104,000 hectares (about 400 square miles) of the Haut-Sassandra classified forest.
Firm Drives OYO’s All‑Cash $525M Purchase of Motel 6
Hughes Hubbard is advising Indian hotel giant OYO on its $525 million acquisition of G6 Hospitality, the parent company of iconic U.S. hospitality brand Motel 6.
HHR Wins $30M Arbitration Award Enforcement for Shenzhen Zehuijin Investment Center
The firm achieved victory for Chinese investment firm Shenzhen Zehuijin Investment Center (SZIC), enforcing an arbitration award of approximately $30 million over a breached loan agreement.
Hughes Hubbard Wins Important Motion for Brightwood Capital in Banner Ridge Partners Lawsuit
HHR won a major motion for private investment fund Brightwood Capital in a lawsuit, brought by specialist credit investor Banner Ridge Partners, over a roughly $253 million continuation-fund deal.
Firm Reps Bloomsbury in Complex $83M Acquisition of Rowman & Littlefield’s Academic Publishing Business
HHR advised Bloomsbury Publishing in its carve-out acquisition of the academic imprints and associated titles of Rowman & Littlefield, the leading independent book publisher in the U.S. academic market, for $83 million. It is Bloomsbury's largest acquisition to date.
HHR Wins Dismissal of Lawsuit over Van Gogh Sunflowers Painting
HHR advised Sompo Holdings, the owner of one of Vincent van Gogh’s iconic Sunflowers paintings, and its affiliates in winning dismissal of an action to recover the painting (valued at $250 million) plus $1.7 billion in damages brought by descendants of prominent German Jewish art collector Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, who sold the painting through a Parisian art dealer in 1934 after the Nazi regime came to power.
Hughes Hubbard Advises on Knorr‑Bremse's Acquisition of North American Rail Signaling Business from Alstom
Hughes Hubbard is advising Knorr-Bremse AG, the global market leader for braking systems and a leading provider of other rail and commercial vehicle systems, in its approx. €630 million acquisition of the North American conventional rail signaling business of Alstom. With the acquisition, Knorr-Bremse will enter into the highly attractive control, command and signaling (CCS) segment of the rail market. Alstom Signaling is currently the leading company in North America’s conventional CCS market.