Julian Veshi
Counsel
Areas of Focus
- Capital Markets
- Corporate & Finance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Corporate Governance
- Financial Restructuring
- Mining
- Oil & Gas
- Sovereign and Government Investors
- Technology
- Private Capital
- Special Situations
- Projects & Energy Transition
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Advises on special situations, liability management, and public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities.
- Handles international and U.S. domestic acquisitions, joint venture and private equity transactions.
- Provides counsel on securities and corporate law considerations in financial restructuring transactions.
- Advises boards and management of public companies on corporate governance matters.
Julian regularly advises creditor groups, investment funds, companies and boards on:
- Public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities
- Exchange offers
- Tender offers
- Consent solicitations
- In- and out-of-court restructurings
- Rights offerings
- Exchange Act registration, reporting and deregistration
- Stock exchange listing and compliance
- Corporate governance matters.
Julian leverages his significant experience in special situations and capital markets matters to represent credit investors and distressed companies in complex recapitalization and refinancing transactions.
In addition, Julian advises on cross-border mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions.
Before joining Akin, Julian worked for one of the top New York law firms and one of the magic circle firms in London.
- Advised the ad hoc group of creditors on the financial and corporate restructuring of the Noble Group Limited, a worldwide commodities supply chain and trading business.
- Advised VEON, a global telecommunications operator listed on Euronext and NASDAQ, in connection with $2.2 billion disposal of its Russian subsidiary, PJSC VimpelCom.
- Advised the Fortnenova Group on issues arising from the existence of sanctioned Russian debt and equity holders in its capital structure.
- Advised VEON in relation to a scheme of arrangement to extend the maturity of certain USD bonds and other related matters.
- Advised VEON on its proposed redomiciliation from Bermuda to the United Kingdom by way of a scheme of arrangement and $2.8 billion dual listing on Euronext Amsterdam and NASDAQ.
LanguagesAlbanian
Italian
Spanish
Albanian
Italian
Spanish
EducationJ.D., Duke University School of Law, cum laude, 2014
B.A., New York University, cum laude, 2010
J.D., Duke University School of Law, cum laude, 2014
B.A., New York University, cum laude, 2010
Bar AdmissionsNew York
New York