Capital Markets

Executing successful capital raising transactions requires the experience of capital markets lawyers with a broad range of experience in public and private offerings.

We combine the resources of a full-service global law firm with our capital markets lawyers’ decades of experience in a full range of global public and private debt and equity capital markets transactions.

Our team draws upon talent in diverse areas of law to address issues around complex securities, corporate governance, debt finance and financial restructuring matters, among others. We also have extensive experience across a range of industries—including energy, logistics, technology, media and telecommunications, health care, insurance, financial services, infrastructure, real estate, retail, consumer goods, construction and manufacturing.

We advise issuers, underwriters, sponsors and other transaction participants on initial public offerings (IPOs) and subsequent public offerings. Our lawyers also advise our clients in raising capital through the issuance of investment grade, high-yield and convertible debt in public and private offerings. Our team of seasoned practitioners advising clients in securities and corporate governance matters includes lawyers who have held positions at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other global regulatory agencies.

In addition to assisting in raising new capital, our capital markets team advises companies and investors on liability and liquidity management transactions, including exchange offers, tender offers, consent solicitations and offerings of high-yield debt. We have extensive experience with distressed transactions and advise issuers and creditors with respect to debt restructuring transactions both inside and outside of formal bankruptcy proceedings.

Our global team includes lawyers in the United States, London, the Middle East and Asia, who advise issuers, selling stockholders, underwriters and private equity funds on U.S. and international securities and financial services laws. We advise issuers on initial and continuing listing requirements on the U.S. stock exchanges and international stock exchanges, including the London Stock Exchange Main Market (including the Specialist Fund Segment), AIM flotations, Euronext N.V., Euronext Dublin, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

We advise companies and investors globally on:

• Initial and secondary public equity offerings on exchanges around the world
• Offerings of investment-grade, high-yield and convertible debt
• Private placements of debt and equity, including Rule 144A/Regulation S offerings and traditional private placements
• Shelf registrations and takedown offerings for public equity and debt
• Tender offers, exchange offers and consent solicitations