Practice

Capital Markets

Navigating the capital markets is challenging. Regulation and deregulation are reshaping the economic landscape. Economic uncertainty continues, both in emerging and developed markets. Globalization, sustainability, protectionism, technology and other changes are significantly disrupting the business environment.

Global capital markets are more interconnected, complex, and dynamic than ever.

With a global team of more than 150 lawyers we'll help you embrace change, overcome challenges, and harness opportunities. And decide on the best transaction structure to meet your objectives. We've worked on transformational deals. Industry game-changers.

Are you looking for capital to grow your business, expand into new markets, or strengthen your balance sheet? We advise the full range of industry participants, giving us key insights into issues from all sides of the deal table.

Are you based in the United States, or thinking about heading to the U.S.? We've got a deep understanding of how the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) works. With a substantial capital markets presence in the U.S., combined with U.S. securities lawyers in London, Frankfurt, Sao Paulo, and Hong Kong, we’ll help you navigate U.S. capital raising.

We know, because we've been there. We've worked at regulators and listing authorities and can give unique and valuable insight.

We'll help during the life-changing process of going public.

Raising capital through debt? Corporate, convertible, covered, secured, MTN, EMTN, LPN, high yield, sovereign, government-linked, every type of bond. You name it, we’ve done it.

Dealing with derivatives? We'll help you understand the considerable legal, regulatory, and tax implications.

Whatever your needs, we support your transaction.

Representative experience

Adobe on its US$3.15 senior notes offering.

Bristol Myers Squibb Co. on its tender offer and redemption of up to US$4bn of notes.

EDF on multiple bond offerings, including its inaugural €1.25bn hybrid social bond offering.

The Central America Bottling Corp. (CBC), CBC Bottling Holdco., and Beliv Holdco in their US$1.1bn 144A/Reg S sustainability-linked notes offering and a liability management exercise relating to notes issued by CBC.

SkyWater Technology on its US$112.056m IPO and listing on Nasdaq.

Dell Technologies on the US$638m IPO of its majority-owned subsidiary Pivotal Software.

AxonPrime Infrastructure Acquisition Corp. on its US$150 million IPO.

Colgate-Palmolive Company on its inaugural €500m eight-year sustainability bond offering and an aggregate of US$3bn notes offerings.

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, HSBC, Société Générale, Barclays, Wells Fargo, BBVA, and Natixis in the €300m unsecured sustainability-linked senior notes offering by Rexel.

Bank of America Securities in Stratton Hawksmoor 2022-1, a £2.1bn Rule 144A/Reg S residential mortgage-backed securitization.

Enpal on its securitization of solar loan receivables of up to €356m.

Auxmoney on its €350m social bond offering.

Papa John's International on its debut high yield Rule 144A/Reg S US$400 million senior notes offering.

BNP Paribas on the establishment and annual update of their ground-breaking program for secured structured products.

International Finance Corporation through its subscription of a US$100m social bond offering by AYC Finance Limited.

BNP Paribas Securities (Asia) Limited, and the underwriters, in the HK$400m IPO of Sinohealth Holdings Limited on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Jefferies International and Panmure Gordon on the US$1.1bn IPO of Conduit Holdings Limited and listing on the London Stock Exchange's Main Market.

Voxeljet AG on multiple capital increases and issuances of American Depositary Receipts.

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