Debt capital markets
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Hall of fameLinklaters LLP
Richard has a broad range of experience in international capital markets transactions, including debt, equity-linked and equity offerings, issues of regulatory capital instruments, liability management transactions and structured note issues. He advises both investment banking and corporate clients.
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Akin
Robert Aulsebrook’s practice focuses on international debt finance, project finance, capital markets and derivatives. Robert has particular experience providing advice on financing and investment in Russia and elsewhere in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
He advises corporate borrowers, lenders, investment funds, investment fund managers, corporate investors, high-net-worth individuals and other market parties on a wide variety of finance and derivatives issues in the London market.
For borrowers and lenders, Robert provides advice on terms of primary market loans, loan participations and secondary market trading of debt. He also provides advice to issuers and purchasers of equity and debt instruments, depository receipts, Eurobonds, convertible debt securities and commercial paper.
To learn more about Mr. Aulsebrook, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/robert-w-aulsebrook.html
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP
Carter Brod counsels corporations, banks, sovereign governments, investment banks and investors on international capital markets transactions in emerging and developed markets. Dual-qualified in the United States and England and Wales, Carter handles a broad range of securities matters including Eurobond offerings, GDR and other equity offerings, convertible bonds, MTN programmes, high yield notes, regulatory capital instruments and sovereign bonds, as well as restructurings of outstanding debt securities. For more information, view Carter's bio at https://www.morganlewis.com/bios/cbrod.
Hall of fameClifford Chance LLP
Head of London Energy and Infrastructure Group
Clare Burgess is experienced in capital markets issuances, private placements and loans, with particular focus on the infrastructure and renewables sectors.
Clare has advised on a wide range of infrastructure transactions including project bonds, private placements, corporate bonds and multi-source financings including secured corporate debt transactions (whole business securitisations). She acts for a broad range of market participants, including banks, institutional investors, multi-laterals, sponsors and corporates. She has particular experience advising on complex, credit-enhanced transactions, aggregator/portfolio financings, and restructurings/terminations.
Clare advises on the issuance of green bonds, both corporate issuance, and renewables project and portfolio financings.
Hogan Lovells International LLP
With a focus on corporate and sovereign debt securities offerings, Andrew's career is rooted in a broad corporate finance 'City' practice spanning equity and debt; secured and unsecured; public and private; structured and plain vanilla. He brings this vast experience to bear in helping clients get the deal they want – complex and difficult when needs be; simple and straightforward when possible. He has worked on financings by issuers across a wide spectrum of credit quality, geography and sector. He has a leading role in our debt capital markets practice in emerging markets and has worked on transactions in EMEA and Asia.
Dentons
David Cohen is a partner in Dentons' Capital Markets practice. His practice covers a wide range of product areas, including public, listed eurobonds, private placements, EMTN programmes, CP programmes, high-yield bonds, loan participation notes, project bonds and structured products. He acts for a various market participants, including issuers (corporates, financial institutions and sovereigns), underwriters and trustees.
Dentons
Nick is a partner in Dentons' Capital Markets practice. He focuses on a wide range of securities work, including advising underwriters and issuers in connection with issues of debt (listed eurobonds, private placements, medium-term note programs, loan participation notes), equity, equity-related and Islamic Finance securities in international markets. Nick has particular experience in the emerging markets, especially in Central and Eastern Europe and Africa, where he is forging a reputation for executing difficult deals to demanding timetables.
Hall of fameAkin
Barry Russell is a partner in Akin’s financial restructuring group. Representing noteholders, bondholders and other creditor groups, Barry is a leading force in the cross-border financial restructuring and institutional private placement market. For more than 25 years, he has advised on many of the most significant cross-border workouts and financial restructurings—some involving complex political and economic issues—of European companies. Insurance companies, pension funds, investment funds and other institutional investors rely upon Barry’s highly commercial, pragmatic approach and his ability to reach beneficial and successful outcomes for his clients. Barry focuses his practice on complex workouts and financial restructurings, as well as cross-border institutional private placement issuance.
To learn more about Mr. Russell, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/barry-g-russell.html
Slaughter and May
Partner; Matthew is Head of our Debt Capital Markets practice. He advises on a wide range of banking and financing work, including acquisition and bid financing, capital markets and securitisation transactions. Matthew also leads our Sustainable Finance practice which has advised on several green bonds issued by banks and multinationals and also green loans.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP
Partner - Head of Skadden’s European capital markets practice
Simmons & Simmons
Piers is a partner in the capital markets group, which forms part of the financial markets department. He has significant experience in international capital markets work, both equity and debt, with a particular focus in recent years on equity-linked transactions. His experience has included advising issuers and underwriters on a wide range of debt and equity capital markets work including straight bonds, convertible and exchangeable bonds, Euro Medium Term Note Programmes and Euro Commercial Paper Programmes, GDRs and liability management transactions. His experience has covered a broad range of jurisdictions, including most parts of Europe, the Middle East, South Africa, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Japan, Australia and Canada.
Ashurst
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Baker McKenzie
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
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