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Philip J. Boeckman is a partner in Cravath’s Corporate Department and serves as Managing Partner of the Firm’s London office and Co-Head of the Capital Markets Practice for EMEA.  His general corporate practice covers capital markets, including IPOs, rights issuances and other equity offerings, U.S. listings and high‑yield bridge, bond and other leveraged financings, as well as mergers and acquisitions.

William Burke is a partner in Kirkland’s London office and practices in Kirkland’s Capital Markets Group. Mr. Burke has extensive experience in U.S. and international finance and capital markets transactions. He has represented issuers and sponsors both in the U.S. and abroad with respect to high yield offerings, registered equity offerings, investment grade offerings, restructurings, debt tender/consent solicitations, private placements and preferred securities offerings. William also represents private equity sponsors and other clients in acquisitions, dispositions, mergers and material commercial agreements.

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Alexander Naidenov is a U.S. partner in our London office and focuses on high yield and acquisition finance. He was previously with Cravath Swaine & Moore in New York and London. Alek has extensive experience in sponsor-driven financings, representing underwriters, issuers/sponsors and bridge lenders, including AnaCap (AnaCap Financial), Apollo (Lottomatica, Gamenet, Verallia), Bain (Edcon), Bridgepoint (Miller Homes, THOM, Care UK), Carlyle (Hexaware, SierraCol), Cerberus (WFS, Haya), CVC (Multiversity, GEMS Education, Tendam), EQT (Dometic), Hillhouse (Philips Domestic Appliances), KKR (A.T.U), PAI (Marcolin, Nuance), Qualium (Quick Restaurants), Rhône (Fluidra, Nestle Waters, Eden Springs, S&B Minerals), Triton (Assemblin, Bormioli, Ovako, Dematic, Orion Engineered Carbons), Unitas (Hyva), Warburg Pincus (AA) Alek has also worked on a number event-driven corporate leverage financings, including Kedrion, AMS/Osram, Eir, VistaJet, Corte Inglés, Hertz, CGG Veritas, Welltec, Perform Group, Viridian, Moto, Johnston Press, Carmeuse, Interxion, Dixons, SICPA (NOMA), Millicom, Gallery Group Alek is also involved in high yield restructurings, on creditor or debtor side, including Haya, Seven Energy, Towergate, Klockner Pentaplast, Eircom, WIND Hellas, Countrywide, Almatis, Safilo, Jazztel, Hilding Anders, Truvo and DSI.

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Alyssa K. Caples is a partner in Cravath’s Corporate Department, focusing on international corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions

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Partner in Ropes & Gray’s finance group in London and co-head of the firm’s global practice

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Attorney bio can be found here: https://www.paulweiss.com/professionals/partners-and-counsel/matthew-merkle

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George A. Stephanakis is a partner in Cravath’s Corporate Department and serves as Co-Head of the Firm’s Capital Markets practice for EMEA.  His practice focuses on capital market transactions and mergers and acquisitions.

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Cedric Van den Borren is a finance partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Cedric has extensive experience in U.S. securities law and specifically with high-yield financings. He has advised corporate clients, sponsors and underwriters in international offerings of debt securities, corporate governance, and other corporate matters.

Tim Volkheimer is a capital markets partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He has experience in leverage finance and capital markets transactions and mergers and acquisitions. Tim has acted on deals involving many of the major private equity sponsors and credit funds active in Europe including Bain Capital, Centerbridge, Lone Star and Sun Capital, advising on high yield debt offerings, registered debt and equity offerings as well as distressed financings and restructurings.

Edward Holmes is a partner in the leveraged finance practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm's London office. His practice focuses on leveraged loan and capital markets transactions, with an emphasis on representing underwriters and arrangers in high-yield debt offerings, acquisition financing syndicated lending, restructurings and liability management. Mr. Holmes is able to draw from a wide array of experience on a variety of capital structures and instruments, both debt and equity, representing issuer and underwriter clients, as well as private credit investors. Mr. Holmes was named a Next Generation Lawyer by Legal 500 UK for high yield. He is a member of the bar of the State of New York.

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Margaret R. M. Rallings serves as European counsel in Cravath’s Corporate Department. Her practice focuses on capital markets transactions, including cross-border high-yield debt and equity offerings, and mergers and acquisitions.

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