Capital markets: global offerings
Hall of Fame
The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.
Hall of fameCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Jeffrey D. Karpf is a partner based in the New York office. Mr. Karpf’s practice focuses on corporate and financial transactions; corporate governance and board advice; securities regulatory matters. Represents issuers, sponsors and investment banks in IPOs; public and private equity, debt, convertibles and liability management transactions.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Nicholas A. Dorsey is a partner in Cravath’s Corporate Department. His practice primarily focuses on representing corporate issuers and borrowers, and financial institutions, lenders and other parties, in public and private offerings of securities, loan transactions and other financing transactions. He also represents companies in mergers and acquisitions and regularly advises clients in connection with public disclosure and corporate matters. Clients regularly seek Mr. Dorsey’s counsel for the practical, commercial advice he offers with respect to their most challenging matters.
Clifford Chance LLP
Hugo Triaca specialises in equity offerings, high-yield and investment grade debt offerings, hybrid securities transactions, liability management transactions such as exchange offers and debt tender offers, acquisition financings and other corporate transactions. Mr. Triaca also advises foreign private issuers in connection with corporate governance, U.S. securities laws and general corporate matters.
Leading lawyers
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Hall of fameCravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Craig F. Arcella is a partner in Cravath’s Corporate Department and serves as Co-Head of the Finance Practice. Mr. Arcella represents financial institutions and corporate clients in a wide variety of matters, including investment grade, high‑yield and convertible bond offerings; liability management transactions; initial public offerings and other equity financings; syndicated loan and other leveraged finance transactions; and mergers and acquisitions. He also regularly advises companies with respect to governance, public disclosure and other corporate matters.
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Andrew J. Pitts is a partner in Cravath’s Corporate Department and serves as Head of the Firm’s Capital Markets Practice for North America. He has a significant corporate finance practice and advises clients on a broad range of corporate issues. Mr. Pitts is widely regarded in the legal community as exceptionally responsive and pragmatic with a wide range of experience addressing clients’ most complex legal issues.
Latham & Watkins LLP
Ian Schuman is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins, where he formerly served as the Deputy Office Managing Partner. He is global Co-chair of the firm's Capital Markets Practice and a member of the Corporate Department and Private Equity Finance Practice.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Hall of fameCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
David C. Lopez represents a broad range of corporate clients including in the retail, healthcare, insurance and technology sectors. He has a broad corporate advisory practice including governance, SEC disclosure and compliance, capital markets issuance and structuring, securities law, corporate finance transactions, buybacks and insider trading advice. He represents issuers and investment banks in capital markets transactions involving initial public offerings, public and private debt, convertible, investment grade and high yield debt, equity financings, structured securities and equity derivatives. His practiec maintains a specialty in liability management, including issuer tender offers, public and private exchanges offers related to corporate restructurings, acquisitions, and consent solicitations.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton