About

Number of years practice: 20+

Principal practice areas: Capital Markets and Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance

Bar admissions: New York

A member of the capital markets and securities regulation and corporate governance practice groups, New York-based partner Boris Dolgonos has over 20 years’ experience advising issuers and underwriters – ranging from public and private corporations, investment banks and other financial institutions to sovereign entities – across a wide range of financing transactions, including IPOs, high-yield and investment-grade debt offerings, and privatisations. His practice primarily focuses on the US aspects of international securities offerings. He can draw on experience in a range of industries including metals and mining, biotechnology, aircraft leasing, hospitality, media and telecommunications, financial services, technology and retail. He also regularly advises public companies on corporate governance, securities laws, stock exchange rules and regulations, and periodic reporting responsibilities. Dolgonos has an extensive track-record in relation to Mexico.

His past mandates include advising BCP Securities, Jefferies and Morgan Stanley on a $400m senior notes issue by Mexican media-heavyweight TV Azteca; acting for major Mexican conglomerate Grupo Kuo on its $450m, international senior notes offering; and assisting Maxcom Telecomunicaciones with its tender offer to purchase up to $25m of its outstanding step-up senior notes.

Dolgonos co-chairs the board of directors of the International Senior Lawyers Project, a not-for-profit entity that provides pro bono legal assistance to governments and civil society organisations in developing countries.

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