A&O Shearman advises banks, financial services providers and issuers on bond issues, debt issuance programs and hybrid instruments as well as increasingly on digital bonds. This offering is complemented by regulatory expertise, which the group applies, for instance, in matters relating to certificate trading, as well as by experience in structured financing and securitisations; practice head Martin Scharnke, who also leads on classic DCM matters, is dedicated to the latter area. Marc Plepelits (lead counsel in US corporate finance matters) and Stefan Henkelmann (securitisations, covered bonds and hybrid bonds) are other key contacts. Henkelmann also advises on real estate bonds and further assists with restructuring-related capital market issues, with bond restructuring subsequently representing another part of his advisory profile.
Key clients
- European Investment Bank
- Banco Santander
Work highlights
- Advising a banking consortium consisting of Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE, Santander Corporate and Investment Banking and Société Générale on the issuance of a dematerialized bond by European Investment Bank (EIB).
- Advising Raiffeisenbank a.s. on the €500 million issuance of senior non-preferred MREL-eligible sustainable bonds issued under an international debt issuance program.