Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP fields a team of ‘meticulous, rigorous and exceptionally hard-working' London-based lawyers who specialise in handling transatlantic equity transactions, including public and private issuances as well as de-SPAC transactions, for blue-chip corporate clients and investment banks. In addition to working with US issuers and underwriters, the team is capable of guiding domestic clients through their equity offerings and also provides advice on SEC-registered transactions for clients across EMEA. Philip Boeckman handles US and European IPOs and secondary listings for a wide range of corporate and banking clients and is also noted for his commercial lending expertise. Boeckman co-heads the team with George Stephanakis, who is a key contact for high-yield financings and hybrid transactions.
Testimonials
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‘The London Cravath team has a top-notch equity capital markets practice in Europe. One of their main strengths is that Cravath attorneys are trained as generalists, able to handle a variety of capital markets and other corporate transactions.’
‘Cravath attorneys are meticulous, rigorous and exceptionally hard-working. They take the time to clearly explain the reasons for each of their comments/amendments in an agreement. I worked on several occasions with George Stephanakis and Lawrence Verhelst, who are exceptional lawyers.’
‘The London equity team provides excellent service and has in-depth knowledge of U.S. capital markets and securities issues. The London team has UK-qualified lawyer and US attorneys attorneys, who can advise on the full spectrum of U.S. M&A, regulatory and SEC compliance matters; and complex general corporate issues.’
‘Alyssa Caples is very cerebral in her approach, and calmly navigates complex securities issues.’
‘Fantastic expertise and client service - they work ferociously hard and deliver commercial, pragmatic advised based on a deep understanding of the underlying legal position.’
Key clients
- AngloGold Ashanti
- Campari
- Lifezone Metals
- Tata Technologies
Work highlights
- Represented Tata Technologies as international counsel in connection with its INR30.4bn 144A/Reg.S initial public offering of equity shares.
- Advised AngloGold Ashanti, as U.S. counsel, on its corporate restructuring and change to domicile and primary listing location.
- Advised Davide Campari-Milano N.V. in connection with its private placement of approximately €650m of new ordinary shares and approximately €550m of senior unsecured convertible notes offering to fund the acquisition of Courvoisier.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Philip Boeckman, George Stephanakis