Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP’s combined US and UK equity capital markets practice handles a diverse workload of listings and equity offerings across American, British, and European exchanges, and it is also capable of advising on the capital markets aspects of high-value corporate finance and de-SPAC transactions. The team’s recent workload includes advising a syndicate of 28 underwriters on the US IPO of British semiconductor company Arm Holdings, underscoring its capabilities in advising on US-UK cross border matters particularly in the tech and infrastructure sectors. US securities expert Reuven Young jointly heads the team with Simon Witty, a UK capital markets specialist who acts across public and private offerings. US-qualified Connie Milonakis is a further key contact in the team and has extensive experience advising on IPOs in the Nordics.
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Key clients
- IONOS Group
- Cadeler
- EQT
- Beijer Ref
- ACQ Bure
- Coloplast
- AB Sagax
- Royal Schiphol Group
- GN Store Nord
- Galderma
- J.P. Morgan
- Goldman Sachs
- Morgan Stanley
- Citi
- Jefferies
- Lazard
- Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
- Numis Securities
- UBS
Work highlights
- Advised an underwriting syndicate of 28 banks on Arm Holdings’ $5.23bn IPO.
- Advised IONOS Group on its €447m IPO and listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
- Advised Cadeler on the merger of its wholly owned subsidiary, Wind MI Limited, with Eneti to create a new offshore wind turbine and foundation installation company.
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Practice head
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Reuven Young, Simon Witty