Hogan Lovells International LLP is best known in the DCM area for its dedicated trust and agency practice. Head of capital markets Kit Johnson is acknowledged to be a market-leading advisers to corporate trustees on debt and structured finance instruments. Andrew Carey's work on international debt offerings includes securities programmes, and both corporate and sovereign bond issuance. He is also in major bond restructurings. He recently assisted a major automotive safety supplier with the update of its €1bn EMTN programme.

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Key clients

  • Autoliv
  • Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
  • Taulia
  • Shaftsbury PLC
  • Bank of America
  • Société Générale
  • HSBC
  • Standard Chartered Bank
  • Wells Fargo
  • Danske Bank

Work highlights

  • Advised Autoliv on the annual update of its €3 billion Guaranteed Euro Medium Term Note Programme and two subsequent green bond issuances off the programme in an aggregate principal amount of €1 billion.
  • Advising Taulia Inc, a San Francisco-based fintech business that provides working capital management, electronic invoicing, supply-chain finance, and dynamic discounting services to large, usually multinational, organisations.
  • Advised FTSE-250 listed Shaftesbury PLC and its Board on its recommended £5 billion all-share merger with fellow FTSE-250 listed Capital & Counties Properties PLC.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Kit Johnson

Other key lawyers

Andrew Carey