Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

The capital markets group at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is 'very knowledgeable, hands-on and spot-on'. The firm frequently handles novel and high-value dent offerings, drawing on both English and US law capability in London. Vanessa Blackmore leads the practice and she recently assisted Coca-Cola HBC with its €500m inaugural green bond offering. Evan Simpson has become a prominent partner in the practice, his recent work including advice to Bank of Ireland Group on its $1bn notes offering. John Horsfield-Bradbury is the preferred counsel for Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest beer company, which he advised on cash tender offers for up to $3.5bn in outstanding US-dollar and sterling notes. He also assisted bp with its $2bn billion SEC-registered offering of guaranteed notes. Oderisio De Vito Piscicelli leads the firm's Italian practice, acted for Stellantis in its $1.25bn Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of senior notes. Key partner Chris Beatty recently acted for Highbridge Capital Management and Whitebox Advisors in the successful amendment of outstanding convertible bonds and the exchange of €102m in outstanding convertible bonds for new debt.