Baker McKenzie
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Baker McKenzie provides ‘value for money, but access to top-tier advice and great service levels’. The firm frequently acts for trustees on new issuance, though it also acts for corporates and sponsors on restructurings, direct lending transactions and bond offerings. Standout partner and high yield specialist Rob Mathews is ‘a senior practitioner with outstanding experience and market knowledge’. He worked with David Becker to assist a syndicate of ten underwriters on a $2.5bn sustainability-linked four tranche high yield bond offering by subsidiaries of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. Senior associate Benjamin Bierwirth also played a key role in that deal. Head of EMEA capital markets Adam Farlow acted for molecular diagnostics company Biocartis Group NV on numerous transactions, including the refinancing of €135m in bonds. Haden Henderson moved to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in 2023.
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'Value for money, but access to top-tier advice and great service levels.'
'Rob Mathews - senior practitioner with outstanding experience and market knowledge. Ben Bierwirth - very client friendly, responsive and knowledgeable.'
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Key clients
- Bank of America
- Barclays
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Work highlights
- Advised the syndicate of 10 underwriters on the multi-tranche $2.5 billion (equivalent) (upsized from $2.06 billion) sustainability-linked four tranche high yield bond offering by certain subsidiaries of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited.
- Advised the syndicate of three initial purchasers, including Citigroup Global Markets Inc., on the $400 million Sustainability-Linked Senior Secured Notes issuance by Liberty Costa Rica Senior Secured Finance, an independent special purpose company formed for the purpose of issuing the notes.
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