Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Client SatisfactionDebevoise & Plimpton LLP is best known for offerings by financial institutions and insurance companies, along with having a strong record in representing private equity firms and their portfolio businesses. Headline deals include acting for Westpac Banking Corporation in substantial debt and equity offerings. Chair of the corporate department Matthew Kaplan is an experienced figure in cross-border offerings, as are co-heads of the capital markets group Paul Rodel and Steven Slutzky . All are based in New York.
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Key clients
- Access Industries, Inc.
- agilon health
- American Coastal Insurance
- American International Group
- Ambac Assurance Corporation
- Antares Holdings LP
- BofA Securities, Inc.
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- Carlyle Group
- Clayton Dubilier & Rice, LLC
- Core & Main Inc.
- Corebridge Financial Inc.
- Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc.
- DoubleVerify
- Elliott
- Everest Re
- Fifth Wall Ventures Management, LLC
- Gogo, Inc.
- Goldman Sachs Group
- International Paper Company
- JetBlue Airways Corporation
- KKR
- LABL
- Lincoln Financial
- Manulife
- MBIA
- Morgan Stanley
- National Life Group
- Pacific Life Insurance Company
- Principal Financial Group
- Providence Equity Partners
- Prudential Plc
- Spirit Airlines
- The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA)
- Voya Financial
- Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
- Warner Music Group
- Westpac Banking Corporation
- WhiteCap
- Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited
Work highlights
- Advised Westpac in its SEC registered offer and sale of $1.25bn 5.350% Notes due October 18, 2024 and $1.25bn 5.457% Notes due November 18, 2027.
- Advised Everest Re on its issuance and sale of 4,140,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $360 per share.
- Advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Goldman Sachs & Co LLC, as representatives of the underwriters, in the offering and sale of $1.4bn of common shares by RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Paul Rodel, Steven Slutzky