As imaginative problem solvers with a deep understanding of the complex and always changing global regulatory regimes over securities offerings, our Corporate Finance and Securities group is the go-to practice for investment banks, issuers and investors. Our extensive public offerings experience ranges from initial offerings of common stock to “shelf” offerings of debt and equity securities. We also apply our mix of creativity and technical expertise to execute among the most complicated and cutting-edge financing transactions and restructurings for our international client base.
Known for our integrated approach to capital markets, we bring our in-depth knowledge of the New York, English and German banking and bond markets to transactions across jurisdictions. In the Americas, Asia, and EMEA—including a standout dedicated Greek practice—our clients include leading financial institutions, corporates, private equity and real estate firms, among others.
Our industry success is routinely recognized; we’re consistently ranked by leading industry journals, such as IFLR, LatinFinance, Euromoney, Chambers, The Legal 500 and Latin Lawyer. We’ve earned many awards including Equity Law Firm of the Year by International Financial Law Review and International Law Firm of the Year by London’s Legal Week, as well as numerous “Deal of the Year” honors.
Equity Offerings
We help clients from around the world finance growth through the full range of public and private equity offerings with unique sensitivity to industry-specific commercial needs.
We have significant experience representing underwriters and issuers in all aspects of equity securities offerings in numerous jurisdictions, we’ve assisted clients with successful initial and secondary public offerings on the major exchanges the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ and concurrent private and foreign-listed offerings, rights issues, recapitalizations and liability management transactions. Major investment banks throughout the world routinely seek us out as underwriters’ counsel.
High Yield Offerings
We are lawyers of choice for domestic and international high yield debt transactions that require cross-practice and multi-jurisdictional knowledge, skills and experience and present challenging legal and commercial issues and complex financing structures, particularly in connection with financing major acquisitions. Our experience in debt offerings extends to public and private high yield offerings and acquisition-driven leveraged financings across a wide array of industries, most notably the energy, infrastructure and transportation sectors and the gaming and aerospace industries. Milbank lawyers are sought-after advisers of US and non-US issuers and underwriters in SEC-registered transactions and transactions exempted under Rule 144A/Regulation S.
Our team represents the major investment banks, many of the largest issuers of high yield debt and serves as underwriters’ counsel to well-known issuers throughout the world. We lead the market in high yield debt offerings in North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia and we have a strong presence in key financial centers, including New York, London Frankfurt and Hong Kong.
