Capital Markets
Notable Representations, Key Contacts
- High yield debt
- Investment grade debt
- IPOs
- Secondary offerings
- Follow-on offerings
- Shelf registrations
- Private placements
- Convertible/exchangeable securities
- Acquisition financing
- Tender/exchange offers
We have extensive experience advising clients across a wide range of industries, including financial services, technology, transportation, airlines, media, telecommunications, gaming, lodging, manufacturing, energy, healthcare and life sciences, and retail and consumer products.
Debt
Weil has substantial experience advising issuers and underwriters on all types of public and private debt securities transactions, including high yield debt, investment grade debt, acquisition financings and private placements.
We frequently collaborate with lawyers in our Banking & Finance, Private Equity and M&A practices to advise clients on bridge financings backed by bond offerings in the context of both leveraged and investment grade acquisition financings.
Equity
Weil has extensive experience advising issuers and underwriters on all types of public and private equity transactions including IPOs, secondary and follow-on equity offerings, equity-based acquisition financings and debt refinancings, equity-linked securities, PIPEs and private placements.
In conjunction with our Private Equity practice, we frequently advise portfolio companies of private equity firms on their IPOs and follow-on/secondary offerings.
Leveraged Finance
Weil’s Leveraged Finance team routinely represents lenders, underwriters, issuers and borrowers on their most sophisticated, complex high yield bond offerings and leveraged loans.
Private Equity Finance
Institutional Finance
Weil’s Institutional Finance lawyers regularly advise leading global financial institutions as arrangers and underwriters on their most significant investment grade and leveraged financings.
Investment Grade Finance
In particular, we frequently utilize the combined strength of our New York and London platforms to advise corporate borrowers and financial institutions on cross-border transactions.
Key Contacts


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Named a “Leading” Firm for Capital Markets: Equity: Issuer and Manager Counsel, Nationwide
Chambers USA 2025
Named a “Leading” Firm for Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt: Issuer and Manager Counsel, Nationwide
Chambers USA 2025
Named a “Leading” Firm for Capital Markets: Securitisation: ABS
Chambers USA 2025
Shortlisted for Capital Markets: Equity “Team of the Year”
IFLR1000 United States Awards 2021
Clients note that the entire team is “incredibly strong.”
Chambers USA 2021
This team is excellent. When what seems to be unique circumstances arises, this team has seen it before and has a good sense for how to deal with those circumstances. They inspire trust. Moreover, the senior associates at the firm are trained well and provide excellent value.”
Legal 500 2025
Named “Law Firm of the Year” for Securities/Capital Markets Law
U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” Survey 2021 (Best Lawyers (in America) is by Levine Leichtman Capital Partners)
Named Capital Markets “Practice Group of the Year”
Law360 2015 and 2014
Awards and Recognition, Speaking Engagements, Firm News & Announcements, Latest Thinking
Awards and Recognition
- Named a “Leading” Firm for Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt: Issuer and Manager Counsel, Nationwide Award Brief — Chambers USA 2025
- Weil Named a “Leading” Firm for Capital Markets: Equity: Issuer and Manager Counsel, Nationwide Award Brief — Chambers USA 2025
- Weil named a “Leading” Firm for Capital Markets: Securitisation: ABS Award Brief — Chambers USA 2025
- Weil Named “Law Firm of the Year” for Securities/Capital Markets Law Award Brief — U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” Survey 2021 (Best Lawyers (in America) is by Levine Leichtman Capital Partners)
- Weil Named a “Leading” Firm for Capital Markets: Equity: Issuer Counsel in the U.S. Award Brief — Chambers Global 2023
- Weil Named a “Leading” Firm for Capital Markets: Equity: Issuer Counsel, Nationwide Award Brief — Chambers USA 2024
- Weil Named a “Leading” Firm for Capital Markets in the U.S. Award Brief — IFLR1000 2024
- Weil Named a "Leading" Firm for Capital Markets: High-Yield Offerings Award Brief — Legal 500 US 2023
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advised AMC Entertainment Holdings in Successful Closing of Comprehensive Refinancing Transactions Firm Announcement — July 25, 2025
- Weil Advises EQT and WASH Multifamily Laundry Systems in Sale of WASH to Northleaf Capital Partners and AVALT Deal Brief — July 15, 2025
- Weil Advises Ardian Portfolio Company Biofarma on its €935 Million Equivalent Refinancing Deal Brief — July 10, 2025
- Weil Advises on €850M High Yield Offering by Paprec Deal Brief — July 10, 2025
- Weil Advises Superior in Acquisition by a Group of Existing Term Loan Investors Deal Brief — July 08, 2025
- Weil Earns Top Rankings in 9fin’s European High Yield Bond Law Firm League Tables in 2025 Firm Announcement — July 07, 2025
- Weil Advises Lendmark Financial Services in $400 Million Bond Offering Deal Brief — July 07, 2025
Latest Thinking
- IPOs, Spins and Split-Offs: Capturing the Value of a Separate Business Unit Alert — By Corey Chivers, Amanda Fenster, Sachin Kohli, Joseph M. Pari, Alex P Dobyan and Julia Yu — PDF — June 03, 2025
- Jumping on the Texas Bandwagon: New York Stock Exchange Announces Launch of NYSE Texas Alert — By Corey Chivers, Heather L. Emmel, Claudia Lai, Parker D. Collins and Edward Martin — PDF — February 20, 2025