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
Our practice and its lawyers are consistently recognized as market leaders by Chambers & Partners, IFLR1000 and Legal 500.
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
In conjunction with our market-leading Private Equity practice, we are one of the premier firms advising portfolio companies of private equity firms on their IPOs and follow-on/secondary offerings.
Leveraged Finance
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.
Notable Representations
Representative Matters
Advent International and Goldman Sachs/TransUnion
AMC Entertainment
American Securities/Air Methods Corporation
Bank Pekao, S.A.
ConvaTec Group
Danaher Corporation
DIRECTV
Fortress Investment Group
General Electric Capital Corporation
General Electric/Synchrony Financial
- General Electric Company and Synchrony Financial, one of the premier consumer financial services companies in the United States and the largest provider of private label credit cards in the United States based on purchase volume and receivables, in GE’s $20.4 billion offer to exchange Synchrony common stock for GE common stock, completing the separation of Synchrony from GE. This was, at the time, the largest equity exchange offer in history.
- General Electric and Synchrony Financial in Synchrony’s approximately $2.95 billion initial public offering.
H&R Block
Johnson & Johnson
Kenan Advantage Group
KIK Custom Products
Mastercard
Microsoft
NCS Multistage Holdings
PQ Corporation
Shop Direct Group Limited
The Estee Lauder Companies
The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc., one of the world’s leading manufacturers and marketers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care products, in $4.8 billion of offerings of investment grade senior notes.
Thomas H. Lee Partners
TPG Global
- TPG Pace Holdings Corp., a SPAC sponsored by TPG Global that seeks a target business in the technology, media or business service industries, in its $450 million initial public offering.
- TPG Pace Energy Holdings Corp., a SPAC sponsored by TPG Global that seeks a target business in the energy, or energy-related, industries, in its $650 million initial public offering.
Tyson Foods
Vantage Energy
Vantiv
Verisk Analytics
Willis Towers Watson
WPX Energy
Key Contacts
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Weil is highly regarded for ‘taking the time to understand its clients’ businesses’. Furthermore, the firm’s ‘deep bench allows it to handle strategic transactions alongside everyday matters’.”
The Legal 500 US
Clients note that the firm is “extraordinarily broad and deep in their knowledge base,” adding that it provides an “exceptional service.”
Chambers USA
Named a Capital Markets Practice Group of the Year
Law360
This team is highly regarded for its representation of issuers, sponsors and underwriters in all types of debt and equity transactions.”
Chambers USA
[Weil] continues to be amongst the top choices for banks, issuers and financial sponsors seeking legal advice in debt and equity matters.”
IFLR1000
Weil “bring[s] a high level of experience and judgment to the most difficult and sensitive legal issues.”
Chambers USA
They have a deep substantive knowledge plus a healthy dose of practical business judgment and risk assessment.”
Chambers USA
Ranked #3 for U.S. Equity IPOs (advising issuers) for FY 2017
Bloomberg Global Capital Markets League Tables
Awards and Recognition, Speaking Engagements, Firm News & Announcements, Latest Thinking
Awards and Recognition
- Corey Chivers Profiled as a 2016 MVP: Capital Markets Award Brief — Law360
- Ranked #2 in U.S. Equity IPOs (advising issuers) by Deal Volume for H1 2017 Award Brief — Bloomberg Global Capital Markets League Tables
- Faiza Rahman Named Law360 Rising Star: Capital Markets Award Brief — Law360
- Weil Named 2015 Capital Markets “Practice Group of the Year” Award Brief — Law360
- Weil named "Leading" Firm for Capital Markets: Equity, Global-wide Award Brief — Chambers Global
Speaking Engagements
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Going Public from a Legal Perspective
Speaker(s):
Alexander D. Lynch
October 25, 2016 — New York, New York — Head of Weil’s Capital Markets practice Alexander Lynch will be presenting at KPMG and the NYSE’s “New York IPO Bootcamp” to discuss legal considerations associated with IPOs.
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Preparing for Your IPO
Speaker(s):
Alexander D. Lynch and
Lyuba Goltser
March 30, 2016 — Part of Weil’s 2016 Private Equity Webinar Series
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advises Claire’s Stores and Affiliates in Chapter 11 Restructuring Deal Brief — March 28, 2018
- Weil Advises Walter in its Emergence from Chapter 11 Deal Brief — February 16, 2018
- Weil Advises MPI Research in its $800M Sale to Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. Deal Brief — February 15, 2018
- Weil Advises J.P. Morgan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs on Financing for Keurig’s Acquisition of Dr Pepper Snapple Deal Brief — January 29, 2018
- Weil Adds Capital Markets Partner Michael Hickey in New York Press Release — January 03, 2018
Latest Thinking
- Potential SEC Shutdown: Frequently Asked Questions About the Impact on Capital Markets Transactions and Public Companies Alert — Capital Markets — 18 Law Firm Consensus Report — PDF — January 22, 2018
- Capital Markets are an Attractive Source of Financing for Czech Companies (Kapitálové trhy jsou zajímavým zdrojem financí pro české) Publication — Euro.cz — By Karel Drevinek — September 16, 2013