Capital Markets: Structured Finance - Europe-wide
Band 1
What the Team is Known For
A&O Shearman has superb capabilities in capital markets transactions. The firm's celebrated DCM teams boast extensive skill in assisting with an array of debt instruments, stretching from GMTN programmes to hybrids as well as high-yield products. Its standout structured finance practice is comprehensive, offering support in pan-European securitisation plans, both cash and synthetic, as well as covered bonds, equity swaps and CLOs. The law firm's well-reputed ECM teams are adept at assisting with IPOs and SPAC business combinations, acquisition and disposal of shares as well as issuance of rights. It has excellent presence on the ground in numerous European jurisdictions, including the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, CEE and Italy, and has a number of US-qualified lawyers based there. The lawyers act for leading commercial and investment banks, corporates, insurance companies and market operators.
Notable practitioners
Adam Wells heads the firm's Global ECM practice and a key point of contact.
