About

Provided by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

For more information about Cleary Gottlieb's Capital Markets practice, please visit https://www.clearygottlieb.com/practice-landing/capital-markets

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Capital Markets: Equity: Issuer Counsel - USA - Nationwide

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP is a fully integrated capital markets practice whose lawyers are able to draw upon specialties and experience from the firm’s tax, bankruptcy and M&A teams. The attorneys are adept at handling a variety of high value transactional matters for a broad client base, possessing significant capacity in complex cross-border transactions. The firm possesses notable experience advising on both SEC-registered and private securities offerings.

Work Highlights

  • Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton represented the underwriters in an $8.5 billion equity offering and a $5 billion SEC-registered notes offering by Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Notable Practitioners

Provided by Chambers

Jeffrey D Karpf
E
Jeffrey D Karpf
E
Eminent Practitioners

Jeffrey Karpf is the managing partner of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. He maintains an excellent reputation for his work on high-yield and investment grade debt transactions, representing both investment banks and issuing companies. He balances his leading role in debt capital markets with an active equity practice.

Jeff is a trusted adviser and our go-to for high profile and sensitive matters. He knows our business very well and takes a practical, risk-based approach to issues.

He is a real sounding board, extremely reliable and the person we call on for bet-the-house type issues.

Jeff's expert legal abilities, coupled with his excellent business acumen, make him widely known throughout our industry as one of the leaders in the corporate and securities legal world.

David Lopez
1
David Lopez
1
Band 1
David Lopez stands out for his high quality representation of major companies and dealer-managers on complex bond and stock offerings. He is especially sought after for his expertise in liability management.

He always has a measured and practical approach.

David is extremely thoughtful. He knows the history of all products and he gives a commercial view.

David is so smart and his commercial awareness is off the charts. He is the leading expert on liability management transactions.

Craig B Brod
3
Craig B Brod
3
Band 3
Craig Brod is renowned for his versatile practice, which sees him acting for issuers and underwriters on the full spectrum of capital markets matters.

Craig brings his vast and deep experience to every transaction. He is a tremendous asset in our corporate and securities matters.

Craig is in tune with our business and is practical and service-oriented.

Ilir Mujalovic
3
Ilir Mujalovic
3
Band 3

Ilir Mujalovic is co-head of the firm's US capital markets team. He is particularly adept at the representation of underwriters on a broad array of capital markets transactions.

His personable touch is unbelievable. If he doesn't pick up right away, he'll call back promptly and always knows what's going on.

Ilir is an outstanding lawyer with an extensive track record in the space.

Ilir understands a lot of the risk and can put himself in our shoes and help us think through different solutions.

Adam Fleisher
5
Adam Fleisher
5
Band 5
Adam Fleisher is revered for his capital markets practice, which forms a key component of his wider corporate practice.

Adam is a knowledgeable and very strong capital markets lawyer.

Adam is approachable, highly skilled and simply brilliant.

Adam possesses extensive knowledge, not only of the law but also of accounting standards and their application.

He has an encyclopedic knowledge of all of the rules and regulations.

Adam is a Swiss Army knife, there's not much he cannot do.

Ranked Lawyers at
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Provided by Chambers
Filter by
Band

USA - Nationwide

Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States

Jeffrey D Karpf
E
Jeffrey D Karpf
E
Eminent Practitioners
David Lopez
1
David Lopez
1
Band 1
Craig B Brod
3
Craig B Brod
3
Band 3
Ilir Mujalovic
3
Ilir Mujalovic
3
Band 3
Adam Fleisher
5
Adam Fleisher
5
Band 5

Members

Provided by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP