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Capital Markets: High-Yield Products - UK-wide

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What the Team is Known For

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison is a respected team with particular capabilities advising issuers on high-yield offerings. The firm routinely represents private equity clients and are noted for their expertise on cross-border matters, both across Europe and globally. The team has experience across sectors such as telecommunications, gaming and entertainment.

Work Highlights

  • Paul, Weiss advised Saur, in a EUR550 million senior notes offering.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Matthew Merkle
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Matthew Merkle
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Band 1
Matthew Merkle leads Paul Weiss' European capital markets offering. He brings a wealth of experience to his representation of private equity groups in the high-yield markets. He also regularly advises the portfolio companies of PE groups on high-yield issuances.

Matthew has a great negotiation ability and capacity to identify solutions that protect the client while allowing the business to operate.

He is a market-leading expert in his field.

Matthew is a superstar.

Matthew Friedman
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Matthew Friedman
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Band 4

Matthew Friedman is noted for his work advising issuers in high-yield offerings, with particular expertise in the gaming industry.

He always comes with solutions and is commercial.

Matthew is our go-to HY lawyer in London. He is solution-oriented, confidently tackles the most complex deals and is incredibly responsive.

Deirdre Jones
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Deirdre Jones
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Up and Coming

Deirdre Jones often represents issuers across a range of high-yield cross-border matters, particularly involving North America.

Deirdre acts in interest of her client throughout.

She's quick to understand what's important in a situation and to focus in on that.

Deirdre has an incredible understanding of the market with an unparalleled ability to distil wildly complex information into a format everyone on the team understands.

Nicolo Ascione
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Nicolo Ascione
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Up and Coming

Nicolo Ascione advises private equity sponsors, issuers and financial institutions on multi-jurisdictional high-yield offerings, including restructurings.

Nicolo has great technical knowledge of our operations and of the law.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Capital Markets: High-Yield Products

Matthew Merkle
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Matthew Merkle
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Band 1
Matthew Friedman
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Matthew Friedman
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Band 4
Deirdre Jones
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Deirdre Jones
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Up and Coming
Nicolo Ascione
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Nicolo Ascione
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Up and Coming