Alex Bafi
Europe Guide 2024
Band 4 : Capital Markets: Equity
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About
Provided by Alex Bafi
Practice Areas
Alex advises corporates, private equity investors and investment banks on complex and innovative securities offerings, including IPOs, rights offerings, and high yield and investment grade debt offerings. Alex has advised on more than €40 billion of securities offerings since 2017.
He is ranked as a leading Capital Markets lawyer by Chambers and IFLR, and is recognized as one of Legal 500’s Hall of Fame Capital Market lawyers.
Alex is a member of the Bar of the State of New York.
Career
New York University (JD) 1993
Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, Paris and London 1993
Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in New York 1994
Herbert Smith Freehills, London, Partner 2001
Joined Clifford Chance as a Partner 2015
Chambers Review
Europe
Alex Bafi advises major financial institutions on IPOs and bookbuild offerings. He often acts on pan-European deals as well as those involving African and Middle Eastern jurisdictions. He is qualified to practise in the USA. He joined Hughes Hubbard & Reed in October 2024.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Alex is really calm and a deal-maker."
"I rate him highly for European and Middle East deals. He is very deal-friendly."
"He is a great lawyer with strong involvement and is very responsive."
"Alex is really calm and a deal-maker."
"I rate him highly for European and Middle East deals. He is very deal-friendly."
"He is a great lawyer with strong involvement and is very responsive."