Capital Markets: Equity | Global

A&O Shearman is highly reputed for its work across the full range of capital markets mandates, boasting an outstanding reputation in ECM, DCM and securitisation questions. The practice has a notable focus on corporate as well as regulatory issuers, with additional experience advising banks as underwriters in high-profile equity transactions. The team members offer a wide range of knowledge, including high-value private placements, share and bond issuances and EMTN programmes. It is also among the top law firms for both traditional and SPAC IPOs and has recently worked on SPAC business combinations. The law firm's well-rounded offering is completed by its busy securitisation practice, which includes STS-compliant mortgage deals, forward flow mandates and covered bond programmes. Clients benefit from the law firm's strong cross-border network on multi-jurisdictional mandates.

Stibbe is particularly known for advising a range of clients on IPOs and secondary offerings, with experience acting for issuers, underwriters, selling shareholders and coordinators. The law firm also advises clients on accelerated bookbuilds and has built up a strong track record of SPAC and de-SPAC transactions, including some of the largest in the European market to date. The team works with the law firm's well-regarded corporate department to advise on public M&A transactions.

Clifford Chance is one of the top law firms in the Netherlands for debt capital markets matters, advising mainly banks as issuers or lead managers on high-value bond and note issuances, including green bonds, and on the establishment of EMTN programmes. Team members also have notable experience acting for underwriters on IPOs, rights offerings and SPAC transactions, as well as mortgage-backed securitisation transactions and receivables programmes. The law firm often works alongside its offices in other jurisdictions to assist with cross-border matters.

Houthoff is a full-service Dutch law firm covering a range of equity capital markets matters and often acting alongside the law firm's corporate team to assist with public M&A and public takeover offers. Team members also have experience in rights offerings and IPOs. The law firm additionally assists with matters relating to SPACs, including de-SPAC mergers. Its client base consists primarily of corporate issuers, holding companies and shareholders as well as SPACs.

Freshfields is active in securitisation transactions with a particular focus on clients from the real estate sector. The law firm acts for investors, originators and lenders on mortgage-backed securitisations, warehouse facilities, portfolio deals and trade receivables financing. It also provides advice on CLO documentation and interest rate benchmark regulation. The team is particularly adept at cross-border mandates. The department offers additional strength in ECM matters, advising on the listing of shares, IPOs and share buyback programmes.

Loyens & Loeff is a prominent name in the Netherlands with a broad spectrum of expertise in capital markets, notably in relation to ECM. It acts for both local and international corporates on capital raising matters, IPOs, de-SPACs and stock exchange listings, with a proven capability to handle transactions spanning multiple jurisdictions. Its practice is bolstered further by experience in DCM matters, with particular skill in note issuances.