Capital Markets
Our capital markets practice has an outstanding reputation for high profile IPOs and debt offerings as well as for handling innovative and complex cross-border capital markets deals.
We represent issuers, shareholders and underwriters on equity and debt offerings. Through our longstanding position as one of the leading capital markets teams in the Benelux, we have developed strong relationships with the key constituents in the Benelux capital markets, such as regulatory authorities, Euronext, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, financial institutions and auditors, which enables us to get deals done for our clients and counsel them throughout the process.
Services
Our capital markets team counsels clients through the entire process of capital markets deals, from initial structuring, through the disclosure document drafting process and the marketing period of the transaction, to issuance and trading. We can draw on the expertise of thought leaders in our firm in the key legal areas adjacent to the capital markets environment, such as financial reporting, corporate governance, executive compensation, tax, and financial regulation, to devise the most effective solutions for our clients.
Debt capital markets - Our debt capital markets lawyers provide tailored advice on financing structures in both the public and private sectors. Our expertise includes transactions and advisory on all types of debt instruments, regulatory capital, securitisations, covered bonds, repackagings, derivatives and other structured finance transactions.
Furthermore, we handle EMTN, commercial paper and covered bond programmes, convertibles, and RMBS and CMBS transactions. The team is also highly experienced in regulatory and structured finance matters, drawing on our in-house expertise in tax, finance, securities, regulatory, corporate, real estate and commercial law.
Equity capital markets - Our equity capital markets team is one of the market leaders in the Benelux equity capital markets space. The team benefits from a deep bench of highly experienced lawyers who each have significant equity capital markets experience, ensuring high quality advice across the board. The team also advises clients on on-going corporate governance, financial reporting and disclosure matters, such as ESG-related disclosure issues.