Capital Markets

For more than a century, Ropes & Gray has been handling some of the largest, most complex capital markets financings for corporate issuers, leading private equity firms and major investment banks throughout the world.

Overview

Ropes & Gray has extensive experience representing corporate issuers, leading private equity firms and major investment banks in all aspects of capital markets financings. For more than a century, we have developed significant experience in all types of initial and follow-on offerings and in private placements. The breadth and depth of our attorneys’ knowledge allow us to effectively manage the capital markets process for our clients. Our practice includes:

  • First-time listings and initial public offerings
  • Follow-on offerings
  • Investment-grade debt offerings
  • High yield debt offerings and acquisition financing
  • Convertible notes and preferred equity instruments
  • Private placements and Rule 144A/Regulation S offerings
  • Spin-off, split-off and carve-out transactions
  • Liability management transactions, debt exchanges and debt restructurings
  • Structured finance transactions such as asset-backed instruments, credit-linked instruments and CLOs
  • Securitizations 
  • Privatizations
  • Trading, stabilization and other market activity
Experience