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Our global team advises on a broad spectrum of debt transactions encompassing a variety of structures, allowing us to be versatile and meet a client’s requirements.

We understand the need to find workable flexible solutions in a fast-changing investment environment and our range of expertise enables us to stay at the forefront of the latest technical and market innovations and view life from the perspective of the company and the underwriters.

Our debt capital markets team covers standalone issuances, programmes, equity-linked, hybrid and subordinated debt, derivatives, structured finance, liability management and high yield debt. Integrated within these teams is our top-tier US securities practice who advises on Rule 144A placements to institutional investors in the US and our sophisticated disclosure lawyers are well-versed in 10b-5 disclosure standards.

We work with our clients wherever and whenever they need us to find the most efficient structures for their capital raising requirements, from straightforward standalone bonds to creating multi-source debt platforms combining bank, structured finance and capital markets debt.

Our clients include corporates, financial institutions and public sector issuers, as well as lead managers and trustees across the globe.

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London

Peter Allen

Partner
London

Duncan Kellaway

Partner
Silicon Valley, San Francisco

Sarah K. Solum

US Managing Partner and Global Co-Head of Capital Markets
Frankfurt am Main

Christoph Gleske

Partner
Vienna, Frankfurt am Main

Stephan Pachinger

Partner
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