Securities
Cravath has one of the largest U.S. and international securities practices in the world. Our lawyers represent issuers and underwriters in all types of U.S. and global offerings, including initial public offerings, equity offerings, offerings of investment grade corporate bonds and high‑yield bond offerings. We also represent issuers and underwriters in sovereign debt offerings, privatizations, American depositary receipt offerings, new listings on U.S. stock exchanges, real estate financing and securities collateralized by various kinds of assets. These include offerings registered with the SEC, Rule 144A offerings, Regulation S offerings and traditional private placements. Since January 1, 2008, Cravath has been involved in 849 SEC‑registered or Rule 144A offerings with an aggregate deal value of over US$1.1 trillion in proceeds. For the past decade, Cravath has been ranked in the highest tier for its work in the capital markets arena by Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business. The 2012 edition of The Legal 500 United States praises Cravath’s “highly‑reputed capital markets practice” for its “depth of expertise across all types of securities transactions” and “excellent reputation for providing quality advice to both issuers and managers” on behalf of a “‘fine roster’ of US and international clients.”