Ropes & Gray has been recognized for Legal 500 UK 2024 for its work on complex, high-yield, high-value financings for both new and returning issuers and underwriting clients, with the firm rising to Tier 2 ranking in this year's edition and partners Robert Haak, Michael Kazakevich and Jane Rogers recognized as individual leaders.
Deals the firm advised on last year included:
- Multiple initial buyers, including Citigroup, Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE and SEB as joint global coordinators, in Intrum AB's offering of €450 million fixed rate senior notes due 2028.
- VZ Secured Financing BV, an SPV entity of the VodafoneZiggo group, on its cross-border offering of 10NC5 sustainability-linked bonds worth €2.1 billion
- Liberty Servicios Fijos LY, a subsidiary of Liberty Latin America, in the largest sustainability-linked bond in the digital infrastructure sector in Costa Rica, which included a unique financing package of US$450 million, included an A/B bond structure notable that consists of a combination of a loan and a bond
Ropes & Gray is a leading legal advisor to public and private high-yield and leveraged lending markets, and is one of a select group in London with on-the-ground capabilities to execute high-yield bond offerings and term loan facilities both in English as in English. New York Law. In particular, the firm's extensive experience in high-yield Rule 144A/Regulation S debt offerings across industries and geographies ensures rapid execution with a nuanced ability to address complex issues. Ropes & Gray is also committed to supporting issuers and borrowers in promoting their sustainable financial objectives and complex legal structures and has deep knowledge and experience in this area.
