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Julie Cohen
Director of Marketing and Communications
212.701.3614
jcohen@cahill.com

Cahill Caps Off 2020 With Strong Finish in Capital Markets Full Year League Tables

Date: 02/09/21

Cahill’s Capital Markets & Lending practice earned top spots in a multitude of categories in the legal adviser league tables published by BloombergRefinitiv Loan Connector LPC, and Debtwire for the full year 2020.

For the fifteenth consecutive year, Cahill earned the distinction of being ranked as the #1 legal adviser to U.S. high-yield bond underwriters by Bloomberg. For 2020, Debtwire also named Cahill the #1 legal adviser to managers of North American high-yield bonds. In the leveraged lending arena, Cahill was once again named the #1 legal adviser to lead arrangers of leveraged loans, according to Refinitiv LPC, a title the Firm has continuously earned since 2010. Below are some performance highlights from the full year 2020 league tables.

Bloomberg

  • #1 legal adviser to U.S. High-Yield Bond underwriters since 2005, by volume and deal count
  • #1 legal adviser to U.S. Leveraged Loan lenders, by volume and deal count
  • #1 legal adviser to U.S. Loan lenders, by volume and deal count
  • #1 legal adviser to managers and lenders in US Leveraged Finance, by volume and deal count
  • #1 legal adviser to Global Loan lenders, by volume and deal count
  • #3 legal adviser to managers of U.S. Corporate Bonds, by volume and deal count
  • #3 legal adviser to managers and lenders in European Leveraged Finance, by volume and deal count
  • #3 legal adviser to managers of Sterling Investment-Grade Corporate Bonds, by volume and #5 by deal count
  • #5 legal adviser to underwriters of U.S. Equity Offerings, by volume
  • #5 legal adviser to European Currencies Corporate High-Yield Bond underwriters, by volume and #6 by deal count

 

Refinitiv Loan Connector

  • #1 legal adviser to lead arrangers of leveraged loans since 2010, by volume and deal count
  • #1 legal adviser to lenders for M&A loans, by volume and deal count
  • #1 legal adviser to lenders across all types of loans, by volume and deal count
  • #1 legal adviser to all roles for total leveraged loan issuance, by volume and deal count
  • #1 legal adviser to all roles for total M&A loan issuance, by volume and #3 by deal count
  • #2 legal adviser to all roles for total loan issuance, by volume and #3 by deal count

 

Debtwire

  • #1 legal adviser to North American High-Yield Bond managers, by volume
  • #1 legal adviser to managers for North American M&A High-Yield Bonds, by volume
  • #1 legal adviser to lead banks for North American Leveraged Loans, by volume
  • #1 legal adviser to lead banks for North American M&A Leveraged Loans, by volume
  • #1 legal adviser to lead banks for North American Buyout Leveraged Loans, by volume
  • #1 legal adviser to lead banks for North American Institutional Loans, by volume
  • #1 legal adviser to lead banks for North American M&A Institutional Loans, by volume
  • #1 legal adviser to lead banks for North American Buyout Institutional Loans, by volume
  • #2 legal adviser to lead banks for UKI Leveraged Loans, by volume
  • #3 legal adviser to managers for North American Buyout High-Yield Bonds, by volume
  • #3 legal adviser to lead banks of Western European Institutional Leveraged Loans, by volume
  • #4 Lender's legal counsel to lead banks for US Middle Market Private Equity Backed Loans, by volume
  • #4 Lender's legal counsel to lead banks for US Middle Market Institutional Loans, by volume
  • #4 legal adviser to lead banks for Western Europe Leveraged Sponsor-Backed Loans, by volume
  • #5 legal adviser to lead banks for Western Europe Leveraged Loans, by volume
  • #5 legal adviser to managers for Western European High-Yield Bonds – Yankee Lender, by volume

FY 2020 North American High-Yield Manager Advisers by Volume ($B)

FY 2020 U.S. Legal Advisers to Lead Arrangers in Leveraged Loans by Volume ($B)


Julie Cohen
Director of Marketing and Communications
212.701.3614
jcohen@cahill.com