Capital Markets
Cahill’s Capital Markets practice is among the top-ranked in the world, as judged by Chambers USA, Chambers Global and The Legal 500, and as measured by volume and deal count.
Our Capital Markets practice operates across all major industries, including business services, e-commerce, energy, entertainment, financial services, food & grocery, healthcare, infrastructure, manufacturing, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals, real estate, telecommunications and travel.
Our lawyers take a commercial and collaborative approach, advising global financial institutions and companies on domestic and cross border transactions. Clients seek out Cahill for our solutions-focused advice and deal execution, especially when the factual and legal issues are challenging and/or the financing structures are complex. Cahill’s Capital Markets and Banking practices are highly integrated, making it seamless for companies and financial institutions executing multiple simultaneous financings.
Recognized as a Practice Group of the Year by Law360, our Capital Markets team is renowned for breaking down traditional silos between capital markets and banking, providing a unique dexterity invaluable to our clients, and setting Cahill apart from our peers.
While best known for our four decades leading the high-yield bond market, our deep bench of attorneys work across a wide variety of capital markets products, represents underwriters and issuers in debt, equity and equity-linked securities offerings and dealer managers and solicitation agents in exchange offers, tender offers and consent solicitations, in leveraged, distressed, high-grade and cross-over credits.
That depth of experience has positioned the practice to lead some of the most sophisticated financial transactions across global markets, often at the forefront of cutting-edge deal terms. With the expansion of our London practice, Cahill is also well-positioned to assist with European and cross-border transactions across various capital structures.
High Yield Debt Offerings
For seventeen consecutive years, Cahill has earned the distinction of being ranked as the #1 legal adviser to U.S. high-yield bond underwriters by Bloomberg and is ranked in Band 1 annually by Chambers USA and Chambers Global.
Cahill represents investment banking firms on financing transactions involving new issuance of secured and unsecured high yield debt securities, debt offerings and debt exchange and tender offers. Cahill is regularly the first call for the banks involved in leveraged lending and high yield bond underwriting.
Among our other rankings:
- #1 legal counsel to North American high-yield bond managers by volume in 2022, per Debtwire
- #2 legal counsel to North American M&A high-yield bond managers by volume in 2022, per Debtwire
Investment Grade Debt Offerings
Bloomberg ranked Cahill among the leading legal advisers by volume to managers in the U.S. Corporate Bonds category in 2022. Cahill was also ranked among the most active legal advisers to U.S. investment grade bond underwriters and among the top firms in several league tables reporting on underwriters for European investment grade bonds. The firm is also recognized by Chambers USA in the Investment Grade Debt: Manager Representation category.
Equity Offerings
Cahill regularly advises on equity and equity-linked securities, as well as initial public and follow-on equity offerings. In fact, clients often ask Cahill to advise on these offerings as part of larger transactions involving high-yield and investment grade debt offerings. Given our firm’s approach to capital markets, Cahill’s lawyers are able to see such expansive and inter-locking matters from all sides, understanding how each piece best fits to deliver on the client’s larger goals. Cahill’s equity practice has also been recognized by Chambers USA.
Andreas Adler Counsel
James W. Albrecht Associate
Bruna M. Amaral Associate
Aarthi Anand Counsel
Daniel Anderson Partner
Helene R. Banks Partner
Matt Bastion Associate
Daksha Bhatia Knowledge Management Specialist
Patrick W. Brady Associate
Danielle Brown Counsel
Jonathan Brownson Partner
Donna M. Bryan Partner
Sophie Buchanan-Brown Associate
Marcus Chaplin-Roberts Associate
Emeka C. Chinwuba Partner
Joydeep Choudhuri Partner
James J. Clark Partner
Christopher W. Clement Partner
Joshua Cohn Counsel
Phone: 212.701.3417
jcohn@cahill.com
Prue Criddle Partner
Sean Davis Partner
Julie E. Dechen Counsel
Alex Doust Associate
Stuart Downing Partner
Adam M. Dworkin Partner
Anastasia Efimova Partner
Kelly E. Gelfand Egers Counsel
Jennifer B. Ezring Partner
Jonathan J. Frankel Partner
Nazariy Gavrysh Associate
Ariel Goldman Partner
Patrick Gordon Partner
Matthew Haar Counsel
Alexander Haberman Associate
Shana G. Hamilton Counsel
Stephen G. Harper Partner
William M. Hartnett Partner
Zona Hijazi Associate
Timothy B. Howell Partner
Euvin Kahng Associate
Jake Keaveny Partner
Brian Kelleher Partner
Ashley R. Ken Associate
Michael P. Kiley Associate
Ted B. Lacey Partner
Andrew E. Lee Associate
Phone: 212.701.3891
alee@cahill.com
Geoffrey E. Liebmann Partner
Michael M. Makhotin Counsel
Keith H. Marantz Associate
Meghan McDermott Partner
Alexandra L. McIntire Associate
William J. Miller Partner
Anna Molina Associate
Noah B. Newitz Partner
Warren Newton Partner
Xin Zhou (Richard) Pan Associate
Phone: 212.701.3654
rpan@cahill.com
John Papachristos Partner
Maya Peleg Counsel
Luis R. Penalver Partner
Michael W. Reddy Partner
Oleg Rezzy Partner
Nikolas X. Rodriguez Associate
Jonathan A. Schaffzin Partner
John J. Schuster Senior Counsel
Andrew Schwartz Partner
Spencer Shweky Associate
Darren Silver Partner
Ben Silverstone Associate
Josiah M. Slotnick Partner
Mary A. Stokinger Counsel
Susanna M. Suh Partner
Phone: 212.701.3686
ssuh@cahill.com
Anthony K. Tama Partner
John A. Tripodoro Partner
Jenny Warshafsky Knowledge Management Specialist
Steven A. Wasserfall Associate
Adam Wegh Associate
Phone: 212-701-3111
awegh@cahill.com
C. Anthony Wolfe Partner
Elizabeth Yahl Partner
Phone: 212.701.3151
eyahl@cahill.com
H1 2023 North American High-Yield Manager Advisers by Volume ($B)
Source: Debtwire
H1 2023 U.S. Legal Advisers to Lead Arrangers in Leveraged Loans by Volume ($B)
Source: Refinitiv Loan Connector