Our experience extends beyond traditional equity underwritings and placements to include other equity-related offerings, such as:
- offerings of convertible debt and preferred securities and warrants
- domestic and cross-border rights issues
- international privatisations
- employee share purchase schemes and secondary offerings
- structuring and implementation of innovative equity solutions.
On these transactions we provide our clients with a full range of the legal services including:
- preparation of the offering document or documents and any related regulatory filings (e.g. listing particulars or registration statement)
- co-ordination of the response to comments from regulatory and/or listing authorities (e.g. from the UK Financial Services Authority or the US Securities and Exchange Commission)
- preparation of applications for listing on the relevant stock market or markets
- transaction management
- advice on general questions under relevant local securities laws, including disclosure issues
- due diligence
- preparation and negotiation of related documentation such as underwriting agreements, closing certificates and opinions
- provision of US securities law advice including rendering 10b-5s.