Capital Markets
Straight Talk on Equity Offerings Yields High Marks
Andrews Kurth capital markets counsel covers every stage and aspect of equity offerings. From experienced guidance on Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registration and review to managing market listings and capital raising approaches, our lawyers advise and represent clients in top-ranked deals involving:
- Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)—including formations, capital funding and related Sarbanes-Oxley Act counsel
- Private placements
- Debt and convertible securities
- Regulatory counsel
- Corporate governance
Known for creating the first publicly traded limited partnerships, or master limited partnerships (MLPs), in the early 1980s, Andrews Kurth has been involved with more than 70 percent of today's existing MLPs and Royalty Trusts.
Since 2003, Andrews Kurth has represented clients in more than 300 securities offerings raising nearly $100 billion in capital. We are proven advisors throughout the entire transition from private to public. We advise companies of all sizes on their public debt offerings. Our clients include the nation’s major investment banks and many large issuers. Our Capital Markets practice group aligns itself closely with the firm’s Securities practice group to provide clients with a full range of transactional services.
Top Ranked Issuers and Underwriters Counsel
Andrews Kurth earns consistently high rankings on Capital Markets League Tables as legal advisors to issuers and underwriters. Thomson Financial U.S. Capital Markets Review and Bloomberg regularly note counsel in deals involving:
- Global Equity Issuance by U.S. Issuers
- Global IPOs by U.S. Issuers
- U.S. Common Stock
- U.S. Equity & Equity-Related Issuances
- U.S. High-Yield Corporate Debt
- U.S. Investment Grade Debt
- U.S. IPOs
- U.S. Mortgage-Backed Securities
Top Ten Texas IPOs
Additional noteworthy IPO rankings include Texas Lawyer, which listed Andrews Kurth three times in its list of Top Ten Texas IPOs in May 2008, and Executive Legal Advisor which named us four times on the 2006 Top Ten Texas IPOs list.
Publications
- "2010: The Start of a Bumpy Recovery for CMBS," PREA Quarterly (Winter 2010)
