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Richard Aftanas
Work Department
Corporate and Finance
Position
Head of Corporate and Finance practice, New York
Career
Richard Aftanas is Head of the firm’s Corporate and Finance practice in New York. Clients rely on Richard as a trusted advisor for strategic legal advice in a wide variety of public and private finance transactions, including initial public offerings and other public and private equity securities offerings, as well as high yield and investment-grade debt offerings.
Richard also advises U.S. and international clients with respect to corporate and securities law matters, as well as business combinations, spin-offs, debt tender offers, exchange offers, and other refinancing transactions. In addition, he regularly advises publicly traded corporations and their executive officers and directors on corporate governance, SEC compliance, and disclosure matters.
Richard was a winner of the 2013 International Law Office Client Choice Awards, which recognize partners who excel across the full spectrum of client service, and he was named a “Client Service All-Star” by the BTI Consulting Group in its 2015 Client Service All-Stars report.
Languages
English
Education
LL.B., McGill University Faculty of Law, 1994
B.A., University of Manitoba, 1991
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
Hogan Lovells US LLP has a burgeoning presence in equity offerings, despite the tough recent climate. It has achieved a number of impressive IPO engagements, along with convertible equity and other equity offerings. It has maintained its standing in life sciences and healthcare, real estate and TMT. The capital markets team continues to benefit from the firm’s outstanding regulatory expertise. It is also noted for international offerings, including those originating from Europe and Latin America. New York partner Richard Aftanas is a senior figure with an outstanding reputation in equity and debt, though he has taken responsibility for building the firm’s equity practice. Philadelphia partner Steve Abrams is another key figure in life sciences offerings and Washington DC’s David Bonser is a leading figure in REIT transactions. Newly elected Philadelphia partner Stephen Nicolai also impresses.
United States > Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
Hogan Lovells US LLP has an established record in offerings originating from Europe and Latin America. It handles a wide range of debt and equity offerings, and is also noted for structured finance transactions, including diversified payment rights securitisations in Latin America. The firm has an excellent reputation for securities and financial regulatory expertise, including dealings with the SEC. The experienced Richard Aftanas is building the firm’s standing in equity offerings, while Emil Arca is a noted leader in debt capital markets and structured finance, including deals originating in Latin America. Evan Koster has a strong record in sovereign and quasi-sovereign offerings from Latin America, and is also rated for liability management and derivatives transactions. New York and Frankfurt-based partner Sina Hekmat has a background in global offerings by European issuers, particularly German companies. All other partners are based in New York.
Lawyer Rankings
- Capital markets: equity offerings United States > Finance
- Capital markets: global offerings United States > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Government > Government relations
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- International Trade > CFIUS
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Government > Government contracts
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Project finance
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)