Mr Robert Aulsebrook > Akin > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Robert Aulsebrook
Work Department
Partner; Finance
Position
Robert Aulsebrook’s practice focuses on international debt finance, project finance, capital markets and derivatives. Robert has particular experience providing advice on financing and investment in Russia and elsewhere in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
He advises corporate borrowers, lenders, investment funds, investment fund managers, corporate investors, high-net-worth individuals and other market parties on a wide variety of finance and derivatives issues in the London market.
For borrowers and lenders, Robert provides advice on terms of primary market loans, loan participations and secondary market trading of debt. He also provides advice to issuers and purchasers of equity and debt instruments, depository receipts, Eurobonds, convertible debt securities and commercial paper.
To learn more about Mr. Aulsebrook, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/robert-w-aulsebrook.html
Education
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, cum laude, 1989; B.A., Vanderbilt University, magna cum laude, 1986. Admitted to practice in England and Wales and in New York.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Debt capital markets
(Leading individuals)Akin is ‘proactive in approach, giving clear concise advice but with an eye on commercialism‘, particularly in the niche area of US private placements. Tom O’Connor leads the London finance group and is ‘one of the top lawyers in this sector‘, frequently advising institutional investors on the acquisition of privately placed debt and equity securities. He recently assisted institutional debt investors MetLife and PGIM with the purchase of €200m of senior unsecured notes in the debut private placement by Tritax Eurobox plc. Robert Aulsebrook leads the issuer practice and focuses predominantly on emerging markets debt. Barry Russell focuses on financial restructuring and Mark Mansell frequently represents insurance companies and other financial institutions in cross-border private placements. Michael Gustafson handles debt finance work for non-bank lender clients, which included acting for PGIM Private Capital on the £350m debut private placement issuance by Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission plc.
London > Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
While it has limited traction among conventional banking clients, Akin continues to grow its private credit-focused new money and special situations expertise, an area that was further enhanced by the arrival in January 2023 of Fergus Wheeler from White & Case LLP. Other niche areas areas of focus include team head Tom O’Connor‘s representation to institutional investors on privately placed debt and equity securities, and on cross-border financing transactions. Robert Aulsebrook has a focus on emerging markets work.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > Finance > Debt capital markets
- Debt capital markets London > Finance
- Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans London > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Finance > Acquisition finance