Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP > London, England > Firm Profile

‘Very strong knowledge of the market, excellent availability, very diligent.’

‘Alyssa Caples has worked on all of our bonds over the last seven years and is knowledgeable, available and good to deal with.’

‘In-depth experience in HY markets, continuity of key people dealing with our bond issues.’

‘George Stephanakis is a trusted adviser since our first bond issue in 2002. George is always available and provides excellent service and sound advice and guidance.’

‘Solid technical knowledge. Very much plugged-in re market trends.’

‘Great breadth of experience, offer practical, pragmatic and commercial advice and very responsive.’

‘Outstanding service. Incredibly fast responses delivering clear, concise and market informed advice.’

‘Korey Fevzi is a great lawyer and a pleasure to work with. He remains calm under pressure and is a great problem solver. His advice is timely, clear and concise.’

‘Korey Fevzi has a deep understanding of the market which means he provides well-informed, commercial advice which he combines with his highly technical abilities.’

‘Philip Stopford is hugely well regarded. He provides clear advice and has a sensible approach to transactions.’

‘A high-quality team, from the partner all the way down to the most junior associate. Expert support provided diligently and efficiently.’

‘Alyssa Caples was the lead partner on our transaction. Alyssa has supported us on a number of deals in the past and we were delighted she was available to support us again. She has tremendous experience and delivers measured and commercial advice for the benefit of the transaction. We wanted to achieve an aggressive execution timetable and Alyssa was clear that Cravath could deliver it which they duly did.’

‘Cravath’s debt capital markets team is a first-rate team in all respects. Hugely knowledgeable, solution-focused and able to deliver on-time-in-full on complex transactions. They are a pleasure to deal with and do not bring with them the ego of some US law firms. Would unreservedly recommend them to anyone seeking legal counsel in this field.’

‘Alyssa Caples is the lead DCM partner. She embodies everything you would like in your external counsel – super-smart, hugely experienced, available what appears to be 24/7 and a thoroughly likeable person.’

‘The London Cravath team has a top-notch equity capital markets practice in Europe. One of their main strengths is that Cravath attorneys are trained as generalists, able to handle a variety of capital markets and other corporate transactions.’

‘Cravath attorneys are meticulous, rigorous and exceptionally hard-working. They take the time to clearly explain the reasons for each of their comments/amendments in an agreement.  I worked on several occasions with George Stephanakis and Lawrence Verhelst, who are exceptional lawyers.’

‘The London equity team provides excellent service and has in-depth knowledge of U.S. capital markets and securities issues. The London team has UK-qualified lawyer and US attorneys attorneys, who can advise on the full spectrum of U.S. M&A, regulatory and SEC compliance matters; and complex general corporate issues.’

‘Alyssa Caples is very cerebral in her approach, and calmly navigates complex securities issues.’

‘Fantastic expertise and client service – they work ferociously hard and deliver commercial, pragmatic advised based on a deep understanding of the underlying legal position.’

‘The advice is high quality and the process very well thought through to ensure client understanding and successful outcomes.’

‘They provide tailor-made advice and share best practices (i) across both sides of Atlantic and (ii) financing products.’

‘Philip Stopford is very thoughtful and professional.’

‘Korey Fevzi has a deep understanding of the market which means he provides well-informed, commercial advice which he combines with his highly technical abilities.’