Mr Lawrence Verhelst > Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Offices
CITYPOINT
ONE ROPEMAKER STREET
LONDON
EC2Y 9HR
England
- Firm Profile
- Go to...
Mr Lawrence Verhelst
Position
Lawrence J. Verhelst serves as European counsel in Cravath’s Corporate Department. He focuses his practice on representing corporate and sovereign issuers and financial institutions in U.S. and international finance and capital markets transactions, including high‑yield and investment grade debt offerings, equity offerings and liability management. Mr. Verhelst also advises clients in cross‑border mergers and acquisitions, as well as public disclosure, corporate governance and other general corporate matters.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Debt capital markets
Clients praise the capital markets team at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP for its ‘availability, profound legal knowledge, and practical approach‘. The firm is best known for its high yield work, though it also investment grade bond issuance for corporates and sovereigns. Co-heads of the EMEA capital markets practice Philip Boeckman
has ‘a very good understanding of clients’ needs‘, and George Stephanakis are the key partners. European counsel Lawrence Verhelst, who acts for corporate and sovereign issuers and financial institutions, has ‘very solid US law knowledge and a practical approach to solving legal issues‘. Boeckman and Verhelst recently acted for European Investment Bank in six registered notes offerings with a total value of $25bn, including a $5bn Climate Awareness Bond and a $4bn Sustainability Awareness Bond.