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Dentons
ONE FLEET PLACE
LONDON
EC4M 7WS
England
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Position

David Cohen is a partner in Dentons’ Capital Markets practice. His practice covers a wide range of product areas, including public, listed eurobonds, private placements, EMTN programmes, CP programmes, high-yield bonds, loan participation notes, project bonds and structured products. He acts for a various market participants, including issuers (corporates, financial institutions and sovereigns), underwriters and trustees.

Career

Trained 1992-94 Clifford Chance, lawyer 1994-2003; partner Dentons (formerly SNR Denton, Denton Wilde Sapte).

Memberships

Law Society of England and Wales (training membership).

Education

University of Machester (LLB Hons).

Lawyer Rankings

London > Finance > Debt capital markets

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At Dentons, the team is ‘extremely responsive and excellent technically with strong commercial acumen‘. The firm handles the full range of DCM work, but is particularly highly regarded for advice on GMTN and EMTN programmes, debut Rule 144A and Regulation S offerings, emerging markets transactions, green and sustainability-linked bonds, and corporate trustee matters. It also handles liability management for issuers and dealer managers in, and regulatory capital trades for bank, insurance and asset manager issuers. David Cohen leads the practice. He recently assisted a UK building society with its £5bn EMTN programme. Nick Hayday and emerging partner talent Victoria Wyer assisted an Indian private sector mortgage lender with issues concerning its $2.8bn MTN programme in light of the company’s merger. Cameron Half leads the US Securities practice in EMEA, focusing on SEC-registered, Rule 144A and Regulation S debt and equity offerings. Neil Dixon‘s broad practice includes insurance regulatory capital, hybrid bonds, and equity-linked debt deals. Specialist trustee lawyer Catriona ’Kitty’ Lloyd  ‘really goes into bat for her clients‘.

London > Industry focus > Emerging markets

Dentons is sought after for its experience in banking and finance, capital markets, corporate M&A, and TMT projects in emerging markets. The work of the London group spans Africa, the Middle East, CEE, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the CIS region. The firm’s ‘fantastic team with great market and commercial knowledge‘ is led by head of banking and finance Paul Holland, who is an expert in export credit, trade finance and asset finance. Debt capital markets specialists Nick Hayday, Cameron Half, and David Cohen devote much of their time to deals in the developing world. Colm Ó hUiginn is ‘one of the genuine legal experts in the nascent green hydrogen sector’. John Inglis is ‘an exceptional energy project finance lawyer in London, with a track record of successfully structuring and executing complex financing deals‘. Banking partner James Ingham advised an international bank on a $100m and €93m dual-currency facility agreement for The Government of The Republic of Kenya.