Mr Patrick Lyons > Dechert LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Dechert LLP Offices
25 Cannon Street
LONDON
EC4M 5UB
England
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Mr Patrick Lyons
Work Department
Corporate Finance and Capital Markets
Position
Partner
Career
Recommended in The Legal 500 UK, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015 for his work on flotations, the equity capital, debt capital and emerging markets, and with over 15 years’ experience, Patrick Lyons is a partner on Dechert’s London corporate and securities team.
Mr. Lyons represents life sciences and other healthcare companies, energy companies, banks and financial institutions, sovereign and quasi-sovereign issuers and others in public and private transactions, including IPOs and follow on SEC-registered transactions, Rule 144A and Regulation S offerings, investment grade and high-yield debt issues, PIPEs and other private placements, green, blue and social bond offerings, rights issues, privatizations and liability management transactions, including tender offers, exchange offers and similar transactions.
Mr. Lyons also has extensive experience advising public companies with respect to SEC periodic disclosure, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, corporate governance and Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange rules.
Languages
- French
- Arabic
- English
Education
- University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1996
- Harvard University, M.A., History and Middle East Studies, 1999
- Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2002
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Debt capital markets
Dechert LLP has ‘the most efficient team, great depth of experience and a very commercial approach to getting the job done‘ and its strong presence in emerging markets debt transactions is due to its ‘in-depth knowledge of local, regional and global practices‘. ‘Incredibly solution-oriented‘ head of international capital markets Patrick Lyons advises on the US law aspects of the major transactions handled by the London office, while emerging partner talent Jennifer Rees provides English law advice. Associate Amy Rees is ‘highly recommended‘ for her work on complex debt issues and liability management transactions. The team recently assisted JSC Development Bank of Kazakhstan with the issuance of $500m in notes and a simultaneous tender offer for part of its outstanding debt. Another key emerging markets transaction saw the firm advise Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on a $650m notes offering under its GMTN programme.
London > Industry focus > Emerging markets
Dechert LLP stand out for ‘its efficiency, the deep commitment of its lawyers, its transparency and good governance‘. The firm has a prominent role in debt issuance and other financing structures in key emerging markets, among them Thailand, Malaysia, Chile, Mexico, Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Head of International capital markets Patrick Lyons and emerging partner talent Jennifer Rees exhibit ‘proven efficiency and knowhow so as to make deals a real success‘. They recently acted for BNP Paribas, Citi, JP Morgan, and Deutsche Bank in a dual-tranche debt offering by the Kindom of Morocco, with a total value in excess of $2.5bn. This was the country’s first issuance since December 2020. Lyons and outstanding associate Amy Rees assisted JSC Ukrainian Railways on two consent solicitations, concerning a total of $895m in loan participation notes issued by Rail Capital Markets plc. The firm’s high-profile work for sovereign issuers included advising the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on its GMTN programme and the issuance of $650m in notes.
London > Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
Dechert LLP‘s corporate and securities practice group is noted for its equal strength across UK ECM and US securities deals, advising on complex cross-border equity transactions – particularly those on behalf of issuers in the life sciences sector. Patrick Lyons leads the international capital markets team from London.
Lawyer Rankings
- Debt capital markets London > Finance
- Emerging markets London > Industry focus
- Equity capital markets – small-mid cap London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Employment > Senior executives
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Real estate > Property finance
- Finance > Securitisation
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+