Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP’s capital markets practice in New York regularly handles investment-grade offerings on both the issuer and underwriter side; the team benefits from collaboration with the firm’s premier M&A practice and is noted particularly for handling offerings made in connection with acquisition financings. Alexander Lynch advises private equity-backed portfolio companies in the consumer, tech, healthcare, financial services, and energy sectors, among others, as well as investment banks and private equity firms. He leads the practice alongside Michael Hickey, who continues to grow the firm’s underwriter practice, leveraging his experience in-house at a leading investment bank. Corey Chivers has considerable experience advising corporations, investment banks, national governments, and multinational financial institutions in connection with public and private securities offerings. Merritt Johnson is active in the healthcare, mining and metals, energy, telecoms, tech, and industrial sectors. Barbra Broudy, Heather Emmel, and Ashley Butler are also key contacts.
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Key clients
- Avolon Holdings Funding Limited
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
- Diversified Healthcare Trust
- The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc.
- Goldman Sachs
- Johnson & Johnson
- J.P. Morgan
- The Kroger Company
- Marvell Technology, Inc.
- Mizuho Securities USA Inc.
Work highlights
- Advised Johnson & Johnson, as issuer, in connection with an aggregate $4.0 billion registered offering of U.S. Dollar-denominated notes and an aggregate €2.5 billion ($2.7 billion) registered offering of Euro-denominated notes, including $1.15 billion 4.800% notes due 2029; $1.15 billion 4.900% notes due 2031; $850 million 4.950% notes due 2034; $850 million 5.250% notes due 2054; €700 million 3.200% notes due 2032; €800 million 3.350% notes due 2036; and €1 billion 3.550% notes due 2044, to fund the acquisition of Shockwave
- Advised dealer managers in a $3.65 billion exchange offer by Microsoft Corporation of new 144A / RegS unsecured senior notes and cash for unsecured notes of Activision Blizzard.
- Advised Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Mizuho, and a major financial institution, as representatives of the underwriters, in a $3 billion investment grade senior notes offering for Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., a North American producer of flavored (non-cola) carbonated soft drinks, non-carbonated beverages, and a producer of single serve brewing systems, consisting of: (i) $350 million aggregate principal amount of floating rate senior notes due 2027; (ii) $750 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2027; (iii) $750 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2029; (iv) $500 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2031; and (v) $650 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2034.
Lawyers
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Next generation partners
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Barbra Broudy
Merritt Johnson
Practice head
Alexander Lynch; Michael Hickey
Other key lawyers
Merritt Johnson; Barbra Broudy; Heather Emmel; Ashley Butler