Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP’s capital markets team in New York remains a leader in the global debt offerings space and offers expertise spanning investment-grade, high-yield, and convertible notes offerings, among other kinds. The team also has capabilities on the equity side, recently handling common stock and secondary share offerings for major international clients. The team maintains strong ties with issuers and underwriters operating in Canada and Europe in particular, including in the energy, aviation, telecoms, auto, and transport sectors. Craig Arcella’s varied practice sees him assist financial institutions and corporate clients with investment-grade offerings and liability management transactions, among other matters. Andrew Pitts has considerable experience in traditional capital raising transactions as well as in relation to convertible securities and liability management. The two partners lead the group alongside William Fogg. Nicholas Dorsey is noted for his work for startup and early-stage companies as well as venture capital firms, while Douglas Dolan has a strong track record handling offerings by Canadian issuers.
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  • ‘Joseph Zavaglia and Doug Dolan are very responsive.’
  • ‘The team offers practical advice focused on getting to the client's desired outcome. This should be common across firms but it sadly isn't.’

Key clients

  • AerCap
  • Aon
  • Element Fleet
  • Genpact
  • Nestlé
  • ODDITY
  • Rogers Communications
  • Shell
  • Various financial institutions

Work highlights

  • Represented Aon in its $6 billion senior notes offering to finance its acquisition of NFP.
  • Represented Rogers Communications in its $2.5billion senior notes offering.
  • Represented the initial purchasers in the €850 million and $1.1 billion high-yield senior secured notes offering of Belron.

Lawyers

Leading partners

The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Next generation partners

Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

Craig Arcella; William Fogg; Andrew Pitts

Other key lawyers

Nicholas Dorsey; Douglas Dolan; Joseph Zavaglia