Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton  is widely regarded as a premier global capital markets firm, consistently trusted by leading corporates, sovereigns, and financial institutions to handle debt and equity offerings. Its New York-based practice, delivers critical, precedent-setting transactions, often coordinating across multiple jurisdictions. Jeffrey Karpf advises on corporate and financial transactions, corporate governance, and public and private debt and equity offerings, representing a range of issuers, investment banks, and institutional investors in complex capital markets matters. David Lopez has extensive experience with IPOs for domestic and foreign issuers, public and private debt and equity offerings for blue-chip companies, and experience on a variety of liability management transactions. Jorge Juantorena and  Francesca Odell are particularly skilled in cross-border transactions in Latin America. Adam Fleisher has extensive experience advising hedge funds and private equity firms on GP stake transactions, structuring, and regulatory compliance. Duane McLaughlin is adept in acquisition financing transactions. Natalia Rezai is a rising star who has represented large multinationals in key capital markets transactions. Ilir Mujalovic joined the New York team in February 2026 from A&O Shearman.