资本市场

Sidley consistently ranks among the top U.S. and global capital markets firms both by deal value and by number of offerings, with strong showings as both issuer and underwriter counsel in major securities categories, including overall debt and equity, straight debt, asset-backed securities, investment grade corporate debt, high-yield debt, IPOs, and follow-on stock offerings.

Recent accomplishments of our award-winning practice include:

• LSEG (Refinitiv) 2023
  • No. 1 US-Listed At-the-Market Offerings - Manager Legal Advisor
  • No. 1 US Debt, Equity & Equity -Related - Manager Advisor by Deal Count
  • No. 1 US Straight Debt Including ABS & MBS - Manager Advisor by Deal Count
  • No. 1 Australia International Bonds - Manager Advisor by Deal Count
  • No. 2 US Debt, Equity & Equity -Related - Manager Advisor by Value
  • No. 3 Global Debt, Equity & Equity-Related - Manager Advisor by Deal Count
  • No. 3 Global Straight Debt Including ABS & MBS - Manager Advisor by Deal Count
  • No. 5 US Debt, Equity & Equity -Related – Issuer Advisor by Deal Count
  • No. 5 Asia Pacific G3 Bonds - Manager Advisor by Deal Count
  • No. 5 US Straight Debt Excluding ABS & MBS - Manager Advisor by Value
• Bloomberg 2023
  • No. 2 Issuer’s Counsel for U.S. Equity IPOs – H1 2023
  • No. 3 US Corporate Bonds - Manager Advisor by Value
  • No. 3 Global Bonds - Manager Advisor by Deal Count
  • No. 10 US Loans - Lender Advisor by Deal Count
  • No. 12 US Leveraged Finance - Borrower Advisor by Deal Count
  • No. 13 Global Bonds - Issuer Advisor by Deal Count
  • No. 14 US Equity Offerings - Manager Advisor by Deal Count
• Ranked in top five bands in several Chambers categories:
  
  • Asia-Pacific - Capital Markets: High-Yield Products
  • Australia Capital Markets: US Law
  • China: International – Capital Markets: High-Yield Products (International Firms) 2024
  • Asia-Pacific - Capital Markets: Debt and Equity
  • Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt: Manager Counsel
  • Capital Markets: Structured Products
  • India Capital Markets (International Firms)
  • REITs
  • Singapore Capital Markets: International
  • California - Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
  • Capital Markets: Equity: Issuer and Manager Counsel
  • Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt: Issuer Counsel
  • China: International – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (International Firms) 2024
  • Texas - Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
  • UK - Capital Markets: Debt
• FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2023
  • “Best Equity Deal: South Asia”: PNB Housing Finance’s INR25 billion rights issue
  • “Best IPO: South Asia”: Mankind Pharma’s RS43.264 billion IPO
  • “Best IPO: Southeast Asia”: Amman Mineral International’s US$708 million IPO
  • “Best Property Deal: China Offshore”: China Fortune Land Development’s US$4.96 billion offshore debt restructuring
  • “Best Property Deal: North Asia”: KKR and Gaw Capital’s acquisition of Hyatt Regency Tokyo
• Indonesia Law Awards 2023
  • “IPO Deal of the Year” Award at the ALB
• India Business Law Journal 2023
  • One of the “Top Foreign Law Firms”
• The Legal 500 UK 2023
  • Ranked in the UK for Finance: Debt Capital Markets
• The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023 Guide
  • Capital Markets – Australia
  • Capital Markets (Debt) – Hong Kong
  • Capital Markets (Equity) – Hong Kong
  • Capital Markets: Equity and Debt: Foreign Firms – Singapore
• First-tier national rankings in Securities/Capital Markets Law from 2010 – 2024, Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”
• Recognized as leaders in the field by all the well-regarded legal directories, such as Chambers Global, Chambers UK, Chambers USA, Chambers Asia Pacific, and IFLR 1000

We are widely recognized for our extensive knowledge and experience in the capital markets space, including our work on a wide variety of complex and innovative financial instruments and structures and our experience across a broad range of industries, both domestically and internationally. Our Capital Markets lawyers structure and execute U.S. and international securities offerings that range from conventional to cutting-edge, resulting in our leading U.S. and international rankings. Our Capital Markets practice includes:

• investment-grade debt offerings;
• high-yield debt offerings;
• secured debt offerings;
• IPOs, add-on equity offerings, and equity offerings by selling stockholders;
• spin-offs and privatizations;
• exchangeable securities offerings;
• offerings of preferred stock, regulatory capital securities, and other hybrid capital instruments;
• offerings of structured notes, including equity, commodity and currency-linked, indexed, and other derivative products;
• medium-term note, commercial paper, extendible note, at-the-market common stock, and other funding programs;
• debt offerings by sovereign entities; and
• asset securitization and equipment trust offerings.

Our clients include large and small companies and financial institutions operating in more than 100 business categories located throughout the U.S. and the world, as well as a number of governments and government-related entities. We advise more than 175 public companies on securities transactions and ongoing reporting and disclosure matters. We also represent virtually all of the world’s major investment banking firms, many regional investment banking firms, and other financial intermediaries in connection with securities transactions. We serve as issuer’s counsel for more than 400 companies and as designated underwriters’ counsel on securities transactions for more than 250 companies.

盛德资本市场业务团队曾参与了大量香港联交所的首次公开发行 （下称 “IPO”）项目，在项目数量上独占鳌头。其中大部分交易涉及根据144A和S规则进行的全球同步发行。本所有能力协助两地上市和跨境IPO项目，例如在美国证券交易委员会注册的IPO、在纽约证券交易所或纳斯达克上市并同时在其他交易所上市，以及全球发行并在美国以外的证券交易所上市。本所代表的发行人客户包括生命科学、科技、零售、汽车、房地产、电力、能源、太阳能、网络、电信、油田服务、金属、纸浆造纸、采矿、交通和消费品和消费品和汽车等行业的主要公司。

“盛德律师高效有力利用资源，团队资深律师与初级律师合理配置，具备丰富的项目经验，有能力协助我们处理复杂的问题。”
《钱伯斯大中华区法律指南》：资本市场，2023年

盛德在中国的债券资本市场业务备受好评。本所曾就各类债券交易向客户提供咨询意见，包括“最简单和最普通”的交易以及涉及多个司法管辖区、多种货币和各类担保、偿付和优先结构的复杂跨境交易。本所在开发和发行创新性可转换和可兑换产品方面经验丰富，包括涉及跨司法管辖区结构的产品和利用特殊目的载体、可变利率附条件利息以及浮动利率和零息的可转换产品。

盛德在向领先的金融机构和公司发行人提供咨询意见方面经验丰富，其中许多都是中国和其他地区的市场领导者。本所就各类事宜代表主权国家和准主权实体。我们尤其荣幸自1994年中国重新进入国际债券资本市场以来，盛德一直担任中华人民共和国财政部的国际法律顾问。

“盛德团队行事积极主动、高效务实。律师团队总是能在极其紧张的时间框架内确保项目的圆满完成。”
《钱伯斯大中华区法律指南》：资本市场，2023年

除拥有投资级债证交易的丰富经验外，盛德亚太区资本市场业务团队在高收益债券交易的市场亦广受好评。在《钱伯斯大中华区法律指南》及《亚太区法律500强》 等权威法律名录中，盛德团队一直稳居国际律师事务所排名前列。  

盛德还以其业务的广度和深度受到广泛认可，包括处理交易的复杂性、参与发售的数量和多样性以及本所广泛的跨行业经验。

盛德就多项在中国地区首次出现的创新交易结构和方式为客户提供咨询意见。近年来，盛德在多项高收益债券交易中代表投资银行和发行人，其中包括多家中国公司。本所经验丰富且深谙当地法律和商业惯例，本所中国区的综合平台具有强大的国际执行力，令本所的客户服务在同行中脱颖而出。2017年以来，盛德持续均稳居Debtwire中国及亚太区（日本除外）美元高收益债券发行人法律顾问榜首。