Capital Markets

As global capital markets evolve and become increasingly interconnected, there are greater benefits—and challenges—to capital raising activities across borders, markets, and instruments. Maximizing return on a deal requires an understanding of the varied regulatory and compliance environments as well as rapid execution to quickly take advantage of market conditions.

O’Melveny combines a worldwide reach with sophisticated knowledge of primary markets and efficient deal structuring to represent issuers and underwriters in large complicated fund-raising transactions. Our team of seasoned Capital Markets lawyers in the key financial centers of the United States, Europe, and Asia counsel on everything from early stage strategy through execution to post deal integration. Whether planning an initial public offering on a major exchange, a private placement, or a debt/equity swap, investors and businesses can count on O’Melveny to help close innovative transactions that capture the greatest market opportunities.

We work with public companies of all sizes on a broad range of compliance, disclosure and operational matters, many of which result from SEC regulation and securities exchange listing standards, as well as best practices. Our team includes corporate and transactional lawyers having experience with established and newly-public companies across the US and Asia. Our team brings decades of relevant experience from recently-held positions with the SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance, which provides us a unique capability to provide practical, informative, and effective advice.

As Asia continues to offer capital raising opportunities, we are one of the few law firms capable of providing comprehensive advice to Chinese issuers and international underwriters on SEC-registered and Rule 144A offerings, as well as Hong Kong and London listings. We have bilingual teams in our Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai offices, supported by our US and London offices, to lead these transactions. Our experience includes representing bulge bracket and regional investment banks as well as private equity-backed, venture-backed, state-owned enterprises (“SOEs”), and private companies.

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