Linklaters tops Bloomberg’s first half European Capital Markets tables
02 July 2009
Linklaters has secured the most top rankings of any law firm in Bloomberg’s league table of European legal advisors for the first half of 2009, released yesterday.
Linklaters ranks first in the following categories by both total deal value, and number of deals:
- EMEA Equity & Equity Linked Issuer Advisers
- EMEA Equity & Equity Linked Manager Advisers
- EMEA Equity Linked Issuer Advisers
- EMEA Equity Linked Manager Advisers
- EMEA Rights Offerings Manager Advisers
- Euromarket Bonds Issuer Advisers
The firm also came top in Euromarket Bonds Manager Advisers by volume and joint top in EMEA Rights Offerings Issuer Advisers by deal count.
Jim Rice, global head of capital markets at Linklaters, commented:
“We are very pleased to have played such a leading role in advising on so many of the key capital markets transactions in 2009.
“The number of tables that we have done well in shows the breadth of our practice, where the strength of our Equity Linked practice, through which we have a more than 50 per cent market share advising issuers by volume, and our positive showing on the recent wave of secondary issues are particular highlights.”
Deals incorporated in these league tables include advising on HSBC’s £12.5bn rights issue, Lloyds Banking Group’s £4bn placing and open offer, the establishment of the new commodities trading platform, Source, and Anglo American’s $1.7bn convertible bond.
For further information, please contact:
Toby Craig on (44-20) 7456 4550 or toby.craig@linklaters.com
Rupert Winlaw on (44-20) 7456 3219 or rupert.winlaw@linklaters.com
