Hunton Andrews Kurth Ranks Among Top Capital Markets Law Firms for the First Half of 2019

August 22, 2019

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has once again featured prominently in both Bloomberg and Refinitiv’s rankings of the top legal advisers to issuers and underwriters on capital markets transactions for the first half of 2019.

“These outstanding results reflect the continued pattern of success being driven by the enhanced capabilities of the firm’s capital markets team,” said Courtney Cochran Butler who co-chairs the firm’s capital markets practice group with Susan Failla, Pete O’Brien and David Wright.

O’Brien added: “We look forward to keeping the momentum going with a strong year-end finish and beyond.”

Hunton Andrews Kurth placed in Bloomberg’s top 10 U.S. law firms across 12 capital markets categories and among the top 10 law firms in four worldwide categories in the first half of 2019, including:

Bloomberg Capital Markets Top 10 Rankings, First Half 2019

  • #4 U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bonds: Legal Adviser – Manager, Ranked by Deal Count (49 issues)
  • #5 Global Bonds: Legal Adviser – Issuer, Ranked by Deal Count (21 issues)
  • #5 Global Bonds: Legal Adviser – Issuer, Ranked by Volume ($20.5 billion)
  • #5 U.S. Corporate Bonds: Legal Adviser – Manager, Ranked by Deal Count; (53 issues)
  • #5 U.S. Equity Linked: Legal Adviser – Manager, Ranked by Deal Count (1 issue)
  • #5 U.S. Equity Linked: Legal Adviser – Manager, Ranked by Volume ($805 million)
  • #6 Global Bonds: Legal Adviser – Manager, Ranked by Deal Count (23 issues)
  • #6 U.S. Equity Linked: Legal Adviser – Issuer, Ranked by Deal Count (1 issue)
  • #7 U.S. Corporate Bonds: Legal Adviser – Issuer, Ranked by Deal Count (32 issues)
  • #7 U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bonds: Legal Adviser – Issuer, Ranked by Volume ($23.3 billion)
  • #7 U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bonds: Legal Adviser – Issuer, Ranked by Deal Count (26 issues)
  • #8 U.S. Corporate Bonds: Legal Adviser – Issuer, Ranked by Volume ($24.0 billion)
  • #9 Global Bonds: Legal Adviser – Manager, Ranked by Volume ($14.1 billion)
  • #9 U.S. Corporate Bonds: Legal Adviser – Manager, Ranked by Volume ($23.0 billion)
  • #9 U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bonds: Legal Adviser – Manager, Ranked by Volume ($21.5 billion)
  • #10 U.S. Equity IPO: Legal Adviser – Issuer, Ranked by Deal Count (2 issues)

Hunton Andrews Kurth also placed in Refinitiv’s Global Capital Markets Review among the top 20 law firms across 22 capital markets categories in the first half of 2019, including:

Refinitiv Capital Markets Rankings, First Half 2019

  • #11 U.S. Straight Debt excluding ABS & MBS: Legal Advisor – Issuer, Ranked by Volume (15 deals)
  • #12 U.S. Straight Debt excluding ABS & MBS: Legal Advisor – Issuer, Ranked by Proceeds ($20.6 billion)
  • #13 Global Straight Debt excluding ABS & MBS: Legal Advisor – Issuer, Ranked by Proceeds ($25.4 billion)
  • #13 U.S. Debt, Equity & Equity Related: Legal Advisor – Issuer, Ranked by Proceeds ($24.1 billion)
  • #13 U.S. Equity & Equity Related: Legal Advisor – Issuer, Ranked by Volume (7 deals)
  • #13 U.S. Straight Debt including ABS & MBS: Legal Advisor – Issuer, Ranked By Volume (17 deals)
  • #13 U.S. Straight Debt excluding ABS & MBS: Legal Advisor – Manager, Ranked by Volume (22 deals)
  • #13 U.S. Straight Debt excluding ABS & MBS: Legal Advisor – Manager, Ranked by Proceeds ($19.5 billion)
  • #15 Global Debt, Equity & Equity-related Ex: Legal Advisor – Issuer, Ranked by Proceeds ($28.9 billion)
  • #15 Global Straight Debt excluding ABS & MBS: Legal Advisor – Manager, Ranked by Proceeds (22 deals)
  • #15 U.S. Debt, Equity & Equity Related: Legal Advisor – Issuer, Ranked by Volume (24 deals)
  • #15 U.S. Debt, Equity & Equity Related: Legal Advisor – Manager, Ranked by Proceeds ($22.6 billion)
  • #15 U.S. Straight Debt including ABS & MBS: Legal Advisor – Manager, Ranked by Volume (23 deals)
  • #16 Global Straight Debt excluding ABS & MBS: Legal Advisor – Manager, Ranked by Volume (22 deals)
  • #17 Global Debt, Equity & Equity-related Ex: Legal Advisor – Manager, Ranked by Proceeds ($22.6 billion)
  • #17 U.S. Debt, Equity & Equity Related: Legal Advisor – Manager, Ranked by Volume (27 deals)
  • #18 All International Bonds: Legal Advisor – Manager, Ranked by Volume (17 deals)
  • #19 Global Straight Debt including ABS & MBS: Legal Advisor – Issuer, Ranked by Volume (18 deals)
  • #19 Global Straight Debt including ABS & MBS: Legal Advisor – Manager, Ranked by Volume (23 deals)
  • #20 Global Debt, Equity & Equity-related Ex: Legal Advisor – Manager, Ranked by Volume (27 deals)
  • #20 Global Straight Debt excluding ABS & MBS: Legal Advisor – Issuer, Ranked by Volume (16 deals)
  • #20 All International Bonds: Legal Advisor – Issuer, Ranked by Volume (14 deals)

Hunton Andrews Kurth has a long history of representing issuers, investors and underwriters in a wide range of public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, with a particular focus on the consumer products, energy (including oil and gas and midstream, power, renewables and utilities), financial services and real estate industries. During the past five years, we have handled more than 800 equity and debt transactions, with an aggregate value of approximately $400 billion. Our clients include publicly-traded entities, including publicly traded partnerships (MLPs) and real estate investment trusts (REITS), middle-market entities, as well as large public corporations.