Capital Markets
In-depth legal advice on capital market transactions
Capital markets never stand still. Issuers, banks, financial services providers and stock exchanges around the world face increasing regulation, which is being partly driven by ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) concerns. Continuously updated knowledge of legal requirements and market standards is thus a prerequisite for advising on capital markets law. In uncertain times, capital market products are gaining in importance over bank-based financing products, while new technologies are opening up alternative financing channels for issuers and investors. Operating successfully in this environment requires not only in-depth expertise in capital markets law but also decades of experience in national and international capital market transactions.
Your partner for capital market transactions
The capital markets law experts at CMS possess extensive specialist knowledge and experience in providing targeted advice on a wide range of capital market transactions. Over the past 25 years, we have advised on numerous IPOs and other transactions involving capital markets law – as issuer’s counsel, advisers to the (existing) shareholders, or as underwriters’/arrangers’ counsel. Thanks to our close links with experts from other practice areas, we are able to offer comprehensive advice from a single source as well as proven banking and sector expertise.
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Leading expertise on equity and debt capital markets
The skills of our capital markets law experts cover every relevant topic, including:
- IPOs (i.a. Deutsche Börse, Euronext, NYSE and NASDAQ) and support for delisting, segment switches, capital increases and reallocations (block trades)
- Takeovers of listed companies, PIPE transactions and delisting-purchase bids
- Structuring and implementing scrip dividends
- Creating issue platforms
- Issuing convertible, warrant and exchange bonds
- Issuing (structured) debt securities, mortgage bonds (Pfandbriefe), foreign covered bonds
- Issuing green bonds, social bonds, sustainability-linked bonds
- Designing structured financial instruments for regulated investors (especially promissory note loans and registered bonds)
- Repurchase and restructuring of debt securities (liability management)
- Clearing of financial instruments
- Compliance relating to capital markets law (including the provisions of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, the Securities Trading Act (WpHG), etc.)
As a capital markets partner of Deutsche Börse, we also offer you webinars, podcasts and other relevant information in the Capital Markets Service Hub. Our highly practical advice is in part based on our active involvement in industry organisations and trade bodies. Our capital markets law experts are members of bodies such as the German Derivatives Association (DDV), the Association of German Pfandbrief Banks (vdp) and the Association of German Treasurers (VDT), and they regularly publish on capital markets law topics, such as:
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Local market knowledge. Global outlook
We provide future-facing legal advice to help your organisation thrive. Combining local market knowledge and a global perspective, and with lawyers in locations worldwide, your organisation benefits from the expertise it needs, even across borders.
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