International law firm CMS is advising Redburn (Europe) and Rothschild & Co on the merger of the operations of Redburn (Europe) and Atlantic Equities, under the ownership of Rothschild & Co. The combination creates a highly differentiated transatlantic broker headquartered in London with offices in New York, Paris, Frankfurt, Boston, Madrid and Geneva. On completion, which is expected to occur in the third quarter, Redburn Atlantic will offer clients broader and deeper research coverage, market leading corporate access and experienced generalist and specialist sales together with compelling agency execution capabilities.
Redburn Atlantic will be the equity capital markets execution arm of Rothschild & Co with the aim of delivering participations for clients in IPOs, placements and block trades.
The multi-jurisdictional CMS team was led by Alasdair Steele, with support from Jennifer Gray, James Samson, Veronica Andersson (Corporate); Sam Robinson and Alex Martin (Financial Regulatory); Stephen Hignett, Robert Sartor, Emma Tuppen (Tax); Louisa Helliker (Real Estate); Moritz Gerstmayr, Joachim Kaetzler and Jörg Schrade (Germany); Jérôme Sutour and Bruno Gibert (France); and Matthias Kuert (Switzerland).