Capital Markets and Securities

Overview

“Baker Botts has a deeply experienced bench with attorneys that are effective at representing companies large and small. The team is professional, resourceful, patient and knowledgeable.”

Chambers USA 2023

Baker Botts capital markets team has extensive experience handling virtually every type of capital markets transaction. Issuers and investment banks of all sizes across a range of industries rely on Baker Botts’ capital markets team to help them raise capital through a broad array of securities products, from the standard to the most innovative and complex.

The firm is also one of the pioneers and market leaders in master limited partnership (MLP) initial public offerings and post-formation issuances of debt or limited partner units as well as other bespoke energy finance products like royalty trusts

Baker Botts’ debt and equity capital markets services cover all varieties of capital markets transactions, including:

  • Initial public offerings (IPOs), secondary & follow-on offerings
  • High yield debt & bridge financings
  • A/B exchanges
  • Rule 144A & Regulation S offerings
  • Equity-linked securities & equity derivatives
  • Investment grade bonds
  • Medium term notes programs
  • Private equity & mezzanine financing
  • Private placements, as well as private investment in public equity (PIPE) offerings
  • Liability management transactions, such as tender offers, exchange offers and consent solicitations
  • Securities offerings in connection with M&A transactions
  • Islamic finance
  • Utility securitizations and solar ABS

We have extensive experience advising on a broad variety of products, including:

  • Investment grade debt
  • High-yield debt
  • Common stock
  • Preferred stock
  • Convertible securities
  • Limited partner units
  • ADRs

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