Hunton Andrews Kurth Earns Top Rankings in 2021 Capital Markets League Tables

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP has again been named among the world’s top legal advisors by Bloomberg and Refinitiv in their U.S. and global capital markets league tables for 2021.

“The firm saw robust activity in 2021 in both private and public deals as equity and debt markets rebounded from 2020 levels,” said Susan S. Failla, who co-chairs Hunton Andrews Kurth’s capital markets practice with Courtney Cochran Butler, David C. Wright and Peter K. O’Brien.

“Our capital markets team handled a range of significant deals in 2021, particularly in the energy and consumer products sectors,” Butler added. “We look forward to continuing to play a part in key transactions that help clients achieve their strategic business goals in an ever-evolving global economy.”

Bloomberg Capital Markets Rankings

Hunton Andrews Kurth ranked among Bloomberg’s top 10 law firms in four U.S. capital markets categories and among the top 15 law firms in four global categories in 2021, including:

#5 – U.S. Investment-Grade Corporate Bonds – Manager Ranked by Deal Count

#8 – U.S. Equity Linked – Issuer Ranked by Deal Count

#8 – Global Bonds – Manager Ranked by Deal Count

#8 – U.S. Corporate Bonds – Manager Ranked by Deal Count

#9 – Global Bonds – Manager Ranked by Volume

#10 – U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bonds – Manager Ranked by Volume

#11 – Global Bonds – Issuer Ranked by Deal Count

#13 – Global Bonds – Issuer Ranked by Volume

#14 – U.S. Corporate Bonds – Manager Ranked by Volume

#15 – EMEA Corporate Investment Grade Bonds – Manager Ranked by Volume

#15 – U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bonds – Issuer Ranked by Deal Count

#16 – U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bonds – Issuer Ranked by Volume

#17 – U.S. Corporate Bonds – Issuer/Borrower Ranked by Deal Count

#18 – U.S. Corporate Bonds – Issuer/Borrower Ranked by Volume

#18 – U.S. Leveraged Loans – Borrower Ranked by Volume

#20 – U.S.  Loans – Borrower Ranked by Volume

Refinitiv Capital Markets Rankings

Hunton Andrews Kurth ranked among Refinitiv’s top 10 law firms in two categories and among the top 20 law firms in a number of other categories in 2021, including:

#7 – Australia International Bonds – Manager Ranked by Deal Count

#9 – U.S. Straight Debt Excluding ABS & MBS – Manager Ranked by Deal Count

#12 – U.S. Debt, Equity & Equity-Related – Manager Ranked by Deal Count

#15 – Global Straight Debt Excluding ABS & MBS – Manager Ranked by Deal Count

#16 – U.S. Straight Debt Excluding ABS & MBS – Manager Ranked by Volume

#16 – U.S. Equity & Equity Related – Manager Ranked by Deal Count

#17 – U.S. Debt, Equity & Equity-Related – Manager Ranked by Volume

#18 – Global Straight Debt Excluding ABS & MBS – Manager Ranked by Volume

#19 – All International Bonds – Manager Ranked by Volume

#19 – Global Debt, Equity & Equity-related Ex FCA – Manager Ranked by Volume

#19 – U.S. Straight Debt Excluding ABS & MBS – Issuer Ranked by Deal Count

#20 – Global Debt, Equity & Equity-related Ex FCA – Manager Ranked by Deal Count

The firm’s notable transactions in 2021 included advising Altria Group Inc. in its $5.63 billion debt refinancing, representing the underwriters in connection with Energy Transfer LP’s $900 million preferred units offering, and representing the underwriters in Kinder Morgan Inc.’s $800 million senior notes offering.

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. Over the last five years, the firm has handled more than 910 equity and debt capital markets transactions aggregating over $526 billion. Clients include publicly traded entities, including master limited partnerships (MLPs) and real estate investment trusts (REITs), middle-market entities, as well as large public corporations.