Hunton Andrews Kurth Ranks Among Top Capital Markets Law Firms in First Half of 2022
July 25, 2022
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP continues to be ranked among the top legal advisors by Bloomberg and Refinitiv in their U.S. and global capital markets league tables for the first half of 2022.
“Our capital markets team has been incredibly active this year, assisting a wide range of industry-leading clients with significant public and private transactions,” said Peter K. O’Brien, who co-chairs Hunton Andrews Kurth’s capital markets practice with Courtney Cochran Butler, Susan Failla, Rob Smith and David C. Wright.
“This recognition demonstrates the depth of our experience and excellent client service across so many categories,” Smith added. “We look forward to a strong second half.”
Bloomberg Capital Markets Rankings
Hunton Andrews Kurth ranked among the top 10 law firms in eight of Bloomberg’s capital markets categories, including two global categories, and among the top 20 law firms in 11 additional categories in the first half of 2022:
- #6 – U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bonds – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
- #6 – U.S. Corporate Bonds – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
- #7 – U.S. Leveraged Finance – Issuer/Borrower Ranked by Deal Count
- #8 – U.S. High Yield Corporate Bonds – Issuer Ranked by Deal Count
- #9 – Global Bonds – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
- #10 – U.S. Corporate Bonds – Issuer/Borrower Ranked by Deal Count
- #10 – U.S. High Yield Corporate Bonds – Issuer Ranked by Volume
- #10 – Global Bonds – Manager Ranked by Volume
- #11 – U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bonds – Manager Ranked by Volume
- #11 – EMEA Loans – Borrower Ranked by Volume
- #12 – Global Bonds – Issuer Ranked by Deal Count
- #12 – U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bonds – Issuer Ranked by Deal Count
- #13 – U.S. Corporate Bonds – Manager Ranked by Volume
- #15 – U.S. Equity Offerings – Issuer Ranked by Volume
- #16 – U.S. Leveraged Finance – Issuer/Borrower Ranked by Volume
- #16 – Global Bonds – Issuer Ranked by Volume
- #18 – U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bonds – Issuer Ranked by Volume
- #18 – Euro Investment Grade Corporate Bonds – Issuer Ranked by Volume
- #20 – U.S. Corporate Bonds – Issuer/Borrower Ranked by Volume
Refinitiv Capital Markets Rankings
The firm also placed among the top 10 law firms in three of Refinitiv’s categories and among the top 20 in 12 additional categories:
- #6 – Australia International Bonds – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
- #9 – U.S. Straight Debt Including ABS & MBS – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
- #9 – U.S. Debt, Equity & Equity Related – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
- #12 – U.S. Straight Debt Excluding ABS & MBS – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
- #14 – U.S. Debt, Equity & Equity Related – Manager Ranked by Volume
- #15 – U.S. Straight Debt Including ABS & MBS – Issuer Ranked by Deal Count
- #15 – U.S. Straight Debt Excluding ABS & MBS – Manager Ranked by Volume
- #16 – Global Debt, Equity & Equity-related Ex FCA – Manager Ranked by Volume
- #16 – Global Debt, Equity & Equity-related Ex FCA – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
- #16 – U.S. Debt, Equity & Equity Related – Issuer Ranked by Deal Count
- #16 – All International Bonds – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
- #16 – Global Straight Debt Including ABS & MBS – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
- #17 – U.S. Straight Debt Excluding ABS & MBS – Issuer Ranked by Deal Count
- #18 – Global Straight Debt Excluding ABS & MBS – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
- #18 – Global Straight Debt Excluding ABS & MBS – Manager Ranked by Volume
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 900 equity and debt capital markets transactions aggregating over $511 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.