Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP’s capital markets practice continues to appear among the top legal advisors to issuers and underwriters in U.S. and global transactions, reflected in rankings by Bloomberg and Refinitiv for the first half of 2021.

“Our rankings reflect a strong showing through the second quarter as we represented key clients in a number of significant deals, particularly in the real estate and energy sectors,” said Courtney Cochran Butler, who co-chairs Hunton Andrews Kurth’s capital markets practice with Susan S. Failla, David C. Wright and Peter K. O’Brien.

“We will continue to play an important role in advising on a range of public and private deals, helping our clients achieve their strategic objectives in 2021 and beyond,” Failla added.

Bloomberg Capital Markets Rankings

Hunton Andrews Kurth finished among the top 10 law firms in six capital markets categories and among the top 20 law firms in additional categories in the first half of 2021, including:

  • #4 – U.S. Equity Linked – Issuer Ranked by Deal Count
  • #7 – Global Bonds – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
  • #7 – U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bonds – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
  • #8 – U.S. Corporate Bonds – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
  • #9 – Global Bonds – Manager Ranked by Volume
  • #9 – U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bonds – Manager Ranked by Volume
  • #11 – U.S. Corporate Bonds – Manager Ranked by Volume
  • #12 – Global Bonds – Issuer Ranked by Deal Count
  • #12 – U.S. Corporate Bonds – Issuer/Borrower Ranked by Deal Count
  • #13 – U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bonds – Issuer Ranked by Volume
  • #14 – EMEA Corporate Investment Grade Bonds – Issuer Ranked by Deal Count
  • #15 – Euro Investment Grade Corporate Bonds – Issuer Ranked by Deal Count
  • #15 – U.S. Corporate Bonds – Issuer/Borrower Ranked by Volume
  • #15 – U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bonds – Issuer Ranked by Deal Count

Refinitiv Capital Markets Rankings

Hunton Andrews Kurth placed among the top 10 law firms in two of Refinitiv’s categories and among the top 20 in multiple categories in the first half of 2021, including:

  • #5 – Australia International Bonds – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
  • #10 – U.S. Straight Debt Excluding ABS & MBS – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
  • #12 – U.S. Debt, Equity & Equity Related – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
  • #13 – Global Straight Debt Excluding ABS & MBS – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
  • #13 – U.S. Straight Debt Excluding ABS & MBS – Manager Ranked by Volume
  • #15 – All International Bonds – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
  • #15 – U.S. Debt, Equity & Equity Related – 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 840 equity and debt capital markets transactions aggregating over $485 billion. Clients include publicly traded entities, including master limited partnerships and real estate investment trusts, middle-market entities, as well as large public corporations.