Securities & Capital Markets

Hughes Hubbard has long been recognized as an innovator in capital markets transactions, from our work on the recapitalization and initial public offering of The Ford Motor Company in 1956 through cutting-edge structured finance transactions today.  Our practice involves representing issuers and underwriters in registered and unregistered securities transactions, including initial public offerings, securities transactions by foreign issuers, issuance of investment grade and high-yield debt and offerings of structured finance instruments.

With a rapidly changing landscape of corporate governance, SEC, NASD, stock exchange and other regulation and the securities offering process in general, we continue to actively advise and represent issuers, underwriters, placement agents, institutional investors and others in structuring and documenting innovative offerings, such as quality private investments in public equity, that provide capital and liquidity in today's uncertain equity markets.

We also represent registered mutual funds, private equity funds, hedge funds, broker/dealers and investment advisors in capital raising, investment and regulatory matters.

Our capital markets practice is international in scope, and experienced capital markets lawyers are resident in each of our offices.  In addition to our U.S. practice, our Paris office focuses on European transactions, our Miami office emphasizes South American transactions and our Pacific Basin lawyers handle Asian transactions.

Recent transactions include our representation of:

• Major underwriters in initial public offerings of Blockbuster, Inc., Monday Ltd. (the management consulting unit of PricewaterhouseCoopers) and Mattress Firm, Inc.
• Major investment banks in senior note offerings by the River Rock Entertainment Authority and the Chumash Casino and Resort Enterprise respectively, in each case pursuant to Rule 144A.
• Major airline in numerous offerings of enhanced pass through certificates securitizing aircraft-related debt, including several which were named "Deal of the Year" by a leading aviation industry trade journal.
• Major newspaper company in an offering of 6 3/8% senior subordinated notes.