Equity

Latham & Watkins represented ReneSola in its initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange. ReneSola is a leading Chinese manufacturer of solar wafers. Shearman & Sterling advised the underwriters.

Debevoise & Plimpton represented MBIA in its IPO. Clifford Chance acted for the underwriters in due diligence, and Davis Polk & Wardwell acted for JP Morgan and Lehman Brothers as joint book-running managers. Davis Polk's team was led by Ethan James.

Debt

Helms Mulliss & Wicker represented Bank of America in two separate offerings totaling $12 billion. The first offering included $6 billion of depository shares, and the second had $6 billion of non-cumulative perpetual convertible preferred stock. Morrison & Foerster acted for the underwriters Banc of America Securities, Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment Bank, Loop Capital Markets and Williams Capital.

Allen & Overy has advised the banks on a covered bond programme for OTP Mortgage Bank. It...