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DLA Piper

United States (National)

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Rankings published in 2026
Capital markets : Debt
Notable
48 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
17 practice areas
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Cravath Swaine & Moore
13 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
18 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
18 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
18 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
19 practice areas
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Tier 2

Cahill Gordon & Reindel
7 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
17 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
20 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
16 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
19 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
13 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
16 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
14 practice areas
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King & Spalding
15 practice areas
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Milbank
16 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
12 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
21 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
20 practice areas
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Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
9 practice areas
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Tier 4

Arnold & Porter
15 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Jones Day
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
11 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
16 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
21 practice areas
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Tier 5

Bracewell
10 practice areas
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Dechert
14 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
16 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
13 practice areas
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Hunton Andrews Kurth
11 practice areas
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White & Case
17 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
19 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
8 practice areas
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Tier 6

Baker Botts
10 practice areas
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Freshfields US LLP
14 practice areas
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Jones Day
12 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
11 practice areas
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Vinson & Elkins
10 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
7 practice areas
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Notable

DLA Piper
6 practice areas
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Davis Wright Tremaine
2 practice areas
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Foley Hoag
7 practice areas
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
8 practice areas
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Squire Patton Boggs
11 practice areas
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Troutman Pepper Locke
9 practice areas
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Capital markets : Equity
Notable
48 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
17 practice areas
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Cravath Swaine & Moore
13 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
18 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Tier 2

Kirkland & Ellis
17 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
20 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
18 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
18 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
19 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Cahill Gordon & Reindel
7 practice areas
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Cooley
2 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
13 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
14 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
16 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
21 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
20 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
19 practice areas
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Tier 4

Arnold & Porter
15 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Dechert
14 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
16 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
7 practice areas
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Milbank
16 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
12 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
21 practice areas
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White & Case
17 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
7 practice areas
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Tier 5

Bracewell
10 practice areas
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Freshfields US LLP
14 practice areas
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Hunton Andrews Kurth
11 practice areas
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Linklaters
11 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
14 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
16 practice areas
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
8 practice areas
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Tier 6

Baker Botts
10 practice areas
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Ellenoff Grossman & Schole
3 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
16 practice areas
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Jones Day
12 practice areas
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King & Spalding
15 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
11 practice areas
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Reed Smith
10 practice areas
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Vinson & Elkins
10 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
19 practice areas
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DLA Piper
6 practice areas
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Davis Wright Tremaine
2 practice areas
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Squire Patton Boggs
11 practice areas
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Project finance
Tier 6
40 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Latham & Watkins
20 practice areas
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Milbank
16 practice areas
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White & Case
17 practice areas
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Tier 2

Mayer Brown
18 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
8 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
12 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
18 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
19 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Arnold & Porter
15 practice areas
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Bracewell
10 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
17 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
18 practice areas
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King & Spalding
15 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
17 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
10 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
20 practice areas
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Tier 4

Baker Botts
10 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
13 practice areas
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Hunton Andrews Kurth
11 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
21 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Vinson & Elkins
10 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
8 practice areas
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Tier 5

Ashurst Perkins Coie
5 practice areas
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Freshfields US LLP
14 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
14 practice areas
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Jones Day
12 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
14 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
16 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
8 practice areas
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Tier 6

DLA Piper
6 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
16 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
19 practice areas
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Notable

Ballard Spahr
7 practice areas
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Chapman and Cutler
10 practice areas
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Crowley Fleck
2 practice areas
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Troutman Pepper Locke
9 practice areas
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17 results17 results
Robert da Silva Ashley
Firm:
DLA Piper
Practice Area:
Banking
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
New York
Industry Sector:
Energy
Bar Admission:
New York
Jeff Baglio
Firm:
DLA Piper
Practice Area:
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
California
Industry Sector:
Pharmaceuticals and life sciences
Technology and telecommunications
Bar Admission:
California
Francisco Cerezo
Firm:
DLA Piper
Practice Area:
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
Florida
New York
Bar Admission:
New York
Florida
John Gilluly III
Firm:
DLA Piper
Practice Area:
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
Texas
Bar Admission:
Texas
Jonathan Klein
Firm:
DLA Piper
Practice Area:
Private equity
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
Bar Admission:
New York
Robert Klyman
Firm:
DLA Piper
Practice Area:
Restructuring and insolvency
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
Bar Admission:
California
Craig Martin
Firm:
DLA Piper
Practice Area:
Restructuring
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
Bar Admission:
New York
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Texas
Delaware
Michael McGuinness
Firm:
DLA Piper
Practice Area:
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
Bar Admission:
New York
Ken Muller
Firm:
DLA Piper
Practice Area:
Investment funds
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
Bar Admission:
California
Margarita Oliva Sainz de Aja
Firm:
DLA Piper
Practice Area:
Banking
Project finance
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
Bar Admission:
New York
Christopher Paci
Firm:
DLA Piper
Practice Area:
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : Equity
Restructuring
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
Bar Admission:
New York
Emilio Ragosa
Firm:
DLA Piper
Practice Area:
Capital markets : Equity
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
Bar Admission:
New York
New Jersey
John Reiss
Firm:
DLA Piper
Practice Area:
Investment funds
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
New York
Industry Sector:
Investment management
Bar Admission:
New York
Connecticut
Jay Smith Jr
Firm:
DLA Piper
Practice Area:
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
Bar Admission:
Maryland
David Solander
Firm:
DLA Piper
Practice Area:
Hedge funds
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
District of Columbia
Bar Admission:
District of Columbia
Maryland
Andrew Sroka
Firm:
DLA Piper
Practice Area:
Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
Bar Admission:
New York
Massachusetts
Andrew Weil
Firm:
DLA Piper
Practice Area:
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : Equity
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
Bar Admission:
Illinois
Deal Highlights
387 results387 results
Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
FAT Brands Royalty I LLC - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
DLA Piper
United States (National)
Bond issue
Jefferies Group LLC
Underwriter
JP Morgan Chase - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
DLA Piper
United States (National)
Bond issue
JP Morgan Chase
Issuer
VM Consolidated Inc - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
DLA Piper
United States (National)
Bond issue
VM Consolidated Inc
Issuer
Zaxby’s Funding LLC - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
DLA Piper
United States (National)
Bond issue
Zaxby’s Funding LLC
Issuer
PRA Group Inc - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
DLA Piper
United States (National)
Bond issue
PRA Group Inc
Issuer
ERP Operating LP - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
DLA Piper
United States (National)
Bond issue
ERP Operating LP
Issuer
JP Morgan Chase - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
DLA Piper
United States (National)
Bond issue
JP Morgan Chase
Issuer
JP Morgan Chase - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
DLA Piper
United States (National)
Bond issue
JP Morgan Chase
Issuer
Innovative Industrial Properties Inc - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
DLA Piper
United States (National)
Bond issue
Piper Sandler, BTIG LLC
Underwriter
JP Morgan Chase - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
DLA Piper
United States (National)
Bond issue
JP Morgan Chase
Issuer
JP Morgan Chase - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
DLA Piper
United States (National)
Bond issue
JP Morgan Chase
Issuer
HCL America Inc - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
DLA Piper
United States (National)
Bond issue
HCL America Inc
Issuer
Servpro Master Issuer LLC - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
DLA Piper
United States (National)
Bond issue
Servpro Master Issuer LLC
Issuer
Verra Mobility Corp - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
DLA Piper
United States (National)
Bond issue
Verra Mobility Corp
Issuer
JP Morgan Chase - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
DLA Piper
United States (National)
Bond issue
JP Morgan Chase
Issuer
WP Carey Inc - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
DLA Piper
United States (National)
Bond issue
WP Carey Inc
Issuer
FAT Brands GFG Royalty I LLC - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
DLA Piper
United States (National)
Bond issue
Jefferies Group LLC
Underwriter
Driven Brands Funding LLC - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
DLA Piper
United States (National)
Bond issue
Driven Brands Funding LLC
Issuer
Columbia Capital LP - M&A
2021-11-12
DLA Piper
United States (National)
M&A
Eric Grossman, Shaked Hoter, Stacy Paz, Stephen Truban, Thomas Hendershot
Columbia Capital LP
Buyer
PROS Holdings Inc. - M&A
2021-11-30
DLA Piper
United States (National)
M&A
Jeffrey Scharfstein, John Gilluly, III, Joseph Fore
PROS Holdings Inc.
Buyer
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Mauricio Halpern, January 05 2026
Banking
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Partners at Al Tamimi and DLA Piper in Dubai share insights on market trends, client expectations and law firms' strategic positioning for 2026
Noemi Distefano, December 17 2025
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Holdco PIK finance: an innovative financing solution for Latin America
Why sponsors are turning to holdco PIK to boost leverage and preserve cash amid Latin America’s volatility
Mauricio Halpern, December 09 2025
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