Hunton Andrews Kurth Earns Top Rankings in 2020 Capital Markets League Tables

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP has again earned high rankings by Bloomberg and Refinitiv in their U.S. and global capital markets league tables for 2020.

“We remained very active on a range of public and private deals during a year that saw worldwide economic disruptions triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Susan S. Failla, who co-chairs Hunton Andrews Kurth’s capital markets practice with Courtney Cochran Butler, David C. Wright and Peter K. O’Brien.

“Our capital markets team led a number of significant transactions in 2020, particularly for clients in the energy and consumer products industries,” Butler added. “Our strong showing in the year-end league tables reflects the ongoing strength of our practice.”

Bloomberg Capital Markets Rankings

Hunton Andrews Kurth ranked in Bloomberg’s top 10 law firms in four U.S. capital markets categories and among the top 20 law firms in four global categories in 2020, including:

• #5 – U.S. Equity Linked – Manager Ranked by Volume
• #9 – U.S. Equity Linked – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
• #9 – U.S. Corporate Bonds – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
• #9 – U.S. Investment-Grade Corporate Bonds – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
• #10 – Global Bonds – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
• #11 – Global Bonds – Manager Ranked by Volume
• #11 – Global Bonds – Issuer Ranked by Deal Count
• #12 – U.S. Leveraged Loans – Borrower Ranked by Volume
• #13 – U.S. Corporate Bonds – Manager Ranked by Volume
• #13 – U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bonds – Manager Ranked by Volume
• #14 – Global Bonds – Issuer Ranked by Volume
• #14 – U.S. Equity Linked – Issuer Ranked by Deal Count
• #14 – U.S. High-Yield Corporate Bonds – Manager Ranked by Volume
• #15 – U.S. High-Yield Corporate Bonds – Manager Ranked by Deal Count

Refinitiv Capital Markets Rankings

Hunton Andrews Kurth also ranked among the top 20 law firms in nine of Refinitiv’s capital markets categories in 2020, including:

• #6 – Australia International Bonds – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
• #13 – 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 Excluding ABS & MBS – Manager Ranked by Volume
• #16 – Global Straight Debt Excluding ABS & MBS – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
• #17 – All International Bonds – Manager Ranked by Volume
• #17 – Global Straight Debt Excluding ABS & MBS – Manager Ranked by Volume
• #17 – U.S. Debt, Equity & Equity Related – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
• #19 – Global Debt, Equity & Equity-related Ex FCA – Manager Ranked by Volume

The firm’s notable transactions in 2020 included advising PG&E Corp. and its electric utility subsidiary on Chapter 11 exit financings of $22.7 billion new debt issuances and $9.75 billion new bank facilities, representing Philip Morris International Inc. in its $2.25 billion senior notes offering, and representing the underwriters in a $1.25 billion debt offering by Kinder Morgan Inc. 

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 (MLPs) and real estate investment trusts (REITs), middle-market entities, as well as large public corporations.