Our lawyers regularly advise issuers and underwriters in the debt capital markets on a full range of financings. Our commercial debt experience includes syndicated and single-bank credit lines, acquisition finance, and institutional note placements. Our finance lawyers have extensive experience with a wide variety of debt instruments and have substantial experience in senior and subordinated debt, mezzanine financings, and second-lien and bridge financings.

Our Expertise in Debt Capital Markets

• Complex Instruments: The Lewis & May team has experience in transactions involving equity-linked debt and near-debt securities, such as convertible notes and trust-preferred securities.
• Restructuring and Workouts: We have helped revive troubled businesses, protect bondholder investments, and retire less favourable debt through exchange offers, consent solicitations, and restructurings of the balance sheet.
• Negotiation and Inter-creditor Issues: Our clients benefit from our experience in covenant negotiations and knowledge of complex subordination and inter-creditor issues in transactions with multiple layers of financing.