
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP has a reputation for advising on landmark and highly-complex debt offerings, including those linked to acquisitions and spin-off transactions. The wide-ranging practice covers investment grade, high-yield, convertible and exchangeable debt deals, with the team acting for issuers and underwriters. Ryan Patrone and Kelly Smercina were recently elected to the partnership, expanding the capital markets team’s senior ranks. It frequently advised blue-chip issuers along with the most active underwriters and initial purchasers in big-ticket offerings. Craig Arcella, Andrew Pitts and Nicholas Dorsey are top members of the team, with Michael Mariani making a further impression in investment grade debt offerings. William Fogg and Stephen Burns are also senior members of the practice. Named individuals are all based in New York.
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Kernmandanten
- AerCap
- Booking
- Burlington Northern Santa Fe
- Crown Castle
- IBM
- Illumina
- Kenvue
- Nestlé
- Northrop Grumman
- Qualcomm
Highlight-Mandate
- Represented the underwriters in fivenotes offerings of JPMorgan Chase aggregating $15.25bn.
- Represented Kenvue in its $7.75bn notes offering in connection with its separation from Johnson & Johnson.
- Represented the underwriters in the $3.25bn notes offering of L3Harris Technologies to finance its acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne.
Anwält*innen
Hall of fame
Die Anwält*innen an der Spitze ihres Berufsstands, die aufgrund ihres langjährigen Engagements in marktführender Arbeit von Wettbewerbern und Mandanten gleichermaßen geschätzt und anerkannt werden.

Führende Partner*innen
Die stärksten Partner*innen ihres Praxisbereichs, die eine führende Rolle in signifikanten Mandaten einnehmen und weitreichende Anerkennung unter Wettbewerbern und Mandanten genießen.
Partner*innen der nächsten Generation
Juniorpartner*innen, die im Markt von Mandanten und Wettbewerbern anerkannt werden und in einigen Mandaten eine Schlüsselrolle einnehmen.
Praxisleitung
Craig Arcella; William Fogg; Andrew Pitts
Weitere Kernanwält*innen
Ryan Patrone; Kelly Smercina; Nicholas Dorsey; Stephen Burns