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Evolving political outcomes, regulation and technology continue to shape the capital markets ecosystem. Our Capital Markets team represents issuers, sellers and underwriters, including all major investment banks, in public and private offerings of debt and equity securities.
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In addition to capital-raising transactions, we are also active in a range of equity and liability management transactions.
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