Our Convertible Bonds: An Issuer’s Guide is available to download.  The guide has been updated to include a discussion relating to European and US issuers. 

The convertible bond market has been active as companies refinance converts issued during the pandemic.  Driven by a high interest rate environment and ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty, companies issued over $86

Over the past few years, we have seen growing interest in Commercial Paper (CP) programmes with a sustainable focus.

Traditionally used by corporations, financial institutions, sovereigns, and other issuers for short-term liquidity needs, CP is now being adapted to align with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) objectives.

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has recognised

In Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law latest Q&A, Mayer Brown Capital Markets and Tax team provides a high-level overview of the main equity and debt markets/exchanges, and the main regulators and legislation that govern them. The Q&A also covers prospectus/main offering document requirements, together with any disclosure obligations and exemptions from the requirements to publish/deliver a

Exempt and Hybrid Securities Offerings, published by the Practising Law Institute, is both a comprehensive reference on exempt and hybrid securities offerings, including the history and evolution of exempt offering exemptions, and a practical handbook, with step-by-step guides, practice pointers, and forms. Co-author Anna Pinedo’s 2024 update includes guidance on market trends, rule changes, enforcement


On July 30, 2024, the FDIC proposed revisions to the restrictions on brokered deposits. The revisions would undo many of the key elements of the 2020 revisions and would dramatically expand the number of deposit brokers and the amount of deposits that are brokered. Listen to our podcast to understand what this rollback will mean

Following the financial sector disruptions in 2023, financial institutions turned first to covered bonds for funding and the covered bond market demonstrated its resilience.  Just as the covered bond market remained available through the financial crisis in 2008 through 2010, it remained a safe harbor in recent times.  Now, four continents (in addition to Europe)