Never resting on our laurels.  Below are recent updates on the Capital Markets Group.

Read our Summing Up 2025 for our cap markets group wrap-up, and 2026 CLE offerings, resources, and more.

League tables.  For the full year of 2025, the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and the Bloomberg Legal Adviser League Tables rank us across 51 league tables covering equity, equity-linked, and debt offerings.  

  • LSEG ranks Mayer Brown among the top 5 issuer’s counsel (#2) and top 10 managers’ counsel (#7) in its US Debt, Equity & Equity-related table by deal count.  In the US Straight Debt (excluding ABS & MBS) table, LSEG places us among the top 10 issuer’s counsel and top 20 managers’ counsel.
  • LSEG recognizes us globally.  In its Global Debt, Equity & Equity-Related table, Mayer Brown is ranked among the top 5 issuer’s counsel and top 10 managers’ counsel.  In its Global Straight Debt (excluding ABS & MBS) table, we are among the top 10 issuers’ counsel and top 25 managers’ counsel.  In its International (non-US) Bonds category, we are ranked among the top 5 issuer’s counsel and top 15 managers’ counsel.  In its Asia Pacific Bonds category, we are ranked among the top 15 issuer’s counsel and the top 10 managers’ counsel. In its Australia International Bonds category, we are ranked among the top 5 manager’s counsel.
  • Our work with Canadian banks continues to be recognized.  LSEG places us among the top 5 issuer’s counsel for Canadian issuers in its All Debt table and Bloomberg ranks us in the top 15 issuer’s counsel for Canadian issuers in its Canada Corporate Bonds table.
  • Bloomberg recognizes our level of activity, ranking us among the top 20 managers’ counsel in its Global Bonds, US Corporate Bonds, US Investment Grade Corporate Bonds, European Bonds and Asia (excluding Japan) Bond tables.

Legal directories.  Mayer Brown’s global Capital Markets practice is one of the leading practices in the United States and the world. 

  • In Chambers USA 2025, the firm is ranked in Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt (Issuer’s counsel and Underwriter’s counsel), Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt, Capital Markets: Structured Products, and Derivatives with 10 individual rankings. 
  • In Chambers Global 2026, Mayer Brown achieved firm and individual rankings in 12 Capital Markets related categories. 
  • Mayer Brown is ranked among the top 25 firms in the Capital Markets category of the inaugural edition of The Legal 500 Worldwide.
  • In The Legal 500 US 2025, we are recognized a leading firm for Capital Markets: Equity, Debt, Global, and High Yield Offerings (both issuer and manager counsel in each category), Derivatives & Structured Products, and Corporate Governance.  The practice achieved 52 individual lawyer recommendations and rankings. 
  • In IFLR1000 2025, we are ranked for Capital Markets: Equity, Debt, High Yield, and Derivatives, and 20 individuals are recognized by the guide as leading practitioners.
  • The practice is also ranked by Chambers FinTech 2026 in its FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & Financing category for the US and is recommended by The Legal 500 US 2025 in its Fintech category.
  • We are ranked in REITs by Chambers USA 2025 and recommended for REITs by The Legal 500 US 2025.

2025 Awards.  Mayer Brown was honored with the “Debt and Equity-Linked Deal of the Year” Award at the 2025 IFLR Americas Awards. 

Partner Anna Pinedo was named the 2025 North America Capital Markets Lawyer of the Year by the IFLR’s Women in Business Law Americas Awards.

Partner Thomas Kollar was named 2025 Dealmaker of the Year by the ALB Hong Kong Awards.

Mayer Brown was named Americas Law Firm of the Year and US Law Firm of the Year at the 2025 GlobalCapital Global Derivatives Awards.

The firm was also named Best Law Firm at the 2025 Structured Retail Products SRP Americas Awards.