Never resting on our laurels. Below are recent updates on the Capital Markets Group
League tables. For the first half of 2025, the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Legal Adviser League Tables rank Mayer Brown the#2 issuer’s counsel and among the top 10 managers’ counsel in its US Debt, Equity & Equity-related table. In the US Straight Debt (excluding ABS & MBS) table, LSEG places us among the top 10 issuer’s counsel and top 15 managers’ counsel. LSEG also 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 the Global Straight Debt (excluding ABS & MBS) table, we are among the top 10 issuer’s counsel and top 20 managers’ counsel. In its International (non-US) Bonds category, we are ranked among the top 5 issuer’s counsel and top 10 managers’ counsel.
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), Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt (Underwriter’s counsel), Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt, Structured Products, Derivatives, and REITs with 10 individual rankings. In Chambers Global 2025, Mayer Brown achieved firm and individual rankings in eight categories related to Capital Markets. In The Legal 500 US 2025, we are recognized a leading firm for Capital Markets: Equity, Debt, Global, and High Yield Offerings (Issuer and Manager Counsel), REITs, and Derivatives & Structured Products. The practice achieved 52 individual rankings. In IFLR1000 2025, we are ranked for Capital Markets: Equity, Debt, High Yield, and Derivatives, including 22 individuals recognized by the guide as leading practitioners.
Mayer Brown is also ranked among the top 25 firms in the Capital Markets category of the inaugural edition of The Legal 500 Worldwide.
Awards. Mayer Brown was honored with the “Debt and Equity-Linked Deal of the Year” Award at the 2025 IFLR Americas Awards, recognizing the firm’s role advising US International Development Finance Corporation, as political risk insurer, in the Republic of El Salvador’s debt-for-nature conversion. The deal enabled El Salvador to repurchase $1.031 billion of its outstanding bonds at a discount, significantly reducing the country’s debt service obligations, and to channel a portion of the savings from the bond repurchase to support conservation of the Rio Lempa watershed in El Salvador.