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

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

League tables.  For the full year 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 ranks 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.

For the first half of 2026, LSEG and the Bloomberg Legal Adviser League Tables rank us across 58 league tables.  LSEG ranked us #2 and #3 for Global and U.S. Debt, Equity, and Equity-related tables, respectively, as issuer’s counsel by deal count.  We were also ranked #3 for Global Straight Debt, #2 for All International Bonds (non-US) and #4 for Canada All Debt as issuer’s counsel by deal count by LSEG.  Bloomberg also recognized us among the top 15 law firms in its US Corporate Bonds table for the first six months of 2026.

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 2026, the firm is ranked in Capital Markets: Equity (Issuer’s counsel) Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt (Issuer’s counsel and Underwriter’s counsel), Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt, Capital Markets: Structured Products, Derivatives, Broker-Dealer, and Impact Investing with 11 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 Legal 500 Worldwide.
• In The Legal 500 US 2026, 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 57 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 2026 in its Fintech category.
• We are ranked in REITs by Chambers USA 2026 and recommended for REITs by The Legal 500 US 2026.

2026 Awards.  

• Mayer Brown was named an excellence awardee in the Capital Markets Deal of the Year category for National Bank of Canada’s C$1.04 billion public offering and private placement at the Canadian Law Awards 2026.  
• Our German Capital Markets Team was included as a leading team in Banking and Capital Markets Law in Germany in the 2026 Capital Magazin Rankings.
• Anna Pinedo was honored with Corporate Counsel’s 2026 Women, Influence & Power in Law “Law Firm Thought Leadership” award.
• For the fourth consecutive year, JD Supra has recognized Anna Pinedo as a Top Author for securities law topics as part of its 2026 Readers Choice Awards.
• Tom Kollar was named Innovative Practitioner of the Year by the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards Asia-Pacific 2026.
• Jakarri Hamlin was named a 2026 Banking & Finance Visionary by LA Times Studios.