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Capital Markets

Investment banks and issuers choose Paul Hastings for representation in connection with:

• Public offerings of securities in Europe, Asia and the U.S., and public listings on international securities exchanges, including IPOs, American Depositary Receipt (ADR) and Global Depositary Receipt (GDR) programs and high yield debt transactions.
• Private placements of newly issued and existing debt and equity securities in Europe as well as in the U.S. (Reg. S and 144A) and Asia.

Paul Hastings advises publicly traded companies in Europe and the United States in the preparation and filing of Documents de Référence, Annual Reports (Form 20-F), periodic reporting (Form 6-K), and on share repurchase programs and other capital markets transactions. Our lawyers have significant experience counseling our clients on corporate governance issues, as well as on their regulatory obligations under applicable securities laws. Some common government issues include the compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and representation vis-à-vis the UK Listing Authority, the French AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) and the S.E.C. in the United States.

We are also involved in securities litigation, including insider trading and corporate governance cases.