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Seward & Kissel Highly Ranked by The Legal 500 U.S. 2026 – 12 Practices and 10 Lawyers Ranked
June 18, 2026
Awards & Recognition
Seward & Kissel Recognized as a Winner of Marine Money’s 2025 Deal of the Year Awards
May 13, 2026
NEWS
Seward & Kissel Highly Ranked by The Legal 500 U.S. 2026 – 12 Practices and 10 Lawyers Ranked
June 18, 2026
Awards & Recognition
Seward & Kissel Recognized as a Winner of Marine Money’s 2025 Deal of the Year Awards
May 13, 2026
NEWS
Seward & Kissel Highly Ranked by The Legal 500 U.S. 2026 – 12 Practices and 10 Lawyers Ranked
June 18, 2026
Awards & Recognition
Seward & Kissel Recognized as a Winner of Marine Money’s 2025 Deal of the Year Awards
May 13, 2026
NEWS
Seward & Kissel Highly Ranked by The Legal 500 U.S. 2026 – 12 Practices and 10 Lawyers Ranked
June 18, 2026
Awards & Recognition
Seward & Kissel Recognized as a Winner of Marine Money’s 2025 Deal of the Year Awards
May 13, 2026
Overview
Seward & Kissel is a trusted adviser to issuers, investors, and intermediaries including underwriters, placement agents and private equity sponsors, on a wide range of capital markets transactions.
The firm is known for advising on innovative and complex equity and debt instruments, offering structures, and public mergers and acquisitions. Our Capital Markets practice is recognized for a practical, commercial approach that aligns legal strategy with clients’ capital objectives.
Seward & Kissel advises on nearly every type of capital markets transaction. Issuers, investment banks and investors rely on the firm to structure and execute capital raises across a broad spectrum of securities products.
Capital Markets
- Initial public offerings (IPOs), direct listings secondary offerings, follow-on offerings and shelf registrations
- Stock exchange listings, including direct listings and dual or cross listings
- High yield bond offerings
- Term loans, baby bonds and bridge financings
- Convertible debt offerings, equity-linked securities, equity derivatives, warrants and preference capital structures
- At-the-market (ATM) offerings
- Private placements, including PIPE transactions
- Mergers (including SPAC and de-SPAC transactions), acquisitions, divestitures and spinoffs
- Tender offers and exchange offers
- Consent solicitations, amendments and waivers
- Master limited partnerships, joint ventures and full dividend payout structures
- Rule 144A and Regulation S exempt offerings
- American Depositary Receipt (ADR) programs
- Private equity and mezzanine financings
- Global medium-term note (MTN) programs and European medium-term note (EMTN) programs
- Structured finance and securitization transactions
Corporate Governance
- Advising boards of directors and committees on fiduciary duties in connection with routine and extraordinary transactions
- Compliance with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting requirements for domestic and foreign issuers, including the preparation and filing of annual, quarterly and other periodic reports and proxy materials
- Regulatory compliance matters, including Sarbanes-Oxley Act requirements and rules and regulations of the SEC, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)
- Insider trading policies and procedures and the establishment of Rule 10b5-1 plans
- Stock repurchase programs
- Employee benefit-related matters, including employment agreements, separations and the implementation of equity incentive plans
Trading and Markets
- Trading rules and regulations
- Regulation M, Regulation SHO and beneficial ownership reporting
- Rule 144 and Regulation S resales
- Shareholder activism and related reporting obligations
- FINRA compliance and applications
- Blue Sky and state securities law matters
Capabilities
Related Practice Areas
Recognitions
- Chambers Global: Shipping: Finance (Global Market Leaders)
- Chambers USA: Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance (USA – Nationwide)
- The Legal 500: Transport: Shipping – finance
- Marine Money Deal of the Year: Norwegian Bond Deals of the Year
- Marine Money Deal of the Year: Equity-Follow Deal of the Year:
- Marine Money Deal of the Year: Wild Card Deal of the Year
- Recognized in Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers in Maritime, Admiralty & The High Seas Guide
- Recognized in Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Dealmakers in America Guide
Related Practice Areas
Recognitions
- Chambers Global: Shipping: Finance (Global Market Leaders)
- Chambers USA: Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance (USA – Nationwide)
- The Legal 500: Transport: Shipping – finance
- Marine Money Deal of the Year: Norwegian Bond Deals of the Year
- Marine Money Deal of the Year: Equity-Follow Deal of the Year:
- Marine Money Deal of the Year: Wild Card Deal of the Year
- Recognized in Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers in Maritime, Admiralty & The High Seas Guide
- Recognized in Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Dealmakers in America Guide
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