Vishal Mawkin
Vishal Mawkin
Vishal Mawkin
Biography
Vishal Mawkin is a partner in the firm’s Finance Transactions Practice Group. He focuses on Debt Capital Markets - representing issuers and underwriters across a broad range of sectors on English and New York law governed cross-border bond financings, including straight Reg S/Rule 144A offerings, EMTN programmes, high-yield debt offerings, project financings, green and sustainable financings and financial restructuring transactions.
Vishal is recognised by The Legal 500 UK and the International Financial Law Review as a 'Rising Star', and he is also ranked by Chambers and Partners UK. He is an English solicitor and New York attorney.
Admissions
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England and Wales
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New York
Related Practice Areas
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Structured Finance
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Finance
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ESG & Energy Transition
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Debt Capital Markets
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Energy Transition
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Renewables
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Financial Institutions
Experience
Straight debt and programmes
- Represented various UK and European public companies in connection with debt programmes and bond issuances in engineering, telecommunications and energy sectors
- Advised the banks in connection with first to market green project bond to finance a solar power plant in the UAE
- Advised a sovereign bond issuer on the establishment of its first international bond programme and multi-billion US dollar public bond issuances
- Represented DFIs with bond investments to finance green projects, infrastructure and digital development in emerging markets
- Advised a pan-African financial institution on its international bond issuances and first regulatory capital bond
High-yield
- Issuer counsel on secured and unsecured high-yield bond issuances for companies in leisure and renewables sectors
- Advised the banks in connection with high-yield bond issuances for companies in manufacturing and packaging sectors
Financial restructurings
- Represented a telco on its cross-border bond, debt finance and equity capital restructuring, including on recognition of the restructuring proceedings in US federal court
- Advised a European bank on matters arising out of the bail-in of bondholders and depositors
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