Richard Alsop is a partner in the Capital Markets practice.

He focuses on capital markets transactions, corporate governance, corporate finance transactions, financial institutions and underwriting practices. He advises corporations and investment banks on a broad variety of capital markets work, including IPOs, convertible bonds and investment grade and high-yield bond transactions. He is a contributor and editor for Shearman &Sterling’s annual Corporate Governance Survey.

Richard represents corporate clients including The Dow Chemical Company, Altice USA, Inc., American Axle, Ardagh Group S.A., Inc, Boston Scientific Corporation, Consolidated Edison Inc., Genmab, Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., The Chefs’ Warehouse, and Valvoline.

From 2003 through 2008, Richard was Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Corporate Law at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., where he advised executive management and the board of directors on major corporate transactions, corporate finance, corporate governance, executive compensation and other matters. From 1994 through 2003, he held other senior roles in the legal department of Merrill Lynch, including Equity Capital Markets Counsel, Investment Banking General Counsel and Debt Markets General Counsel. He rejoined Shearman & Sterling in 2010.

• The underwriters in a $850 million offering of 5.100% Series US-8 Notes due 2033 by Bell Canada
• The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. in its $287.5 million Rule 144A offering of 2.375% convertible senior notes due 2028 and related exchanges of outstanding convertible notes
• Ardagh Group S.A. in its registered exchange offer of shares of Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. for all outstanding Class A Common Shares of Ardagh Group S.A.
• Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. in the merger and deSPAC transaction with Gores Holdings V, Inc.
• SAP SE and Qualtrics International Inc. in the carve out of Qualtrics from SAP, consisting of Qualtrics’ IPO, raising $1.55 billion
• The Dow Chemical Company in its $2 billion offering of 2.100% notes due 2030 and 3.600% notes due 2050, as well as the related tender offer for outstanding notes
• American Axle & Manufacturing Inc. in its $600 million offering of 5.00% Senior Notes due 2029
• Boston Scientific Corporation in concurrent offerings of common stock and 5.50% mandatory convertible preferred stock
• The initial purchasers in a $1 billion Rule 144A offering of 4.250% convertible senior notes due 2023 by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
• Altice USA, Inc. in its spin off from Altice Europe N.V.
• Altice USA, Inc. in its initial public offering of Class A common stock
• Ardagh Group S.A. in its initial public offering of Class A common shares
• The Dow Chemical Company in its split-off of the Dow Chlorine Products Business and the related debt-for-debt exchange
• ADS Waste Holdings, Inc. in its initial public offering of common stock