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European Counsel, Corporate
Margaret R. M. Rallings focuses her practice on capital markets and leveraged finance transactions, including cross‑border acquisition financing and high‑yield debt and equity offerings.
Ms. Rallings’s clients include leading financial institutions as underwriters and initial purchasers in various offerings and as arrangers in syndicated loan transactions, as well as private credit funds in acquisition financing transactions. She has also represented companies including Bacardi, EP Energy, Fugro, HEMA, INEOS, MTN Group, Picard Groupe, Premier Foods, The Restaurant Group and Yell, as well as private equity firms such as Apollo Global Management and Lion Capital.
Ms. Rallings’s notable transactions include representing:
Ms. Rallings has been named a “Next Generation Partner” by The Legal 500 UK and has been recognized by IFLR1000 for her work in capital markets. She has also co-authored chapters on the U.S. acquisition finance market in multiple editions of Chambers’ Acquisition Finance Guide.
Ms. Rallings received a B.A. in International Relations with distinction concurrently with an M.A. in International Policy Studies from Stanford University in 2007 and a J.D. magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 2010, where she was a Notes Editor of the Law Journal and elected to the Order of the Coif.
Ms. Rallings joined Cravath in 2010 and was elected European counsel in 2018.
Ms. Rallings’s notable transactions include representing:
Ms. Rallings has been named a “Next Generation Partner” by The Legal 500 UK and has been recognized by IFLR1000 for her work in capital markets. She has also co-authored chapters on the U.S. acquisition finance market in multiple editions of Chambers’ Acquisition Finance Guide.
Ms. Rallings received a B.A. in International Relations with distinction concurrently with an M.A. in International Policy Studies from Stanford University in 2007 and a J.D. magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 2010, where she was a Notes Editor of the Law Journal and elected to the Order of the Coif.
Ms. Rallings joined Cravath in 2010 and was elected European counsel in 2018.
IFLR1000
The Legal 500 UK
Deals & Cases
October 25, 2024
Cravath represented the initial purchasers in connection with the €800 million 144A/Reg. S high‑yield senior secured floating rate notes offering of Sammontana Italia S.p.A., a leading company in the Italian frozen bakery and ice cream markets. Proceeds of the offering will be used to refinance the indebtedness under a bridge facility agreement to fund the acquisition of Forno d’ Asolo S.p.A. by the issuer. The transaction closed on October 11, 2024.
Deals & Cases
July 24, 2024
Cravath represented IWG US Finance LLC in connection with its €575 million Eurobond offering. IWG US Finance LLC is an indirect and wholly owned subsidiary of International Workplace Group plc, a leading global provider of flexible and hybrid workspaces. The notes were listed on the London Stock Exchange plc’s International Securities Market. The transaction closed on June 28, 2024.
Deals & Cases
July 23, 2024
Cravath represented the initial purchasers in connection with the €500 million 144A/Reg. S high‑yield senior secured notes offering of Upfield B.V. Upfield B.V. operates as a plant‑based consumer product company. The transaction closed on July 2, 2024.
Publications
June 25, 2024
Cravath partner Nicholas A. Dorsey served as the co‑editor of the 2024 edition of the Chambers Acquisition Finance Guide, which is part of the publisher’s Global Practice Guide series. Nick also co‑authored, along with Cravath partners Ryan J. Patrone and Kelly M. Smercina and European Counsel Margaret R. M. Rallings, the U.S. chapter of the guide.
Publications
June 23, 2023
Cravath partner Nicholas A. Dorsey served as the co‑editor of the 2023 edition of the Chambers Acquisition Finance Guide, which is part of the publisher’s Global Practice Guide series. Nick also co‑authored, along with Cravath partners Ryan J. Patrone and Kelly M. Smercina and European Counsel Margaret R. M. Rallings, the U.S. chapter of the guide.
Margaret R. M. Rallings focuses her practice on capital markets and leveraged finance transactions, including cross‑border acquisition financing and high‑yield debt and equity offerings.
Ms. Rallings’s clients include leading financial institutions as underwriters and initial purchasers in various offerings and as arrangers in syndicated loan transactions, as well as private credit funds in acquisition financing transactions. She has also represented companies including Bacardi, EP Energy, Fugro, HEMA, INEOS, MTN Group, Picard Groupe, Premier Foods, The Restaurant Group and Yell, as well as private equity firms such as Apollo Global Management and Lion Capital.
Ms. Rallings’s notable transactions include representing:
Ms. Rallings has been named a “Next Generation Partner” by The Legal 500 UK and has been recognized by IFLR1000 for her work in capital markets. She has also co-authored chapters on the U.S. acquisition finance market in multiple editions of Chambers’ Acquisition Finance Guide.
Ms. Rallings received a B.A. in International Relations with distinction concurrently with an M.A. in International Policy Studies from Stanford University in 2007 and a J.D. magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 2010, where she was a Notes Editor of the Law Journal and elected to the Order of the Coif.
Ms. Rallings joined Cravath in 2010 and was elected European counsel in 2018.
Ms. Rallings’s notable transactions include representing:
Ms. Rallings has been named a “Next Generation Partner” by The Legal 500 UK and has been recognized by IFLR1000 for her work in capital markets. She has also co-authored chapters on the U.S. acquisition finance market in multiple editions of Chambers’ Acquisition Finance Guide.
Ms. Rallings received a B.A. in International Relations with distinction concurrently with an M.A. in International Policy Studies from Stanford University in 2007 and a J.D. magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 2010, where she was a Notes Editor of the Law Journal and elected to the Order of the Coif.
Ms. Rallings joined Cravath in 2010 and was elected European counsel in 2018.
IFLR1000
The Legal 500 UK
Deals & Cases
October 25, 2024
Cravath represented the initial purchasers in connection with the €800 million 144A/Reg. S high‑yield senior secured floating rate notes offering of Sammontana Italia S.p.A., a leading company in the Italian frozen bakery and ice cream markets. Proceeds of the offering will be used to refinance the indebtedness under a bridge facility agreement to fund the acquisition of Forno d’ Asolo S.p.A. by the issuer. The transaction closed on October 11, 2024.
Deals & Cases
July 24, 2024
Cravath represented IWG US Finance LLC in connection with its €575 million Eurobond offering. IWG US Finance LLC is an indirect and wholly owned subsidiary of International Workplace Group plc, a leading global provider of flexible and hybrid workspaces. The notes were listed on the London Stock Exchange plc’s International Securities Market. The transaction closed on June 28, 2024.
Deals & Cases
July 23, 2024
Cravath represented the initial purchasers in connection with the €500 million 144A/Reg. S high‑yield senior secured notes offering of Upfield B.V. Upfield B.V. operates as a plant‑based consumer product company. The transaction closed on July 2, 2024.
Publications
June 25, 2024
Cravath partner Nicholas A. Dorsey served as the co‑editor of the 2024 edition of the Chambers Acquisition Finance Guide, which is part of the publisher’s Global Practice Guide series. Nick also co‑authored, along with Cravath partners Ryan J. Patrone and Kelly M. Smercina and European Counsel Margaret R. M. Rallings, the U.S. chapter of the guide.
Publications
June 23, 2023
Cravath partner Nicholas A. Dorsey served as the co‑editor of the 2023 edition of the Chambers Acquisition Finance Guide, which is part of the publisher’s Global Practice Guide series. Nick also co‑authored, along with Cravath partners Ryan J. Patrone and Kelly M. Smercina and European Counsel Margaret R. M. Rallings, the U.S. chapter of the guide.
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