Connie I. Milonakis
Represents corporate and investment banking clients in a broad range of cross-border equity and debt capital markets transactions.
Connie represents clients in a broad range of capital markets transactions and provides ongoing advice to clients on SEC reporting and corporate governance matters.
She advises international corporations and financial institutions on complex cross-border IPOs, rights offerings, exchange offers, and other equity and debt offerings. She also advises international corporations on U.S. securities law aspects of complex cross-border M&A transactions. With extensive experience across EMEA and North America, she has particular in-depth market knowledge across the Nordic region.
Connie is a member of the Women in Law Empowerment Forum’s Global Advisory Board.
Experience highlights
IPO and Other Equity
- ABN AMRO on its €3.3 billion privatization
- Alm. Brand on its DKK 10.47 billion rights offering
- A.P. Moller – Maersk on its demerger and $3.6 billion Nasdaq Copenhagen listing of Maersk Drilling
- ASR Nederland on its €593.6 million sale of shares
- Beijer Ref AB on its rights issue
- EQT on its $1.4 billion IPO on Nasdaq Stockholm
- HusCompagniet on its IPO and Nasdaq Copenhagen listing
- Julius Baer on:
- the separation of its private banking and asset management businesses
- a CHF 2.45 billion underwritten rights offering
- Netcompany on its DKK 7.75 billion (US $1.2 billion) IPO and Nasdaq Copenhagen listing
- Nets on:
- its $2.3 billion IPO on Nasdaq Copenhagen
- U.S. aspects of its takeover offer from Hellman & Friedman
- SAS AB on its approximately SEK 4 billion rights offering
- Securitas AB on its SEK 9.58 billion rights issue
- The underwriters:
- in connection with the approx. $11.2 billion SEC registered rights offering by ING Groep
- on the SEK 2.9 billion IPO of Nordax Group
- on the approximately SEK 5 billion rights offering of SAS
- on the SEK 5.4 billion IPO of Dometic Group
- on the €2.6 billion recapitalisation of AlphaBank
- on the approximately $3 billion SEC-registered underwritten rights offering for AccelorMittal
- Trifork Holding on its DKK 1.1 billion IPO and Nasdaq Copenhagen listing
Debt
- Arcadis on its convertible debt issue used to finance its acquisition of Hyder Consulting
- NatWest Group on numerous debt offerings under its U.S. MTN program and SEC-registered shelf
- Nederlandse Waterschapsbank Bank on its GMTN debt issuance program
- N.V. Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten on its GMTN debt issuance program
- Reliance Industries on its $4 billion senior notes offering
- Syngenta in connection with its $4.75 billion senior notes offering
- The underwriters:
- in connection with various SEC-registered and U.S. MTN offerings of debt securities for ING Groep
- on an offering by Allied Irish Banks of contingent mandatorily exchangeable notes
M&A and Other
- Maersk Drilling on its business combination with Noble
- Novo Nordisk on several strategic transactions
- UBS as sponsor in connection with the simplification of Unilever’s parent company structure
- Various sellers in connection with several public and private company auctions
- Various companies including InterContinental Hotels Group and NatWest Group on corporate governance matters
Insights
News
Credentials
Recognition
Legal 500 UK – Equity Capital Markets – Mid-Large Cap, Rising Star
IFLR1000 – Capital Markets: Equity, United Kingdom
Education
- magna cum laude
- Order of the Coif
- Editor, Georgetown Law Journal
Professional history
- Partner, 2022-present
- Counsel, 2011-2022
- Davis Polk since 2003
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York