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.
Experience highlights
- ABN AMRO on its €3.3 billion privatization
- Aer Lingus on its €740.7 million privatization
- A.P. Moller – Maersk on its demerger and $3.6 billion Nasdaq Copenhagen listing of Maersk Drilling
- Arcadis on its convertible debt issue used to finance its acquisition of Hyder Consulting
- Artio Global Investors on its IPO and follow-on equity offerings
- Eltel on its SEK 29 billion IPO
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Nordic Capital on its proposed acquisition of Nordax
- Novo Nordisk on several strategic transactions
- N.V. Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten on its GMTN debt issuance program
- SAS AB on its approximately SEK 4 billion rights 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 Group
- in connection with the approx. $11.2 billion SEC registered rights offering by ING Group
- on an offering by Allied Irish Banks of contingent mandatorily exchangeable notes
- 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
- Thule Group on its IPO of shares and listing on Nasdaq Stockholm
- Trifork Holding on its DKK 1.1 billion IPO and Nasdaq Copenhagen listing
- 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, Smith & Nephew, Lloyds and NatWest Group on corporate governance matters
Insights
Credentials
Recognition
Legal 500 UK – Equity Capital Markets – Mid-Large Cap, Rising Star
IFLR1000 – Capital Markets: Equity, United Kingdom
Education
- Order of the Coif
- magna cum laude
- Editor, Georgetown Law Journal
Professional history
- Counsel, 2011-present
- Associate, 2003-2011
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York