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John Taylor

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European counsel in our Corporate practice, practicing in the London office.

John has over 25 years’ experience of working on international capital markets transactions, including issues of debt, equity and equity-linked securities. In addition to advising all of the major investment banks, he has advised a wide range of issuers, including sovereigns, financial institutions and corporates.

Experience highlights

Recent transactions have included advising:

  • The arranger and dealers in connection with the update of a $20 billion Rule 144A/Regulation S medium-term note program of Danske Bank A/S and subsequent issuances
  • Ferguson in relation to $300 million 4.250% senior notes due 2027 and $700 million 4.650% senior notes due 2032 issued by Ferguson Finance
  • The arranger in connection with the update of the Bank of America Corporation $65 billion Euro medium-term note program
  • The arranger in connection with the establishment of a global medium-term note programme for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and subsequent issuance
  • A leading German automobile manufacturer in connection with the $500 million reopening of floating-rate notes offering and on its $3.5 billion, $2 billion and $2.25 billion notes offerings
  • The initial purchasers in connection with the $1.75 billion issuance of senior non-preferred notes by Crédit Agricole
  • The managers of an offering by Société Générale of $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of undated deeply subordinated additional Tier 1 fixed-rate resettable callable notes
  • The dealers and joint lead managers in connection with $10 billion notes offering of Emirate of Abu Dhabi
  • The managers in relation to the issue by Crédit Agricole of its €1 billion undated deeply subordinated additional Tier 1 fixed-rate resettable euro notes and £5 billion undated deeply subordinated additional Tier 1 fixed-rate resettable GBP notes
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Credentials

Recognition

IFLR1000 – Capital Markets (Debt and Equity), United Kingdom

Education
B.A., English and History of Art, University of Cambridge
  • with honours
Professional history
  • Davis Polk since 2014
Qualifications and admissions
  • England and Wales
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