Richard Aftanas

ADVA Optical Networking SE on its pending merger with ADTRAN Inc.

EFIC1, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), in its €1.3bn merger with Dutch tech firm Azerion.

Hut 8 Mining Corp., a Canadian cryptocurrency mining company, on its US$82m U.S. IPO and a US$173m follow-on equity offering.

Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc. in its private placement of US$475m senior notes.

Neiman Marcus Group Inc. in a comprehensive refinancing and recapitalization transaction, as well as an offering of US$550m of new second-lien notes.*

Amcor Ltd. in its US$6.8bn acquisition of Bemis Co.*

Staples Inc. on its US$2bn secured high-yield notes offering and US$1bn unsecured high-yield notes offering as part of a dividend recapitalization transaction.*

Huntsman International LLC in a US$750m offering of senior notes.*

Windstream Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries in liability management transactions, litigation related to alleged indenture covenant breaches, and their Chapter 11 cases.*

Tronox Limited in connection with its redomestication from Australia to the United Kingdom and a US$600m senior notes offering.*

Marriott Vacations Worldwide in an aggregate of US$1.6bn high yield offerings and a US$350m exchange offer in connection with its acquisition of ILG Inc.*

Sycamore Partners in a US$1bn high yield offering to finance the acquisition of Staples Inc.*

Swift Transportation in its US$6bn stock-for-stock merger with Knight Transportation.*

Huntsman Corp. in its proposed US$20bn merger of equals with Clariant Ltd.*

Micro Focus International PLC in its US$8.8bn "Reverse Morris Trust" acquisition of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.'s software business.*

Accenture in connection with the IPO of Duck Creek Technologies.*

Moelis & Company in its IPO, which valued the company at approximately US$1.36bn.*

Acorda Therapeutics in its US$363m acquisition of Finnish company Biotie Therapies.*

Exelon Corp. in its notes offerings with total proceeds aggregating US$4.2bn.*

Cerberus Capital Management in a US$435m PIPE investment in Avon.*