Richard Aftanas
PartnerNew York

Biography
Richard Aftanas is Head of the firm’s Corporate andFinance practice in New York. Clients rely on Richard asa trusted advisor for strategic legal advice in a wide
variety of public and private finance transactions,
including initial public offerings and other public andprivate equity securities offerings, as well as high yieldand investment-grade debt offerings.
Richard also advises U.S. and international clients withrespect to corporate and securities law matters, as wellas business combinations, spin-offs, debt tender offers,
exchange offers, and other refinancing transactions. Inaddition, he regularly advises publicly traded
corporations and their executive officers and directors
on corporate governance, SEC compliance, anddisclosure matters.
Richard has been recognized as a leading capital
markets lawyer by Chambers USA, The Best Lawyers inAmerica, Chambers Global, The World's Leading
Lawyers for Business, Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers
in America, IFLR1000, and The Legal 500 United States.
He was a winner of the 2013 International Law Office
Client Choice Awards, which recognize partners whoexcel across the full spectrum of client service, and hewas named a "Client Service All-Star" by the BTIConsulting Group in its 2015 Client Service All-Stars
report.

Phone+1 212 918 3267

Fax+1 212 918 3100

Emailrichard.aftanas@hoganlovells.com

Practices
Capital Markets
Corporate Governance and PublicCompany Representation
Mergers and Acquisitions
Securities and Public CompanyAdvisory

Industries
Consumer
Energy and Natural Resources
Private Capital
Financial Institutions
Manufacturing and Industrials

Representative experience
Education and admissions

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

Education

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

LL.B., McGill University Faculty ofLaw, 1994
B.A., University of Manitoba, 1991

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 recapitalizationtransaction.*
Huntsman International LLC in a US$750m offering ofsenior notes.*
Windstream Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries in liability
management transactions, litigation related to alleged
indenture covenant breaches, and their Chapter 11cases.*
Tronox Limited in connection with its redomesticationfrom 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 tofinance 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 ofequals with Clariant Ltd.*Bar admissions andqualifications
New York

Accolades'Richard Aftanas always provides acalm, knowledgeable presence inthis uncertain space.'

Client quoted in Legal 500 US 2022:
Capital Markets – Equity Offerings
Richard Aftanas is a senior figurewith an outstanding reputation inequity and debt.

Legal 500 US 2023: Capital Markets– Equity Offerings

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 CreekTechnologies.*
Moelis & Company in its IPO, which valued thecompany at approximately US$1.36bn.*
Acorda Therapeutics in its US$363m acquisition ofFinnish 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.**Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.

Awards and rankings
Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings,
Recommended, Legal 500 US, 2020-2024
Finance: Capital Markets: Global Offerings,
Recommended, Legal 500 US, 2022-2024
Finance: Capital Markets: Debt Offerings, Legal 500
US, 2020-2022
M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Corporate
Governance, Legal 500 US, 2021
Finance: Capital Markets: High-Yield, Legal 500 US,
2020

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