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Areas of Focus

  • Capital Markets
  • Corporate & Finance
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Corporate Governance
  • Financial Restructuring
  • Special Situations & Private Credit
  • Mining
  • Oil & Gas
  • Sovereign and Government Investors
  • Technology

Julian Veshi

Counsel

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julian.veshi@akingump.com

Areas of Focus

  • Capital Markets
  • Corporate & Finance
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Corporate Governance
  • Financial Restructuring
  • Special Situations & Private Credit
  • Mining
  • Oil & Gas
  • Sovereign and Government Investors
  • Technology

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Areas of Focus

  • Capital Markets
  • Corporate & Finance
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Corporate Governance
  • Financial Restructuring
  • Special Situations & Private Credit
  • Mining
  • Oil & Gas
  • Sovereign and Government Investors
  • Technology

Biography
  • Advises on special situations, liability management, and public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities.
  • Handles international and U.S. domestic acquisitions, joint venture and private equity transactions.
  • Provides counsel on securities and corporate law considerations in financial restructuring transactions.
  • Advises boards and management of public companies on corporate governance matters.

Julian regularly advises creditor groups, investment funds, companies and boards on:

  • Public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities
  • Exchange offers
  • Tender offers
  • Consent solicitations
  • In- and out-of-court restructurings
  • Rights offerings
  • Exchange Act registration, reporting and deregistration
  • Stock exchange listing and compliance
  • Corporate governance matters.

Julian leverages his significant experience in special situations and capital markets matters to represent credit investors and distressed companies in complex recapitalization and refinancing transactions.

In addition, Julian advises on cross-border mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions.

Before joining Akin, Julian worked for one of the top New York law firms and one of the magic circle firms in London.

Representative Work
  • Advised the ad hoc group of creditors on the financial and corporate restructuring of the Noble Group Limited, a worldwide commodities supply chain and trading business.
  • Advised VEON, a global telecommunications operator listed on Euronext and NASDAQ, in connection with $2.2 billion disposal of its Russian subsidiary, PJSC VimpelCom.
  • Advised the Fortnenova Group on issues arising from the existence of sanctioned Russian debt and equity holders in its capital structure.
  • Advised VEON in relation to a scheme of arrangement to extend the maturity of certain USD bonds and other related matters.
  • Advised VEON on its proposed redomiciliation from Bermuda to the United Kingdom by way of a scheme of arrangement and $2.8 billion dual listing on Euronext Amsterdam and NASDAQ.
  • Advised PJSC LUKOIL on its issuance of $2.3 billion Rule 144A/Regulation S notes in two tranches: (i) $1.15 billion 2.80%5-year notes due 2027 and (ii) $1.15 billion 3.60% 10-year notes due 2031 issued by LUKOIL Capital DAC (a wholly owned subsidiary of PJSC LUKOIL) and guaranteed by PJSC LUKOIL.
  • Advised Yahsat and the selling shareholder in Yahsat’s initial public offering (IPO) and listing in Abu Dhabi.*
  • Advised the dealers in connection with a placing of ordinary shares of ADNOC Distribution.*
  • Advised TP ICAP plc in connection with a rights offering to finance the acquisition of Liquidnet.*
  • Advised JDE Peet’s and the selling shareholder (JAB Partners) in connection with the IPO and listing of JDE Peet’s on Euronext Amsterdam.*
  • Advised the underwriters in connection with concurrent rights and bond offerings by Rolls-Royce plc.*
  • Advised the underwriters in connection with easyJet plc’s placing of ordinary shares.*
  • Advised Reckitt Benckiser in connection with concurrent offerings of Euro and GBP bonds.*
  • Advised Boozt AB in connection with its IPO and NASDAQ Stockholm listing.*
  • Advised ESG Core Investments B.V. and EFIC1 B.V. on their special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) IPOs and listings in Amsterdam.*
  • Advised the initial purchasers in connection with debt offerings by Aegon N.V. (S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registered), Airbus, Schlumberger, LafargeHolcim, Yara International and various National Grid subsidiaries.*
  • Advised the underwriters in connection with SEC-registered equity offerings by AK Steel, Spark Therapeutics and Vantiv, Inc.*
  • Advised Lloyds Bank in connection with various liability management transactions.*
  • Advised the dealers in connection with various liability management transactions by Santander UK Group Holdings plc.*
  • Advised Sirius Minerals plc in connection with a placing of ordinary shares and high-yield debt offering.*
  • Advised the joint global coordinators in connection with the IPO and two subsequent capital increases of Árima Real Estate SOCIMI S.A., a real estate investment vehicle listed in Spain.*
  • Advised the underwriters in connection with the IPO of Kinsale Capital Group and NASDAQ listing.*

*Experience prior to joining Akin.

Languages

  • Albanian

  • Italian

  • Spanish

Education

  • J.D., Duke University School of Law, cum laude, 2014

  • B.A., New York University, cum laude, 2010

Bar Admissions

  • New York

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