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William Plapinger

 
Partner - London - Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
 
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Company Name : Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
 
Company Website : www.sullcrom.com
 
Company Address : 125 Broad St.
, New York, NY,
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William Plapinger Profile :
Partner - London - Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
 
William Plapinger Biography :

Bill Plapinger is the Coordinator of Sullivan & Cromwell's European offices, and has been resident in the Firm's London office since 1987. He has an active client practice that focuses on securities, M&A and general corporate matters, with particular emphasis on complex, often precedent setting, international and US financial transactions (throughout Europe, as well as in Asia, the Middle East and Africa, and the United States) by US and non-US entities, advising industrial and financial companies, governments and investment banking firms. Mr. Plapinger has extensive experience in equity and debt financings, both SEC-registered and exempt (including under Rule 144A), by U.S. and non-U.S. entities. He has been involved in more than a dozen international equity offerings of over US$ 1 billion by non-U.S. issuers, including representing Enel in the largest European IPO ever (US$ 16.7 billion); the underwriters in the US$ 4.4 billion IPO of Belgacom; the underwriters in the US$ 1.8 billion rights offering by ICI; and the underwriters in the US$ 5.6 billion equity offering by Repsol to finance the acquisition of YPF in Argentina. Mr. Plapinger has also been involved in a wide range of privatizations, including Belgacom (Belgium), Credito Italiano (Italy), Electricidade de Portugal, Enel (Italy), INA (Italy), Powergen (U.K.), Railtrack (U.K.) and Repsol (Spain). On the debt side, he recently advised the underwriters in connection with an innovative structured transaction that enabled the Federal Republic of Germany to monetize €5 billion of Russian Federation debt it holds under Paris Club agreements. Mr. Plapinger has significant M&A experience, including acting in connection with acquisitions and dispositions for, among others, BHP, Boots, BP, Carlton, INA, Norilsk Nickel (in connection with Harmony Gold's hostile US$ 8.1 billion bid for Gold Fields Limited), Pilkington, Powergen, Rentokil Initial, SBS Broadcasting, TeleDanmark and Wellcome, as well as a number of investment banking firms. Mr. Plapinger has been named by numerous publications, including The American Lawyer, Chambers, European Legal 500, International Financial Law Review, Legal Business, Legal Experts and PLC Which Lawyer as, variously, one of the world's leading capital markets, international equities, IPO, M&A and privatization lawyers. Mr. Plapinger was the Managing Partner of Sullivan & Cromwell's London office from 1995 to 2008. He is Chair of the Board of Trustees of Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, New York), and is the senior member of the Board of Trustees of the American School in London.

 
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