Paul E. Denaro is a partner in the New York office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and a member of the firm’s Securities Group. A partner at Milbank since 2008, Mr. Denaro’s practice centers on issuances of debt and equity securities and financial restructurings.
Primary Focus & Experience
Mr. Denaro has extensive experience in both domestic and international capital markets transactions. His securities practice also includes securities regulatory counseling under the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Among his recent representations:
- issuers and underwriters in IPOs and secondary equity offerings, including, most recently, working on the NYSE listed IPO of Arcos Dorados
- underwriters and issuers in high-yield debt offerings including high yield bond issuances in the power and energy sectors as well as cross-border high-yield bonds and commitment papers for numerous proposed acquisitions
- creditors in some of the largest and most complicated out-of-court and in-court restructurings, including the Lehman Brothers, Lyondellbassell, Accuride and CapMark bankruptcies
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project finance and structure transactions including, most recently, the Shepherds Flat financing for the world’s largest wind farm
Recognition & Accomplishments
Mr. Denaro graduated from Columbia Law School as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar in 1999 and magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Duke University in 1996.