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Robert
Ellison
Partner
Education
University of Pennsylvania Law School, LL.M., 1992
Université de Paris I-Panthéon-Sorbonne, Maîtrise de droit privé, 1990
King’s College London, University of London, LL.B., 1988
Practice
Mr. Ellison is a partner in Shearman & Sterling’s Capital Markets Group, where he specializes in public offerings and private placements of debt and equity, principally for European issuers, and regularly represents Italian and non-Italian clients in cross-border merger and acquisition transactions. Mr. Ellison was listed as “quite outstanding” in the International Who’s Who of Capital Markets Lawyers 2007.
Mr. Ellison is co-managing partner of the firm’s Rome office and maintains an office in Paris. He has also practiced in New York. He became a partner in 2001.
Recent Experience
- Privatizations: Enel (October 2004 and July 2005), Koninklijke KPN (August 1995, November 2000 and December 2001), Thomson multimedia (November 1999), Aérospatiale Matra (June 1999), ENI (November 1996), Assurances Générales de France (June 1996)
- IPOs and other equity offerings: Capitalia/UniCredito merger (October 2007), Landi Renzo (June 2007), Polynt (October 2006), BioXell (July 2006), Lottomatica rights offering (July 2006), Toro Assicurazioni (May 2005), PagesJaunes (July 2004), Fi System (August 2000), France Telecom/Wanadoo (July 2000), Liberty Surf (March 2000), Pechiney/American National Can (August 1999), Valéo (August 1998), Alstom (June 1998), Qwest Communications (June 1997), Vendex (June 1995)
- Debt transactions: Lottomatica senior facility (May 2006), Lottomatica hybrid debt
(May 2006), Prada refinancing (July 2005), IT Holding high yield notes (October 2004),
Capitalia/Assicurazioni Generali exchangeable (April 2004), Finmeccanica/STMicroelectronics exchangeable (September 2003), Teksid Aluminum high yield notes (July 2003), Pechiney Océane convertible (April 2002), France Telecom/STMicroelectronics exchangeable (December 2001), Deutsche Bank/Prada exchangeable (December 2001), Koninklijke KPN debt offering (September 2000), Teligent high yield bonds (November 1997), Qwest Communications high yield bonds (March, June and October 1997)
Bar Admissions/Qualifications
New York
Avocat, Paris
Solicitor (England & Wales)
Languages
English
French
Italian
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