Linklaters appoints Christian Storck as Global Head of Capital Markets and Pam Shores as Global Head of US Capital Markets

Linklaters has announced the appointment of Pam Shores, US Capital Markets Partner, as Global Head of US Capital Markets, and Christian Storck, Head of Finance Germany and partner in the firm’s Frankfurt office, as its new Global Head of Capital Markets. Linklaters is renowned for its global reputation across equity and debt capital markets, derivatives and structured products, and structured finance, and Pam and Christian’s appointments reflect the practice’s Tier 1 standing.

Christian joined Linklaters in 2003 and is an accomplished capital markets lawyer with specialised experience in debt capital markets, derivatives and structured finance. Qualified in both German and English law and a leader in the industry, Christian is a member of the drafting commission of the Loan Market Association. Christian recently advised KfW on their first electronic bond using Distributed Ledger Technology.

Christian succeeds Hwang Hwa Sim, who steps down to focus full time on his practice in the Asia region.

Based in London and New York, Pam will lead the firm’s US-qualified capital markets lawyers who are located globally across its US, UK, Europe and Asia offices.

Pam joined Linklaters in 1998 and is the firm’s Global Co-Head of Equity Capital Markets. She has led the team on many of the firm’s most complex cross-border capital markets transactions and has experience across many industry sectors, advising clients on the life cycle of equity capital markets activities, from late stage fundraising through to IPOs and secondary capital raisings, as well as on debt offerings and liability management transactions. Pam recently led the team representing the underwriters on the c.€2.3bn IPO of CVC Capital Partners.

Andrew Vickery, Global Head of Linklaters’ Finance Division, commented:

“The global capital markets have faced unique challenges, driven by macro developments such as economic volatility, geopolitical risk, and landmark elections across major jurisdictions. Alongside this, the market has also seen emerging opportunities and it has never been more critical for us to help clients navigate both.

“Christian and Pam are both trusted advisors with extensive experience across the global capital markets and a strong track record of solving their clients’ most complex problems. Pam will provide strategic leadership to our global US capital markets lawyers as our clients around the world continue to pursue opportunities in the US markets. Globally, our capital markets practice will continue to thrive under Christian’s leadership.

“I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Hwang Hwa on behalf of the firm, for his leadership and significant contribution in the role over the last three years.”

For more than two decades, Linklaters has been at the forefront of advising on many of the world’s largest and most complex capital markets transactions. The firm’s offering has incredible depth of expertise in this area with over 500 lawyers globally, with the team continuously ranked in Band 1 in Chambers for Capital Markets globally.

The firm’s US Capital Markets teams in the Americas, UK, Europe, and Asia regularly advise financial institutions, corporates and sovereigns on a full range of transactions and legal issues involving US and non-US issuers.