Top 10 Practice Tips: Investment Grade Debt Offerings

Summary

This practice note outlines ten practice points for internal and external counsel to consider when working on investment grade debt offerings. Because investment grade offerings are most often registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the practice note assumes that the offering is registered (e.g., it refers to prospectuses and underwriters, rather than offering memoranda and initial purchasers), but, except where the context indicates otherwise, the practice points generally apply to unregistered (i.e., Rule 144A (17 C.F.R. § 230.144a)) offerings as well.