As an experienced lead or co-manager on debt and equity offerings, we provide our issuer clients with insightful market coverage before, during and after every transaction. We seek to broaden and diversify each client's investor base by targeting small and mid-tier institutional investors in addition to the largest institutions in the industry.
Each underwriting mandate is an opportunity for us to provide our clients with value-added service. Whether serving as a lead-manager, co-manager or syndicate member, we apply the full resources of our firm on every underwriting mandate to generate investor interest and help our clients achieve their objectives.
Our Clients
Williams Capital serves Fortune 500 companies seeking to access the U.S. capital markets through the public and 144A market, government agencies and state and local governments. Our firm has the expertise and longstanding client relationships in many industry sectors including: banking, insurance and finance, utilities, energy, technology, communications, retail, consumer products, and general industrial.
Fixed Income Underwriting
Williams Capital participates actively in the underwriting and distribution of taxable debt. Such offerings include senior and subordinated unsecured debt, medium-term notes, and asset-backed securities.
Williams Capital has ranked among the top-20 most active underwriters of corporate debt as measured by SDC/Thompson Financial each year since 2000, and is the only privately-held investment bank to hold this distinction. Since January 2000, the firm has served as a lead or co-manager on more than 750 corporate debt offerings equal to nearly $1 trillion in total volume.
Fixed Income League Table 2008
Equity Underwriting
Williams Capital actively participates in the underwriting and distribution of U.S. equity securities. Such offerings include preferred, convertible, and common equity securities.
We have built an excellent track record of serving as a value-added intermediary between our issuers and investors.
• Our strategy of in-depth investor calls and meetings during the early stages of the marketing period generates important feedback for an issuer's senior management.
• We help issuers expand their investor base by focusing our distribution efforts on a core group of small and mid-tier institutions that are often overlooked.
Since serving as a senior co-manager on the $3.5 billion IPO for Prudential Financial in 2001, Williams Capital has co-managed over 30 equity offerings for corporate clients raising more than $45 billion in total equity.
Share Repurchase
As a share repurchase agent, Williams Capital has completed more than 170 buy back assignments for nearly 40 U.S. blue-chip corporations since 1999.
