Carter Brod
Carter Brod counsels corporations, governments, investment banks, and investors on international capital markets transactions in emerging and developed markets. Dual-qualified in the United States and England and Wales, Carter handles a broad range of securities matters, including offerings of investment grade and sub-investment grade corporate bonds, sovereign bonds, convertible bonds and high-yield notes, MTN programs, initial public offerings (IPOs) and other equity offerings, restructurings of outstanding debt securities, and advice to publicly-traded companies on securities law disclosure and compliance requirements.
Carter’s transactions include Rule 144A and Regulation S offerings, US SEC–registered offerings, traditional private placements and various other transactions involving debt and equity securities. He has considerable experience with listings of securities on the London Stock Exchange and European stock exchanges.
Carter advises on transactions from a range of industries including banking and financial services, energy and natural resources, insurance, telecommunications and infrastructure, technology, and food and agriculture. Carter is a leading legal adviser on sovereign bond transactions.
- Representation of Prudential plc in a $1 billion bond offering
- Representation of Bank of America as sole lead manager and structuring agent on a $500 million “blue bond” transaction for the Republic of Gabon
- Representation of Nebius Group N.V., a Europe-based artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure company, in a $1 billion convertible bond offering
- Representation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in a $2.5 billion sovereign bond offering
- Representation of a Nasdaq-listed financial services company on SEC-reporting matters, corporate governance, and day-to-day advice to senior management
- Representation of a property and services provider to the oil and gas industry in Kazakhstan in a listing of its shares on the main market of the London Stock Exchange
- Representation of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan) in a $700 million sovereign bond offering
- Representation of Pearson plc in a €500 million bond offering.
- Representation of Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago in a $400 million offering of senior secured notes
- Representation of Frigorífico Concepción, a Paraguayan meat producer, in a $100 million offering of senior secured notes
- Representation of the Steering Committee of Grenada Bondholders in the Government of Grenada sovereign debt restructuring
- Representation of the Republic of Suriname in a $550 million sovereign bond offering
- Representation of the lead managers in a $375 million bond offering by Mexican national electricity company Comisión Federal de Electricidad
- Representation of the Republic of Tajikistan in a $500 million sovereign bond offering
- Representation of the GDR depositary in a London Stock Exchange-listed IPO by Romanian oil company OMV Petrom
- Representation of the purchasers in a €140 million private placement of senior notes by Futbol Club Barcelona
- Representation of the purchasers in a placement of sovereign bonds by the Republic of Seychelles, the world's first-ever "blue bond" transaction
- Representation of Credit Bank of Moscow in a $500 million subordinated bond offering
- Representation of the managers in a $150 million convertible bond offering by Just Energy Group, a Canada-based competitive retailer of natural gas and electricity
- Representation of Kaspi Bank, a Kazakhstan bank, in a $200 million bond offering
- Representation of Kazatomprom, the state-owned nuclear company of Kazakhstan, in a consent solicitation in respect of its $500 million bonds
- Representation of TNK-BP, an Anglo-Russian oil and gas company, in a $1 billion bond offering
- Representation of the underwriters in a £250 million equity offering by SEGRO plc, an English industrial real estate company
- Representation of the Republic of Lithuania in a $2 billion sovereign bond offering
- Representation of the Republic of Albania in a €300 million sovereign bond offering
- Representation of Ukraine in a $1.5 billion sovereign bond offering
- Representation of Bank of Georgia, a Georgian bank, in a $160 million IPO of GDRs
- Representation of the joint lead managers in a $300 million bond offering by the City of Kiev
- Representation of Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP), a Ukrainian poultry producer, in a $250 million offering of senior notes
- Representation of LBC, a French chemical storage company, in a $133 million offering of senior subordinated notes
- Representation of Antisoma plc, an English biopharmaceutical company, in a $31 million equity offering
- Representation of the lead managers in a $100 million bond offering by Kyivstar GSM, a Ukrainian mobile telecommunications operator
- Representation of Macquarie Infrastructure Group, an Australian/English global infrastructure fund, in an $800 million equity offering
- Representation of the joint global coordinators in a $509 million offering by the Polish government's oil industry privatization and holding company of shares and GDRs of PKN ORLEN, a Polish oil and gas company
- Representation of the underwriters in a $315 million SEC-registered offering by the Hungarian privatization and state holding company of shares and ADRs of Matáv, a Hungarian telecommunications company
- Representation of Filtronic plc, an English designer and manufacturer of radio frequency components and subsystems, in a $170 million offering of senior notes followed by an SEC-registered exchange offer
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1993, J.D.
- University of Virginia, 1990, B.A.
- England & Wales (Solicitor)
- District of Columbia
- New York
- Georgia (U.S.)

Recommended as a leading individual in The Legal 500 UK (2007–2025)
Recommended, Capital Markets, Latin America: International Firms, The Legal 500 Latin America (2021–2023)
Highly Regarded, IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate (2013–2023)
Ranked as a leading individual in Chambers & Partners (2008–2017)
Recognized, Legal Media Group's (Euromoney) Expert Guide to the World's Leading Banking Finance & Transactional Lawyers (2015–2017)
