Sarah J. Youssefi

sarah.youssefi@lw.com

+44.20.7710.3051

Profile

Sarah Youssefi is an associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Capital Markets Practice. Ms. Youssefi focuses on capital markets transactions and public company representation. Ms. Youssefi has gained experience in a variety of corporate transactions, including initial public offerings and public and private debt and equity offerings in a broad array of industries.

Experience

Ms. Youssefi’s experience includes representing:

Vertical Aerospace Ltd. on its US$2.2 billion de-SPAC
Oatly Group AB on its US$1.6 billion initial public offering and listing on Nasdaq
ironSource Limited on its US$11.1 billion de-SPAC
The underwriters on the US$1.1 billion initial public offering of Ozon Holdings PLC
Abcam plc on its US$180.0 million initial public offering of 10,287,000 American Depositary Shares on Nasdaq
Farfetch Ltd. on its:
- US$1 billion initial public offering of 50,880,311 Class A ordinary shares on the New York Stock Exchange
- US$350 million convertible senior notes offering
Jefferies and Peel Hunt on a £165 million firm placing, placing, and open offer by SIG Group plc
UBS, Jefferies, and Bank of America as joint bookrunners for Hays plc’s ₤200,000,000 cashbox placing
The joint bookrunners, Citi, and Credit Suisse on the £522 million capital raising by Taylor Wimpey plc
Diversified Oil & Gas plc on a placing of shares
The joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners on a £320 million cash-box placing by IWG (formerly known as Regus)
Numis and Deutsche Bank as joint bookrunners on a £120 million placing by Polypipe Group plc
Investec as sole bookrunner on the £105 million placing by Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc
Investec as sole bookrunner on the £141 million cash-box placing by JD Wetherspoon plc
J.P. Morgan, Barclays, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley on the cash box placing by Aston Martin Legonda
BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., Jefferies LLC, and Needham & Company, LLC on the underwritten public offering of 2,600,000 ordinary shares of AudioCodes Ltd. on Nasdaq
J.P. Morgan and Nimus as joint bookrunners on the £300 million placing by The Unite Group plc
HeadHunter Group PLC on its:
- US$253 million initial public offering of its American Depositary Shares on Nasdaq
- Shareholder’s US$101.3 million public offering of American Depositary Shares
- Shareholder’s US$166.5 million public offering of American Depositary Shares
Joint Global Coordinators Morgan Stanley, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and Berenberg Capital Markets, LLC, and the joint bookrunners in connection with the US$280 million initial public offering of Jumia on the New York Stock Exchange
J.P. Morgan in a £70 million tap offering of Entertainment One Ltd.’s senior secured notes
Initial Purchasers in two separate notes offering of US$4 billion and US$5 billion by Enel Finance N.V.
Leonard Green & Partners in their financing of the acquisition of the Pure Gym Group, including a senior secured notes offering of £360 million
Initial Purchasers in a Receivables Financing Notes offering of £450 million by Virgin Media Receivables Financing Notes I Designated Activity Company
Limacorporate S.p.A. in a senior secured notes offering of €275 million
Wagamama Finance plc in a senior secured notes offering of £225 million
Initial Purchasers in a notes offering of US$5 billion by Enel Finance N.V.
Initial Purchasers in a senior notes offering of €400 million by Nets Denmark A/S
Schustermann & Borenstein (PrestigeBidCo GmbH) in a senior secured notes offering of €260 million