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About Sophie Desch

Sophie is an associate in our London office. Her practice focuses on representing issuers, sponsors and underwriters in connection with equity capital markets transactions. She also advises clients on a range of US SEC reporting obligations. 

Recent work

  • Advising Cenergy Holdings SA on its €200 million capital increase by way of a public offer in Belgium and Greece and private placements in various jurisdictions
  • Advising Aston Martin Lagonda on its £111 million non-pre-emptive equity placing in 2024
  • Advising CVC in connection with the sell-downs of Synsam shares in 2024
  • Advising Sanofi on the separation and spin-off of Opella, its consumer healthcare business
  • Advising AstraZeneca on its collaboration and investment agreement with Cellectis

Qualifications

University education 

  • The University of Chicago Law School, JD
  • The University of Chicago, MA
  • The University of Chicago, BA