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CONTRIBUTED BYTrent Dykestrent.dykes@dlapiper.com Compliments of our colleague Christopher Paci, the Chair of DLA Piper’s US capital markets practice, below is a review of 2012 US equity and debt capital markets activity. Equity.  US equity and equity-related proceeds totaled $244.5B from 795 deals, a 32.7% increase compared to 2011. IPOs accounted for $40.9B, or 16% of the total, in 2012, up 18% from 2011 (excluding Facebook, down 27%). Follow-on equity offerings represented $182B, or 74%, of the total, up 45% from 2011. IPOs.  Overall, the IPO market was modestly more active in 2012, with 128 deals closed, up 2% from 2011. IPO activity consisted... More