Winston & Strawn LLP

Capital Markets

Partner

A partner in the Transactions Department, Keerthika is a member of the Firm's Capital Markets and Healthcare and Life Sciences practices. She also serves on the Firm's AI Committee. Keerthika has extensive experience representing private and public companies, private equity firms and investment banks in equity and debt offerings, take private transactions (including Rule 13e-3 transactions), deSPAC transactions, PIPEs, liability management transactions and restructurings. She also advises boards and senior management on corporate governance issues, disclosure matters, and capital raising solutions in crisis management situations. She has successfully advised companies in a broad range of industries and as a member of the New York, California and Massachusetts bars, she has significant experience advising companies in the financial services, cryptocurrency, biotechnology/life sciences and technology industries (cybersecurity, ERP/SaaS, semiconductor/WiFi and artificial intelligence).

A creative thinker with strong problem solving and analytical skills, she is highly results-oriented and pragmatic. She is particularly skilled and experienced in structuring and executing complex transactions involving financially distressed public companies and public and private companies with complex capital structures.