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Ms Kathleen Werner

Work Department
Capital Markets
Position
Kathleen L. Werner is a Partner in the Capital Markets practice of Clifford Chance. Kathleen primarily represents companies and investment banks in capital markets and mergers and acquisitions transactions. Kathleen’s clients include public and private companies in the financial services, real estate and media industries. She acts as regular outside corporate and SEC counsel to many of her clients. In addition, Kathleen frequently represents investment banking firms acting as underwriters and initial purchasers in public and private securities offerings. Kathleen is a trustee of The New York Foundling.
Education
Georgetown University Law Center (JD), 1991; St. Joseph’s University (BA), 1988
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
(Leading partners)Clifford Chance‘s REIT offering, praised for its ‘long-term focus representing REITs’, sits within the wider global financial markets practice and is led by finance experts Andrew Epstein, Jason Myers, and Kathleen Werner. Epstein is well-versed in capital markets transactions, assisting clients with equity and debt offerings. Meyers has broad experience with both listed and non-listed REITs while Werner focuses on corporate transactions for public companies. The firm has had recent activity advising on REIT spin-offs and private offerings by non-traded REITs. Jay Bernstein is highly reputed for his extensive expertise in capital raising and mergers and acquisitions. All lawyers mentioned are based in New York.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners United States > Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Real estate investment trusts (REITs) United States > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Tax > Financial products
- Tax > Financial products
- Tax > Financial products
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Tax > International tax
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Tax > Financial products
- Finance > Project finance
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Fintech
- Tax > International tax
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power