Specializing in all aspects of capital market transactions, spanning from at-the-market programs to high-profile public offerings, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP mainly concentrates on the energy, tech, financial services sectors. Covering both the issuer and underwriter sides, Philadelphia-based co-head Joanne Soslow is an expert in corporate and securities matters, while the other joint-lead Celia Soehner splits her time between Pittsburgh and New York. Based in Princeton and New York, David Schwartz focuses on M&A and finance transactions, while Philadelphia’s Justin Chairman routinely acts on behalf of public companies.
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Key clients
- ANI Pharmaceuticals Inc. American Water Works Service Company Inc Artesian Resources Corporation Barclays Capital Inc. Bruker Corp. B. Riley Securities Inc. Cencora, Inc. (formerly named AmerisourceBergen) Cohen & Company Capital Markets CompoSecure, Inc. Cowen and Company LLC, a division of J.V.B. Financial Group, LLC. Cross Country Healthcare Inc Designer Brands Inc. Eastdil Secured Advisors LLC Entergy Corporation FirstEnergy Corporation Freeman Spogli GCT Semiconductor Inc. Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. NAPCO Security Technologies Inc. Onconova Therapeutics Inc. OneSpan, Inc. Pearl Diver Credit Company Inc. Platinum Equity Publix Super Markets, Inc. Virtus Investment Partners Inc.
Work highlights
Represented Cencora, Inc. (formerly named AmerisourceBergen) in a registered public offering shares of its Common Stock pledged by Walgreens Boots Alliance in connection with the Selling Stockholder entering into prepaid variable share forward transactions for $1.6 billion Cencora.
Acted as counsel for Entergy Corporation in its issuance of additional $1 billion in their at-the-market program (“ATM program”).
Represented Platinum Equity as selling stockholder in a secondary public offering of 20.0 million shares of Class A Common Stock of Vertiv Holdings Co. for gross proceeds of $698.2 million.
Practice head
Celia Soehner; Joanne Soslow
Other key lawyers
David Schwartz; Justin Chairman; Bryan Keighery; Albert Lung; Thurston Hamlette; Alexandra Good; Maria Sasinoski