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.

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.

Lawyers

Practice head

Celia Soehner; Joanne Soslow

Other key lawyers

David Schwartz; Justin Chairman; Bryan Keighery; Albert Lung; Thurston Hamlette; Alexandra Good; Maria Sasinoski