Capital Markets and Securities

“BakerHostetler LLP offers an acclaimed team of corporate practitioners renowned for their adept handling of mid-market transactional work, alongside additional expertise in securities offerings and corporate governance matters. The firm acts for a broad spectrum of public and private corporates and private equity investors.”

— Chambers USA 2024

BakerHostetler’s Capital Markets and Securities team helps public and private companies finance their growth and acquisitions and manage their balance sheets through a variety of equity and debt offerings and other capital markets transactions appropriate to their business needs.

Represented a private equity-owned restaurant company in its IPO and listing on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and follow-on registered equity offerings by sponsors, having an aggregate transaction value of approximately $1.5 billion.
Represented an NYSE-listed insurance company in several shelf-registered debt, preferred stock and hybrid instrument offerings, with an aggregate transaction value of several billion dollars.
Represented an NYSE-listed oil and natural gas company in several capital markets transactions with an aggregate transaction value of several billion dollars, including refinancings through shelf-registered debt offerings and contemporaneous tender offers as well as privately negotiated exchange transactions of subordinated notes for common shares, new second lien secured notes and/or new convertible notes.
Represented a Nasdaq-listed biotechnology company in several public rights offerings and private financing transactions with an aggregate transaction value in excess of $1.0 billion, resulting in necessary capital for phase III clinical studies.
Represented a premium home furniture retail company in its IPO and listing on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
Represented a private steel company in a Rule 144A initial debt offering of secured notes as part of a comprehensive refinancing that also included a term loan, an asset-based revolving credit facility and a preferred equity investment, with an aggregate transaction value in excess of $1 billion.
Represented an NYSE-listed energy transportation master limited partnership in shelf-registered common unit and debt offerings with an aggregate transaction value of approximately $2 billion.
Represented NYSE-listed real estate investment trusts (REITs) in various capital markets transactions, including IPOs, shelf-registered forward equity sales and at-the-market common stock offerings.
Advise executive management and boards of directors in spinoffs, related party transactions, other conflict of interest transactions, executive compensation arrangements, share repurchases and other transactions affecting capital structure.
Have served for decades as securities compliance counsel to NYSE- and Nasdaq-listed companies, including as primary legal counsel to public companies with limited in-house legal resources, working closely with executive management to advise on day-to-day operations and securities and corporate governance matters.
Work with clients to develop, adopt and implement policies and procedures and corporate governance best practices to transition to public company compliance in connection with and following IPOs.