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“Their team has great depth of knowledge and dedication to providing excellent service. They truly care about our company and helping us achieve the best outcome.”

— Chambers USA 2021

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.

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