Morrison Foerster has a depth of expertise and experience in high-yield debt, investment grade debt, convertible debt and private placements in multiple industries, especially banking and finance, energy and cleantech, life sciences, and technology. It is also active in debt offerings by REITs. It benefits from a stable of clients that frequently tap the debt markets and has extensive global connections in Asia and Europe. The firm has extensive SEC regulatory expertise and is a growing force in ESG-related offerings. Washington DC’s Scott Lesmes and New York-based John Owen are key partners. Of counsel Emily Beers has an active role in many of the firm’s key debt deals.
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Key clients
- Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
- Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.
- Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- Barclays Capital Inc.
- Boyd Gaming Corporation
- Citibank
- Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
- Equity Residential
- Cassava Sciences Inc.
- Bridge Investment Group Holdings, LLC
- Hines Global Income Trust, Inc.
- Krystal Biotech, Inc.
- McKesson Corporation
- onsemi
- Piper Sandler & Co.
- eBay, Inc.
- RE/MAX
- RH
- Shell International Finance B.V.
- Southwest Gas Corporation
- The Chemours Company
- UDR, Inc.
- Veeco Instruments Inc.
- Vonage Holdings Corp.
- Vontier Corporation
- Washington Gas Light Company (WGL Holdings Co.)
- Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)
Work highlights
- Advised eBay on its $1.15bn offering of senior unsecured notes under its existing shelf registration statement.
- Represented the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) in its $3.83bn fixed-price cash tender offer for any and all of certain Connecticut Avenue Securities (CAS) Debt Notes.
- Represented the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) in its $2.65bn fixed-price cash tender offer for any and all of certain Connecticut Avenue Securities (CAS) Debt Notes.
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Justin Salon