Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP stands out for its record in the energy and utilities sectors, along with experience in the technology and life sciences industries. It is especially well known for representing underwriters, along with a range of technology issuers. The firm has established experience in IPOs, follow-on offerings and secondary common stock offerings, along with more recent activity in SPAC transactions. New York partners David Baxter and Jeffrey Delaney are particularly noted for advising underwriters, while Silicon Valley-based Davina Kaile and Gabriella Lombardi are experienced in technology sector deals, including IPOs and SPAC combinations.

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Key clients

  • Consumers Energy Company/CMS Energy Corporation (underwriters)
  • BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC
  • BofA Merrill Lynch
  • J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BofA Securities, Inc. and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC as lead initial purchasers (and the other initial purchasers)
  • Interactive Strength Inc. (d/b/a “FORME”)
  • Movella Holdings Inc.
  • TD SYNNEX Corporation
  • Nikola Corporation
  • Invitae Corporation
  • EMCORE Corporation
  • Blockchain Coinvestors Acquisition Corp. I

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Jeffrey Delaney, David Baxter, Davina Kaile, Gabriella Lombardi