Katharine O'Banion
Lawyers
Advises financial institutions, companies and investors on the structuring, negotiation and execution of a broad range of equity-linked transactions.
Katie is a member of our Capital Markets and Derivatives & Structured Products practices. She advises financial institutions, companies and investors on the structuring, negotiation and execution of a broad range of equity-linked transactions. These include public and private convertible and exchangeable securities offerings and associated derivative transactions, accelerated share repurchase programs, margin loans secured by significant positions in public companies, and various equity-linked hedging and monetization transactions.
Experience highlights
Recent Representations
- Veeco Instruments $230 million convertible senior notes offering
- Wayfair $690 million convertible senior notes offering
- Encore Capital Group $230 million convertible senior notes offering
- Chart Industries $1.1 billion common and depositary share offerings
- Equinix $1.5 billion at-the-market offering
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals $1.035 billion convertible senior notes offering
- Wayfair $690 million convertible senior notes offering
- LSB Industries $187 million secondary offering
- Avaya $250 million exchangeable notes offering and $350 million credit facility
- Wolfspeed $750 million convertible senior notes offering
- Etsy $1 billion convertible senior notes offering
- UGI $213.4 million equity units offering
- LCI Industries $460 million convertible senior notes offering
- Ionis Pharmaceuticals $632.5 million convertible senior notes offering
- Century Aluminum $86.25 million convertible senior notes offering
- Alarm.com Holdings $500 million convertible senior notes offering
Education
J.D., Yale Law School
- Executive Editor, Yale Journal on Regulation
B.A., Economics, Wellesley College
- summa cum laude
- Phi Beta Kappa
Professional history
- Counsel, 2020-present
- Davis Polk since 2011
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York