KAYLA WEST focuses her practice on corporate and securities law matters and represents issuers and underwriters in a variety of SEC-registered and exempt transactions, including initial public offerings, common and preferred equity offerings, and debt offerings. Kayla advises clients on corporate governance matters and ongoing disclosure obligations and her experience also includes advising on private equity and M&A transactions. Prior to joining Sidley, Kayla clerked for Chief Justice Leo E. Strine Jr. of the Delaware Supreme Court and was an associate at a New York law firm with a prominent M&A practice.
Kayla received her J.D. from the Yale Law School, where she served as a notes editor for the Yale Journal on Regulation. Kayla also holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management and a B.A. from Cornell University, where she graduated as a member of Phi Beta Kappa.