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.
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Kayla M. West
- キャピタル・マーケッツ
経験
- 代表案件
Representative transactions and experience include advising:
Capital Markets
- The underwriters in connection with UMB Financial Corporation’s US$231.8 million forward equity offering in connection with its proposed merger with Heartland Financial USA, Inc.
- The underwriters in connection with CNO Financial Group, Inc.’s offering of US$700.0 million of senior notes.
- The underwriters in connection with Old Republic International Corporation’s offering of US$400 million of senior notes.
- The initial purchasers in connection with Liberty Media’s offering of US$575.0 million of senior notes convertible into shares of Liberty’s Series A Liberty SiriusXM common stock and in connection with Liberty Broadband’s offering of US$1.265 billion of senior debentures exchangeable for Charter Communications’ Class A common stock.
- Regal Rexnord in connection with its offering of US$4.7 billion of senior unsecured notes as part of the financing for its acquisition of Altra Industrial Motion Corp. and its related tender offer/consent solicitation for Altra’s US$383.7 million of senior notes.
- The initial purchasers in connection with Welltower’s offering of US$1.035 billion of exchangeable senior notes.
- A mortgage company in its US$97.5 million IPO and ongoing disclosure requirements.
- A direct-to-consumer distribution platform to shop for insurance policies in its US$570.0 million IPO and ongoing disclosure requirements.
Mergers & Acquisitions
- ContextLogic in its US$173 million sale of the Wish Platform to Qoo10.
- Pyxis Oncology, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Apexigen, Inc.
- A financial holding company and its bank subsidiary in its US$6.0 billion merger of equals with another financial holding company and its bank subsidiary.
- The Strategic Development Committee of a provider of securities brokerage services and related technology-based financial services in its US$26.0 billion merger with a provider of wealth management, securities brokerage, banking, asset management, custody, and financial advisory services.
- A pharmaceutical company in the formation of a premier global consumer healthcare joint venture with another pharmaceutical company with US$12.7 billion in combined annual global sales.
*Some of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.
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資格
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- ニューヨーク
学歴
- Yale Law School, J.D., 2017
- Yale School of Management, MBA, 2017
- コーネル大学 , B.A., 2014
クラークシップ
- Leo E. Strine Jr., Delaware Supreme Court (2017 - 2018)