Kayla M. West

Representative transactions and experience include advising:

Capital Markets

• Starwood Property Trust, Inc. in connection with multiple transactions, including its offerings of US$400 million of senior notes and US$396.9 million in shares of its common stock.
• The underwriters in connection with multiple transactions by Realty Income Corporation, including its offerings of £700 million of senior notes and US$500 million of senior notes
• DCLI BidCo LLC, the direct parent of Direct ChassisLink, Inc. (“DCLI”), in connection with its high-yield Rule 144A offering of US$500 million aggregate principal amount of 7.750% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2029.
• 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.