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Erika Kent

Biography

Erika represents public and private companies and financial institutions in a wide variety of debt and equity capital markets transactions, including high yield and investment grade debt offerings, initial public offerings and follow-on offerings, acquisition financings and liability management transactions.

She also advises public companies across a range of matters, including public disclosures, corporate governance matters and SEC and NYSE/Nasdaq compliance matters.

Practice areas

  • Equity capital markets
  • Capital markets
  • Leveraged finance
  • Debt capital markets
  • High yield
  • Public company advisory and corporate governance
  • Leveraged finance and high yield

Selected experience

  • The Dow Chemical Company in connection with its $1.25 billion inaugural green bond offering.
  • Boston Scientific in connection with a SEC-registered €3.0 billion offering of senior notes by its wholly owned finance subsidiary and related liability management transactions.
  • Ardagh Group S.A. in connection with a registered exchange offer of shares of Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. for all outstanding Class A common shares of Ardagh Group S.A. and related voluntary delisting and deregistration by Ardagh Group S.A.
  • Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. in connection with its business combination with Gores Holdings V, Inc., a special purpose acquisition company.
  • Quest Diagnostics Incorporated in connection with its $750 million offering of senior notes.
  • The underwriters in connection with a $300 million offering of senior notes by The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.
  • The sole book-running manager in connection with a $128.5 million follow-on public offering of common stock by Axonics, Inc.
  • The sales agents in connection with the commencement of California Water Service Group’s at-the-market equity program to sell shares of its common stock, having an aggregate offering price of up to $350 million.
  • The underwriters in connection with a $174 million follow-on public offering by Inari Medical, Inc.
  • The underwriters in connection with the $93.6 million initial public offering of Sonendo, Inc.

Education

  • B.A., Washington and Lee University, 2010 J.D., cum laude, Fordham University School of Law, 2015 Managing Editor, Fordham Law Review

Admissions

  • New York, 2016

Languages

  • German