P. Michelle Gasaway

Ms. Gasaway is regularly sought after for her broad experience leading complex global financing and capital markets transactions in which she leverages her in-depth knowledge of each client’s business and industry and the latest trends in capital markets to provide customized, comprehensive client service. Ms. Gasaway provides proactive, innovative advice, as well as a collegial, commercial and practical approach that is driven by an understanding of each client’s business objectives, goals and culture, which is critical in today’s dynamic and evolving marketplace.

Ms. Gasaway has extensive experience with unique, customized financing transactions, as well as all types of other securities-related representations, including:

• initial public offerings (IPOs)
• registered direct offerings
• pre-IPO investments, PIPEs, private capital and other private placements
• investment-grade debt, convertible debt and high-yield debt
• offerings of common stock, preferred stock, mezzanine securities, warrants and other equity securities
• “at-the market” (ATM) programs and equity lines of credit
• liability management transactions, including tender offers, exchange offers and consent solicitations
• global refinancing, balance sheet and capital structure-related transactions
• rights offerings, recapitalizations, restructurings, distressed financings and other liquidity transactions
• spin-offs
• acquisition financings and de-SPAC transactions
• joint venture and co-investment financing arrangements
• other customized transactions

Ms. Gasaway also counsels clients on an ongoing basis, including with regard to the analysis of transaction alternatives and structures, disclosure issues, securities law compliance, public reporting and stock exchange rules.

Experience Highlights

To view a list of some of Ms. Gasaway’s representative transactions, please click here.

Clients from a broad range of industries — including technology; energy, energy transition and natural resources; gaming; hospitality, leisure and entertainment; real estate; biotech; retail and consumer; aerospace/defense; and fintech/trading — call on Ms. Gasaway to handle their most important capital markets matters. Highlights include matters involving:

• Adobe; Affirm Holdings; Berkshire Grey; Boingo; Coupa Software; Cotiviti; Eve Urban Air Mobility; Excelitas Technologies; Fidelity National Information Services; Insight Enterprises; Intel; Jane Street Capital; Juniper Networks; Mobileye Global; Open-door; PLBY Group; SoFi; Vertiv Holdings; Xilinx; Zayo Group
• Atlas Resource Partners; Dragonfly Energy Holdings; NGL Energy Partners; Nine Point Energy; Niocorp Developments; Noble Corporation; Noble Energy; Occidental Petroleum; ONE Gas; ONEOK; Southwestern Energy Company
• Caesars Entertainment Corporation; Casablanca Resort & Casino; Diamond Jo Worth Casino; Dreamscape; Evangeline Downs; Hooters Casino Hotel; Margaritaville Resort Casino (Bossier City); PENN Entertainment; Peninsula Gaming; Revel AC; Riverside Casino & Golf Resort; Station Casinos; Virgin River Resort & Casino; Wynn Resorts
• Apartment Investment and Management Company (AIMCO); Apartment Income REIT Corp (AIR Communities); Crown Castle; Five Point Holdings; General Growth Properties; The Howard Hughes Corporation; The Macerich Company; Public Storage; Select Income REIT; TravelCenters of America; WeWork
• Allurion Technologies; Ambrx Biopharma; Assembly Biosciences; Celularity; Edwards Lifesciences; Livongo; Melinta Therapeutics; Senti Biosciences; Spectral AI
• American Apparel; Burlington Stores; Dole; Jakks Pacific; JC Penney; O’Reilly Automotive; Viking Cruises; Wheels Up
• Abaco; Blacksky; CPI International; Cubic; KeyPoint Government Solutions; StandardAero; Vencore Holdings; V2X
• Black Diamond; Oaktree Capital Management; Silver Point Capital; Veritas Capital

In addition, Ms. Gasaway regularly represents investment banks and financial institutions.

Ms. Gasaway also is a frequent author of, and contributor to, numerous publications on key topics and trends affecting the capital markets.

To view a list of Ms. Gasaway’s recent publications, please click here.

Recognition

Ms. Gasaway has been extensively recognized by several leading industry outlets, including:

• repeatedly in Chambers USA, Chambers Global, The Legal 500 U.S., IFLR1000, The Best Lawyers in America and Lawdragon as one of its 500 Leading Dealmakers in America
• as a Capital Markets MVP by Law360 in 2023
• by the Los Angeles Business Journal as one of its Top 100 Lawyers in 2023 and a Woman of Influence in 2021
• by the Daily Journal as one of its Top Women Lawyers and The Deal as one of its Top Women in Dealmaking
• as Best in Capital Markets at Euromoney’s Women in Business Law Americas Awards
• as a key member of the deal team recognized by the Daily Journal with a California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year (CLAY) award for innovative work on behalf of Living Health, Inc. in its $18.5 billion acquisition by Teladoc Health, Inc., which was the largest-ever M&A transaction in the digital health sector