Jessica Barrera Associate

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Jessica focuses her practice on securities and other corporate matters.

Jessica counsels public and private companies and their boards of directors on various corporate governance and SEC compliance matters ranging from periodic reporting and disclosure requirements, annual meeting and proxy-related issues and private placement regulations. She also advises clients with respect to capital market transactions including high-yield debt offerings, equity offerings, IPOs, and mergers and acquisitions.

Experience

Equity and Secondary Offerings

  • Represented a NASDAQ-listed printing company in two distinct follow-on offerings of an aggregate amount of $25.0 million of shares of common stock.
  • Represented a NASDAQ-listed printing company in a $90.0 million offering of 1,666,667 shares of common stock.
  • Represented the underwriter in connection with a Regulation D private placement offering of 8% Cumulative Convertible Class A Preferred Stock of a NASDAQ-listed pharmaceutical company.

Initial Public Offerings

  • Represented the underwriters in connection with an initial public offering of common stock of a biopharmaceutical company.
  • Represented the underwriters in connection with an initial public offering of common stock and warrants of a biopharmaceutical company.
  • Represented the underwriter in connection with an initial public offering of common stock of a biopharmaceutical company.

High Yield Debt Offerings

  • Represented a NYSE-listed utility company in connection with an SEC-registered offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of junior subordinated notes.
  • Represented a NYSE-listed utility company in connection with an SEC-registered offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes.
  • Represented a NYSE-listed utility company in connection with an SEC-registered offering of over $1 billion aggregate principal amount of deferred fuel cost bonds.
  • Represented a NYSE-listed machine industry company in connection with an SEC-registered offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes.
  • Represented a NYSE-listed industrial technology company in connection with an SEC-registered offering of approximately $3 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes.

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Represented a leading provider of sophisticated electronic components, instruments and communications products in its merger with a world-leading industrial technology company.
  • Represented a global provider of 3D printing machines and other products in its merger with a technology that designs and markets 3D printing solutions.
  • Represented a clinical-stage biotechnology company in its merger with a leading biopharmaceutical company.
  • Represented a software company in its $30 million acquisition of a payroll processing platform.
  • Represented a publicly held company in its $5 million minority equity investment in a privately held company.
  • Represented a privately held software company in its $32 million acquisition of a privately held software company.
  • Represented a privately held company in its acquisition of a privately held carbon foam manufacturing company.
  • Represented an international concrete company in its acquisition of two divisions of a U.S. railroad company.
  • Represented a privately held fabric manufacturing company in its acquisition of a competitor privately held fabric manufacturing company.