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Kathleen D. Rothman
Partner
Corporate
Palo Alto

D650-320-4629

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  • Extensive Corporate Finance Expertise

    Kathleen specializes in debt financing transactions and has extensive experience advising both private companies and public companies on finance matters spanning the corporate lifecycle in connection with credit facilities, including venture loans, bridge loans, revolving credit facilities, term loan facilities, asset-backed facilities, investment grade facilities and debt restructurings. She helps clients structure the facilities and negotiate their facilities as well as advising regarding ongoing compliance. Kathleen closely collaborates with the firm’s capital markets team on secured note offerings and has substantial experience working with indenture covenants and related collateral matters.

  • Additional Debt and Related Experience

    During the course of her career, Kathleen has represented issuers and underwriters of convertible debt securities, high-yield and investment grade debt securities and in common stock offerings. In addition, she also has experience providing support for finance related matters in connection with mergers and acquisitions.

Kathleen Rothman is a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where her practice focuses on corporate finance and corporate law and governance. She specializes in debt financing transactions, including secured and unsecured loans, bridge loans, debt restructurings, and debt offerings, and has extensive experience representing borrowers in connection with credit facilities. Kathleen also has represented issuers and underwriters in 144A private placements of convertible debt securities, issuers in offerings of high-yield debt securities, and issuers and underwriters in common stock offerings. In addition, her experience includes debt tender offers and consent solicitations, as well as debt due diligence and related matters in connection with mergers and acquisitions.

Kathleen currently serves as a member of the firm's Opinion Advisory Committee and previously served as a co-chair of its Hiring Committee.

Experience

Kathleen Rothman is a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where her practice focuses on corporate finance and corporate law and governance. She specializes in debt financing transactions, including secured and unsecured loans, bridge loans, debt restructurings, and debt offerings, and has extensive experience representing borrowers in connection with credit facilities. Kathleen also has represented issuers and underwriters in 144A private placements of convertible debt securities, issuers in offerings of high-yield debt securities, and issuers and underwriters in common stock offerings. In addition, her experience includes debt tender offers and consent solicitations, as well as debt due diligence and related matters in connection with mergers and acquisitions.

Kathleen currently serves as a member of the firm's Opinion Advisory Committee and previously served as a co-chair of its Hiring Committee.

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