P. Michelle Gasaway

Office Phone:

(213) 687-5000

Direct Phone:

(213) 687-5122


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Bio

Michelle Gasaway represents corporate and REIT clients, special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), private equity sponsors, investment banks and other investors in a broad range of traditional and complex securities and capital markets transactions. Gasaway has worked on transactions that include: initial public offerings (IPOs); pre-IPO investments and PIPEs; offerings of investment grade debt, convertible debt and high-yield debt, including green, social and sustainability-linked bonds; offerings of common stock, preferred stock and other equity securities; “at-the market” (ATM) programs and committed equity lines; private equity investments; tender offers; exchange offers; consent solicitations; spin-offs; rights offerings; and other customized transactions. Ms. Gasaway also regularly advises clients on acquisition financings, de-SPAC-related financings, out-of-court restructurings and distressed financings, and other investment transactions. In addition, she counsels clients on an ongoing basis, including with regard to analysis of transaction alternatives and structures, disclosure issues, securities law compliance, public reporting, stock exchange rules and ESG-related issues. Clients from a broad range of industries, including technology, fintech/trading, energy, natural resources, retail, real estate, hospitality, leisure and entertainment, call on Ms. Gasaway to handle their most important capital markets matters. Ms. Gasaway has repeatedly been recognized in Chambers USA, in addition to being named a Woman of Influence by the Los Angeles Business Journal in 2021 and a Top Women Lawyer by the Daily Journal in 2020. She was named Best in Capital Markets at Euromoney’s 2020 Women in Business Law Americas Awards and was 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 (2021). She also was named as one of The Deal’s 2020 Top Women in Dealmaking and has been named to The Legal 500 U.S., IFLR1000 and The Best Lawyers in America.

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