Pillsbury announced today that it has hired Stephen Ashley as a new partner in the firm’s Capital Markets practice. He comes to the firm from Orrick in New York.
Mr. Ashley advises clients on a wide range of securities law matters and regularly represents issuers and underwriters in domestic and cross-border capital markets transactions. His experience includes public offerings and private placements of common and preferred equity and investment grade, high yield and convertible debt securities, as well as liability management transactions such as exchange offers, tender offers and consent solicitations. He also advises clients on compliance, corporate governance, stock exchange listing and other general corporate matters, while working closely with M&A and Insolvency & Restructuring teams on securities related issues.
“Stephen will immediately add depth, capability and experience to our expanding capital markets practice,” said David Baxter, co-leader of Pillsbury’s Capital Markets practice. “As a relatively young partner, he has a long career ahead of him and the drive and enthusiasm to grow his practice along with ours.”
“I’ve been impressed by Pillsbury’s expansion in New York and I look forward to joining this collaborative, entrepreneurial firm,” Mr. Ashley said. “In addition to working closely with partners in New York, I’m also excited about being a capital markets resource to the firm’s very busy West Coast corporate and technology practice.”
Pillsbury has been steadily growing its New York transactional offerings over the past three years, with 22 new partners and counsel in corporate and securities, insolvency and restructuring, M&A, private equity, capital markets, asset finance, project finance, leveraged finance and banking finance.
Pillsbury’s Capital Markets lawyers provide strategic guidance on all facets of securities transactions, regularly advising on public offerings and private placements, including SEC-registered and Rule 144A offerings, venture capital and other private placements.
Since 2010, Pillsbury has served as counsel in more than 590 public and other underwritten securities offerings with an aggregate value well over $200 billion. Pillsbury is especially known for its capital markets work in the energy, technology and life sciences industries, as well as its work with REITs and financial institutions. Among other measures, the firm was ranked #3 for U.S. Utilities Corporate Bonds by deal value in the latest league table rankings.
