Client Alerts
Key SEC Updates to Five Day Debt Tender and Exchange Offers
Overview The Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an exemptive order on June …
July 1, 2026
July 1, 2026 • 1-minute read
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Lithium Americas Corp. in its $250 million strategic investment from Orion Resource Partners LP to fund the development and construction of Phase 1 of the Thacker Pass Project in Nevada
Gates Industrial Corporation plc, a global manufacturer of innovative, highly engineered power transmission and fluid power solutions, in its IPO and follow-on offerings
Underwriters to Duck Creek Technologies, Paycor HCM and Shift4 Payments in IPOs and follow-on offerings
Golar LNG in its $500 million senior notes and $575 million convertible senior notes offerings
Sunoco LP (NYSE: SUN) in its $9.1 billion acquisition of Parkland Corporation (TSX: PKI)
Coatue as the lead investor in a $1.1 billion Series C funding round in CoreWeave, Inc., a specialized GPU cloud provider
Blackstone, Carlyle and Hellman & Friedman as sponsors in $17 billion debt financing transactions for their majority investment in Medline, a leading manufacturer and distributor of healthcare supplies
Gates Industrial Corporation plc, a global manufacturer of innovative, highly engineered power transmission and fluid power solutions, in its $841 million initial public offering of ordinary shares and its combined $1.3 billion offerings of ordinary shares
Underwriters to Paycor HCM, Inc., a human capital management SaaS provider, in its $489 million initial public offering of common stock and its combined $850 million offerings of common stock
Underwriters to Duck Creek Technologies, an insurance SaaS provider, in its $465 million initial public offering of common stock and its combined $802 million offerings of common stock
Underwriters to Shift4 Payments, end-to-end payments technology provider, in its $397 million initial public offering of common stock and its combined $980 million offerings of common stock
Underwriters to Bioventus, a medical device company, in its $120 million initial public offering of common stock
L3Harris in its $1 billion partnership with the U.S. Department of War
Energy Vault Inc. in its $140 million offering of convertible senior notes
Solaris Energy Infrastructure, Inc. in its $1.6 billion public convertible senior notes offerings and concurrent short sales of common stock to facilitate investment hedging of certain holders’ investments in the notes
Lithium Americas Corp. in its $250 million strategic investment from Orion Resource Partners LP to fund the development and construction of Phase 1 of the Thacker Pass Project in Nevada
Golar LNG Limited in its $575 million offering of convertible senior notes
Apollo in its minority investment in PetSmart
Coatue as the lead investor in a $1.1 billion Series C funding round in CoreWeave, Inc., a specialized GPU cloud provider
World Insurance Associates and Charlesbank Capital Partners in Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s over $1 billion equity and subordinated debt investment in World
Funds affiliated with Hill Path Capital in a $150 million preferred equity investment in The ONE Group Hospitality, Inc. in connection with The ONE Group’s acquisition of the owner of Benihana Inc.
Johnson Controls in the sale of its Power Solutions business to Brookfield Business Partners L.P.
The ODP Corporation in the sale of its CompuCom Systems subsidiary
Vivint Smart Home in its $4.2 billion business combination with Mosaic Acquisition Corp.
Sunoco LP in its $3.4 billion senior notes and preferred equity offering to fund its acquisition of Parkland Corporation
Blackstone, Carlyle and Hellman & Friedman as sponsors in $17 billion debt financing transactions for their majority investment in Medline, a leading manufacturer and distributor of healthcare supplies
KKR in $1.9 billion notes and preferred stock offerings for its acquisition of Global Atlantic
Summit Materials, Inc. in connection with the financing, including an offering of $800 million of senior notes, for its $3.2 billion combination with the U.S. operations of Cementos Argos S.A.
Initial purchasers in Regal Rexnord’s $4.7 Billion debut senior notes offering for its acquisition of Altra Industrial Motion Corp.
Initial purchasers in debut senior notes offering in connection with the combination of 3M’s Food Safety Business with Neogen in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction
Symantec in debt financing for its $2.3 billion acquisition of LifeLock
Aramark in $3 billion of debt financing transactions for its acquisitions of Avendra and AmeriPride Services
Ellington Financial Inc. in its $400 million offering of senior notes
Golar LNG Limited in its $500 million offering of senior notes
KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. in its $232 million debt exchange and ABL refinancing
Ashton Woods in its $650 million senior notes offerings
Medline in its $1.5 billion offerings of senior secured notes in connection with term loan repricings and its $2.3 billion CMBS refinancing
Initial purchaser in the $1.2 billion offering of senior notes by Weatherford International plc
Initial purchasers in Switch, Inc.’s $600 million debut senior notes offering and its $500 million acquisition financing
Initial purchasers in Shift4 Payments, Inc.’s $450 million debut senior notes offering
Initial purchasers in Global Auto Holdings Limited’s $1.05 billion debut senior notes offering
Initial purchasers in Ferrellgas, L.P.’s $700 million debut senior secured notes offering and $1.5 billion debt restructuring
Initial purchasers in TechnipFMC’s $1 billion debut senior notes offering in connection with its spinoff of Technip Energies
Dealer managers in tender offers and/or consent solicitations by issuers including Weatherford International, Transocean, GameStop, Regal Rexnord and Shift4 Payments
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Client Alerts
Key SEC Updates to Five Day Debt Tender and Exchange Offers
Overview The Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an exemptive order on June …
July 1, 2026
July 1, 2026 • 1-minute read
Client Alerts
Time for Spring Cleaning: The SEC Proposes Amendments to Declutter Public Company Filer Categories
With summer just around the corner, the SEC made one final attempt at spring cleaning by proposing sweeping reforms to …
May 21, 2026
May 21, 2026 • 7-minute read
CLE Events
Choosing Your Corporate Battlefield: Texas vs. Delaware Strategy
Join us in person on January 29, as panelists unpack the governance, fiduciary, and dispute-resolution differences between Texas and Delaware entities—then connect those legal distinctions to current dealmaking trends.
January 29, 2026
January 29, 2026 • 1-minute read
Event Recaps
Vinson & Elkins’ Energy Transition & Inflation Reduction Act Conference
On November 7, Vinson & Elkins hosted an Energy Transition and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Conference in its New York office.
November 7, 2024
November 7, 2024 • 2-minute read
Deals & Cases
Vinson & Elkins Advises Golar LNG on $500 Million Senior Notes Offering
Vinson & Elkins advised Golar LNG Limited in the pricing of a private offering of $500 million in aggregate principal …
September 29, 2026
September 29, 2026 • 1-minute read
Deals & Cases
Vinson & Elkins advised Goldman Sachs, its West Street Climate Credit Fund (part of Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s private credit …
September 21, 2026
September 21, 2026 • 2-minute read
Deals & Cases
Vinson & Elkins Advises Ellington Financial on $150 Million Senior Notes Offering
Vinson & Elkins served as counsel to Ellington Financial Inc. (NYSE: EFC) (the “Company”) in connection with its offering of …
September 17, 2026
September 17, 2026 • 1-minute read
Deals & Cases
Vinson & Elkins Represents Adamas Trust in Public Offering of $90 Million in Senior Notes
Vinson and Elkins served as issuer’s counsel in connection with Adamas Trust, Inc.’s public offering of $90,000,000 aggregate principal amount …
August 14, 2026
August 14, 2026 • 1-minute read
Deals & Cases
Vinson & Elkins Advises Lithium Americas in $175 Million Convertible Financing
Vinson & Elkins represented Lithium Americas Corp. (NYSE: LAC) (“Lithium Americas”) in connection with entry into a securities purchase agreement …
August 7, 2026
August 7, 2026 • 1-minute read
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