Biography
Kathleen Cunningham is an accomplished attorney with a broad range of corporate transactional and governance experience. She has vast experience in mergers and acquisitions, as well as securities offerings. These transactions include:
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Mergers and acquisitions
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Public and private offerings, including IPOs and follow-on offerings
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Corporate finance matters, including 144As and PIPEs
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Venture capital and private equity funding transactions
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SEC reporting, governance matters, and say-on-pay issue
Kathleen has been named in Super Lawyers since 2012.
Kathleen is active in the leadership of the firm, currently serving as the Co-Hiring Partner, and as a member of the Women’s Forum and the firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee.
Experience
- A global NASDAQ-listed worldwide brand management company engaged in licensing, marketing, and providing trend direction for a portfolio of consumer and entertainment brands with respect to:
- Acquisitions and international joint ventures involving more than 20 brands for an aggregate of more than $1.45 billion.
- $288 million 144A convertible senior subordinated notes offering and hedge.
- $260 million follow-on public offering.
- $172 million follow-on public offering, including shares sold by the company and selling stockholders.
- A NASDAQ-listed global provider of supply chain solutions to the wireless industry, in several transactions, including:
- Acquisition of the client company by the world’s largest technology distributor and supply-chain services provider.
- $82 million secondary public offering for a selling stockholder
- Underwriters in connection with a $96.6 million initial public offering of a biopharmaceutical company and in connection with a $77 million follow on offering.
- Oil and gas development company in its $60 million asset acquisition.
- Manufacturer of climate control and chemical products in a $60 million convertible senior subordinated debentures PIPE.
- Placement agent in its role as financial adviser to manufacturer of healthcare safety products for the issuance of $25 million notes.
- Underwriters and issuers in connection with IPOs of SPACs.
- Public company clients with respect to SEC investigations of financial irregularities.
News & Views
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Speaking Engagement
M&A Guide for In-House Counsel: Protecting Client’s Interests, Drafting Essential Documents, Closing the Deal
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Deal
Blank Rome Represents Gama Aviation in Sale of MRO Business to West Star Aviation
Robert J. Mittman, Kathleen A. Cunningham, Naomi M. Gallimore, Adam R. Seiden, Madeleine D. Rose, John T. Winton
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Ranking
Blank Rome Attorneys and Practices Highly Ranked in The Legal 500 United States 2023
Linda Kornfeld, Jared Zola, Jonathan K. Waldron, William R. Bennett III, Scott Arnold, Justin A. Chiarodo
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Deal
Blank Rome Represents BTS Inc. in Its Acquisition of The Boda Group
Kathleen A. Cunningham, Madeleine D. Rose, Joseph T. Gulant, Michael A. Kadlec
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Deal
Blank Rome Represents Adara Acquisition Corp. In Closing Its Combination with Alliance Entertainment Holding Corporation
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Deal
Blank Rome Represents Xcel Brands in Its Sale of Controlling Interest of Isaac Mizrahi Brand to WHP Global
Robert J. Mittman, Kathleen A. Cunningham, Brad L. Shiffman, Peter M. Melampy, Scott R. Smith, Joseph T. Gulant
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Deal
Blank Rome Represents Novus Capital Corporation II in Business Combination with Energy Vault, Inc.
Robert J. Mittman, Kathleen A. Cunningham, Brad L. Shiffman, Emanuel J. Adler, Joseph T. Gulant, Peter M. Melampy
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Deal
Blank Rome Represented Special Committee of LSB Industries in Exchange Agreement
Robert J. Mittman, Emanuel J. Adler, Kathleen A. Cunningham, Joseph T. Gulant, David A. Dorey, Peter M. Melampy
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Deal
Blank Rome Represents Novus Capital Corporation II in Its Business Combination Agreement with Energy Vault, Inc.
Robert J. Mittman, Kathleen A. Cunningham, Brad L. Shiffman, Emanuel Faust, Peter M. Melampy, Naomi M. Gallimore
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Media Coverage
Blank Rome LLP Joins Leading Law Firms in Response to Investment Company Act Lawsuits Targeting the SPAC Industry
Recognitions
- 2019–2021, 2023, listed in The Legal 500 United States
Affiliations
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- New York City Bar Association
Kathleen is a member of the Fordham Law Alumni Board and the Irish American Bar Association of New York.
Credentials
Admissions
- New York
- U.S. District Court - Southern District of New York
Education
- Boston University, BA, magna cum laude
- Fordham University School of Law, JD