About Kathleen A. Cunningham
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.
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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.
A description of the standard or methodology on which the accolades are based can be found here.
News & Views
Honors & Awards / Ranking
Blank Rome Attorneys Recognized in the 2026 Legal 500 U.S. City Elite for Boston, New York, and PhiladelphiaMarch 4, 2026
Honors & Awards / Ranking
Blank Rome Attorneys Recognized in The Legal 500 U.S. City Elite RankingsNovember 13, 2025
Honor / Honors & Awards
Blank Rome Attorneys Recognized in the 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America GuideOctober 21, 2025
Honors & Awards / Ranking
Blank Rome Attorneys and Practices Highly Ranked in The Legal 500 United States 2025June 11, 2025
Events & Webinars / Speaking Engagement
M&A Guide for In-House Counsel: Protecting Client’s Interests, Drafting Essential Documents, Closing the DealMarch 14, 2024
Cases & Deals / Deal
Blank Rome Represents Gama Aviation in Sale of MRO Business to West Star AviationOctober 18, 2023
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Recognitions
- 2026, “Leading Dealmaker,” listed by Lawdragon
- 2025–2026, listed in The Legal 500 U.S. City Elite
- 2019–2021, 2023, and 2025, listed in The Legal 500 United States
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Memberships
- American Bar Association
- New York City Bar Association
Professional Activities
Kathleen is a member of the Fordham Law Alumni Board and the Irish American Bar Association of New York.
A description of the standard or methodology on which the accolades are based can be found here.
Bar Admissions
- New York
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court - Southern District of New York
Education
- Boston University, BA, magna cum laude
- Fordham University School of Law, JD
A description of the standard or methodology on which the accolades are based can be found here.