Sebastian Jose Sanchez-Rivera

Sebastian J. Sanchez-Rivera represents corporate and financial institution clients in a variety of capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings and secondary equity offerings, public and private offerings of investment-grade and high-yield debt, acquisition financings, spin-offs, tender offers, exchange offers and other strategic corporate transactions. Mr. Sanchez-Rivera has significant experience advising clients across a wide range of industries on U.S. securities laws issues, including preparation of public disclosures, corporate governance, periodic reporting and stock exchange matters.

Notable representations include:

• Arbor Rapha Capital Bioholdings Corp. I on its SPAC IPO
• Ball Corporation on its debt shelf takedown offerings
• CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. on its issuance of subordinated notes, multi-tranche tender offers and periodic reports
• CoreLogic, Inc. on its entry into a merger agreement pursuant to which funds managed by Stone Point Capital and Insight Partners acquired all outstanding shares of CoreLogic, representing an equity value of approximately $6 billion
• DesertXpress Enterprises LLC (d/b/a Brightline West) as borrower of two state issuers acting as conduits to municipal revenue bonds
• Essent Group Ltd. on its shelf takedown offering of common shares
• HPX, Corp. on its proxy statement solicitation and extraordinary general meeting to extend its business combination deadline and in its entry into a business combination agreement with Emergência Participações S.A.
• Maiden Holdings, Inc. on a multi-tranche capped cash tender offer of its outstanding preference shares
• an ad hoc committee of bondholders on Martin Midstream Partners, L.P.’s exchange offer in which 91.76% of Martin’s existing notes exchanged into cash and approximately $292 million of new 11.50% senior secured second lien notes. The cash portion was funded by a rights offering for approximately $54 million new 10.00% senior secured notes
• New Fortress Energy Inc. on a $1.5 billion merger agreement and on securing committed financing to acquire Hygo Energy Transition Ltd. and Golar LNG Partners LP
• Norfolk Southern Corporation on its debt shelf takedown offerings
• Selective Insurance Group, Inc. on its public offering of depositary shares
• ServiceNow, Inc. on its inaugural investment-grade debt shelf takedown
• Trimble, Inc. on its shelf takedown offering of its $800 million 6.100% senior notes due 2033, the proceeds of which were used to fund its acquisition of Transporeon. The offering included a special mandatory redemption condition in the event of a termination of the acquisition
• UBS Securities LLC and Barclays Capital Inc. in EJF Acquisition Corp.’s SPAC IPO