Wesley C. Holmes
Partner
Boston / New York
wesley.holmes@lw.com
+1.617.948.6027
PRACTICES
- Capital Markets
- Private Equity Finance
- Public Company Representation
INDUSTRIES
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Healthcare & Life Sciences
- Retail & Consumer Products
- Technology
EDUCATION
- JD, Boston College Law School, 2001
- BA, Boston College, 1998
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
PROFILE
Wesley Holmes, Managing Partner of the Boston office and a capital markets lawyer, advises issuers and underwriters on a full suite of equity and debt products. He draws on nearly two decades of experience advising on hundreds of matters with a particular focus on the life sciences and technology industries.
Wesley represents both public and private companies at all stages of the business lifecycle, as well as investment banks, private equity funds, and their portfolio companies. He regularly advises on:
- Public securities offerings (IPOs and follow-on offerings)
- High yield debt offerings
- M&A Finance
- Private offerings, including venture financings
He also counsels public companies regarding their public reporting obligations, corporate governance matters, and other issues related to public company status.
Wesley combines his Boston roots with a Wall Street sensibility to help clients efficiently and effectively access capital.
EXPERIENCE
Wesley's experience includes advising issuers or underwriters in offerings by the following issuers:
Healthcare & Life Sciences
- Akebia Therapeutics
- Amneal Pharmaceuticals
- Axcella
- Cara Therapeutics
- Castle Biosciences
- Centrexion Therapeutics
- Checkmate Pharmaceuticals
- ContraFect
- Evelo Biosciences
- Fusion Pharmaceuticals
- Homology Medicines
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals
- Kaleido Biosciences
- Lyra Therapeutics
- Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation
- Nano-X Imaging
- Ra Pharmaceuticals
- Rubius Therapeutics
- scPharmaceuticals
- Selecta Biosciences
- Seres Therapeutics
Public and Private Companies
- Amphenol Corporation
- Atkore International Group
- Azure Power
- HC2 Holdings
- Iron Mountain Incorporated
- MetroPCS Communications
- Orion Engineered Carbons S.A.
- Priceline.com Incorporated
- REV Group
- Sirius XM Radio
- TerraForm Power
- Tervita Corporation
- Univar
- Velti