"A go-to call for issuers and banks alike. Greg is a leader in the space."
Chambers USA 2024
Band 1 – Capital Markets: Convertible Debt
Chambers USA 2024
"Noted for his expertise in convertible debt."
The Legal 500 US 2024
Leading Lawyer ‒ Capital Markets: Equity Offerings
The Legal 500 US 2024
"Greg is the consummate attorney. He is very commercial in finding expert solutions to complex problems."
Chambers USA 2023
"Greg is one of the most experienced lawyers in the field and a deep source of knowledge on convertible products."
Chambers USA 2023
"He is incredibly hard-working, very thoughtful and incredibly knowledgeable across the whole convertible landscape."
Chambers USA 2023
"He has a strong knowledge base and ability to work through incredibly complicated transactions."
Chambers USA 2023
"An absolute master of convertible debt instruments and one of the leading practitioners on converts."
Chambers USA 2022
Profile
Widely recognized as among the most prominent capital markets lawyers in the United States, Greg Rodgers represents clients in connection with a range of complex equity, equity-linked, debt, and hybrid securities offerings, as well as general corporate matters. He also serves as Global Vice Chair of the firm's Corporate Department.
Drawing on two decades of varied capital markets experience, Greg helps companies, investors, and investment banks navigate their most complicated capital markets matters. He brings particular experience in structuring complex and innovative transactions. Notably, Greg pioneered the direct listing approach to becoming a public company on behalf of Spotify.
Leveraging his sophisticated product knowledge, Greg advises on nearly every type of capital market transaction, including direct listings, initial public offerings, convertible notes and equity-linked offerings, private placements, debt offerings, and liability management transactions. He regularly advises on a variety of significant domestic and cross-border deals across all major industries, from technology and consumer retail to the airline and life sciences sectors.
Representative clients include:
Airbnb
American Airlines
Amgen
Bank of America
Broadcom
BTIG
Goldman Sachs
Jefferies
J.P. Morgan
Leonard Green & Partners
Morgan Stanley
Nasdaq
Spotify
Greg also advises clients on a pro bono basis, including by leading Latham & Watkins’ relationship with the City Bar Justice Center’s Neighborhood Entrepreneurial Law Project. He also serves as the firm’s liaison to the United Way of New York City.
Accolades
Ranked – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity Chambers Global and Chambers USA 2008-2022
Ranked – Convertible Debt Chambers USA 2021-2022
Leading Lawyer – Capital Markets: Equity The Legal 500 US 2020-2022
Dealmaker of the Year The American Lawyer 2019
Trailblazer for Finance, Banking & Capital Markets The National Law Journal 2019
Experience
Greg’s experience includes advising:
Direct Listings
Amplitude
Asana
Coinbase
Slack Technologies
Spotify Technology
Squarespace
Wise
Initial Public Offerings
Airbnb
BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings
Envista Holdings
JOANN
Medpace Holdings
Mister Car Wash
Shake Shack
The Container Store Group
USHG Acquisition Corp.
Convertible Notes Offerings
Goldman Sachs in the US$1 billion convertible senior notes offering by Snap
Airbnb in its US$2 billion convertible senior notes offering
Spotify in its US$1.5 billion convertible senior notes offering
Beyond Meat in its US$1 billion convertible notes offering
Guardant in its US$1.1 billion convertible senior notes offering
Bank of America in the US$700 million convertible notes offering by Halozyme Therapeutics
American Airlines in its US$1 billion convertible notes offering
Jeffries in the US$230 million convertible notes offering by Green Plains
Bank of America in the US$863 million convertible notes offering for Booking Holdings
Bank of America in the US$185 million green convertible senior notes offering by Maxeon Solar Technologies
J.P. Morgan in the US$1 billion convertible notes offering for Guardant Health Private Placements
PIPEs
Dragoneer Investment Group in the US$100 million private placement of Series A convertible preferred stock by MercadoLibre
Leonard Green & Partners in the US$650 million private placement of Catalent’s convertible preferred stock
Madison Dearborn Partners in the US$152 million private placement of Series A convertible preferred stock in EVO Payments
Other Equity-Linked Offerings
Barclays in the US$1.5 billion mandatory convertible preferred stock Series A offering for Danaher
Broadcom in its US$3.25 billion 2019 mandatory convertible preferred stock offering
Debt Offerings
BNP Paribas in the US$2.1 billion senior notes offering by Booking Holdings
Broadcom in its US$10 billion senior notes offering and debt tender offering
Amgen in its US$4 billion 2020 senior notes offering
American Airlines in its US$2.5 billion senior notes offering
Bank of America in the €1.75 billion 2020 senior notes offering for Danaher
The underwriters in the US$7.25 billion 2020 senior notes offering by Gilead Sciences
Broadcom in its US$8 billion 2020 senior notes offering
Coinbase in its US$1.5 billion senior notes offering
Liability Management Transactions
Amgen in its US$940 million exchange offer for senior notes
Broadcom in its US$1 billion tender offer to purchase outstanding senior notes issued in three tranches
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