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Amy E. Gilbert
Associate
Amy Gilbert’s practice focuses on corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, corporate governance and securities law compliance matters for private and public companies.
Amy received her J.D. summa cum laude from Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where she earned admission into the Order of the Coif, was publisher of the Case Western Reserve Law Review and was awarded the Case Western Reserve Law Review Outstanding Student Note Award. While in law school, she served as a judicial extern for US District Court Judge Dan Polster and as a certified legal intern in the Community Development Clinic at the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center.
Mergers and Acquisitions
- Advising a Fortune 100, NYSE-listed consumer goods company on multiple strategic acquisitions of personal care and skin care businesses.
- Advising a US-based family office in connection with its acquisition of a controlling equity interest in a privately held e-commerce advertising and marketing agency.
- Advising a global information technology company on its acquisition of a business specializing in mobile data optimization, internet traffic management, and data management solutions and services.
- Advising an industry-leading, value-added distributor of replacement windows, doors, roofing, and siding products on its acquisition by a private equity firm.
Capital Markets
- Advising a Fortune 200, NYSE-listed public energy company on its issuance of US$1.25 billion of debt securities.
- Advising a NYSE-listed renewable energy company on its issuance of US$1.1 billion of debt and US$300 million of convertible debt securities.
- Advising a NYSE-listed renewable energy company on its issuance of US$550 million of convertible preferred equity securities.
Corporate Governance
- Advising boards of directors and leadership of publicly held global companies on responding to investor activism and shareholder proposals, including proxy access and sustainability proposals, CEO transition and board succession, and self-evaluation processes.
- Advising public company clients in connection with SEC reporting and proxy solicitations.
Education
- Case Western Reserve University, J.D., summa cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2016
- The Ohio State University, B.S.B.A., cum laude, 2013
Admissions
- Ohio, 2016
- Note, “The Time Has Come: A Proposed Revision to 17 U.S.C. § 203,” Case Western Reserve Law Review, 2016.