Capital Markets
Jackson Walker’s Capital Markets attorneys offer a full spectrum of services to issuers, investors, underwriters, and private equity sponsors. Jackson Walker’s deep industry knowledge and partnership with local counsel enable us to offer unique solutions that ensure successful capital-raising opportunities and adherence to evolving regulations and best practices.
The firm is adept at handling a wide variety of capital markets transactions, including public offerings and private placements as well as corporate governance and regulatory compliance. Our expertise spans multiple industries such as energy, technology manufacturing, real estate, telecommunications and healthcare. The firm’s attorneys are well-versed in various types of equity offerings, including IPOs, follow-on and secondary offerings, PIPE transactions and shelf take-downs, and high-yield, convertible, and investment-grade debt offerings, as well as private financings. This broad experience allows Jackson Walker to provide tailored solutions that help clients achieve their capital-raising objectives while navigating complex regulatory landscapes.
Jackson Walker’s team assists clients through every phase of the capital markets transaction process. This includes structuring entities, advising and negotiating the structure and terms of securities, drafting and negotiating underwriting agreements, preparing registration statements and disclosure documents, coordinating filings with and reviews by the Securities and Exchange Commission and national securities exchanges, and addressing regulatory issues under laws such as the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Dodd-Frank, the JOBS Act, and the Investment Company Act of 1940. Our attorneys excel in developing governance policies and procedures, managing the SEC review process, and coordinating with other professionals involved in the offering process. Our comprehensive approach ensures that clients are well-prepared for post-IPO planning, corporate governance, and compliance with listing requirements on major exchanges such as NYSE and NASDAQ.
Our services include:
- Initial public offerings
- Rule 144A and Regulation S offerings
- Follow-on & secondary offerings
- At-the-market offerings
- Registered direct offerings
- Shelf take-downs
- PIPEs
- 506(b) and 506(c) private placements
- Regulation A+ offerings
- Represented a private credit card transaction processing and loyalty and database administration services corporation in connection with a $300 million initial public offering of common stock and primary and secondary follow-on public offerings of common stock.
- Represented a public NYSE real estate investment trust in connection with the following transactions: public and private securities offerings, implementation of a dividend reinvestment plan, $1.0 billion universal shelf for sale of common and preferred securities, and implementation and expansion of a “dribble” financing program.
- Representation of publicly traded energy company in connection with multiple “shelf take-down” offerings in excess of $300 million in common stock.
- Representation of a publicly traded energy company in the contemporaneous closing of multiple acquisitions and issuance of $215 million of senior notes in a Rule 144A offering.
- Served as counsel to a Texas-based bank holding company in connection with its initial public offering for gross proceeds of approximately $48 million, before underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.
- Represented a software development and outsourcing services company in an initial public offering and a follow-on public offering and in multiple acquisitions of software development companies.
- Represented a Houston-based coalbed methane exploration and production company in a Rule 144A transaction and raised $130 million in equity, and in a new $150 million debt facility.
- Represented a Denver-based upstream oil and gas company with a private placement of $175 million of convertible senior notes.
- Represented a Houston-based oil and gas exploration and production company in the acquisition of the domestic oil and gas exploration and production businesses owned by Calpine Corporation for cash consideration of $1.05 billion; including representation in an $800 million Rule 144A equity offering and creation of debt facilities up to $425 million; represented the company in the initial public registration with the SEC of the private equity sold in the Rule 144A offering.
- Represented DT Midstream in connection with a $421 million follow-on equity offering and a $650 million senior secured notes offering.
- Represented LatAmGrowth SPAC, a Latin American-based SPAC targeting high growth companies in Latin America, mainly Brazil, on its $130 million IPO and Nasdaq listing of units.
- The underwriter on the $200 million IPO and NYSE listing of the units of Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 Limited, an Israel-based SPAC targeting companies in the mobility-related technology industry.
- A public energy company in approximately $250 million shelf registration offering of 8.5 million units to the public.
- Represented a designer and manufacturer of truck and van bodies and delivery vehicles and pick-up truck caps and tonneau covers in Rule 144A high yield offerings of over $1 billion.
October 10, 2025
Attorney News
Jackson Walker Expands Health Care Team With Sheppard Mullin Partner in Dallas | Texas Lawyer
Jackson Walker expanded its health care team by hiring Phil Kim, who handles transactional and regulatory matters for a wide range of health care clients. Phil joined Jackson Walker as a partner in the health care and life sciences group in Dallas.
September 8, 2025
Insights
New Texas Law Applicable to “Nationally Listed Corporations” Sets Forth Heightened Requirements for Shareholder Proposals
By Noah Speck, Michael F. Meskill, & Emily Leitch
Texas Senate Bill 1057 adds new Section 21.373 to the Texas Business Organizations Code. This new Section of the TBOC creates a framework that governs when and how shareholders of “nationally listed corporations” may submit matters for a shareholder vote, provided that the corporation affirmatively elects to be governed by this Section of the TBOC.
August 22, 2024
Attorney News
Patrick H. Rose, IV Joins Jackson Walker’s Corporate & Securities Practice
Jackson Walker is pleased to announce that Patrick H. Rose, IV has joined as a partner in the Corporate & Securities practice group in the Dallas office.
November 2, 2023
Spotlight
Jackson Walker Earns 25 National and 134 Metro Rankings in 2024 Edition of “Best Law Firms”
Jackson Walker proudly announces the firm’s inclusion in the 2024 edition of Best Law Firms® by Best Lawyers. This year, Jackson Walker observed notable improvements in the national rankings, including the rise of Appellate Practice to Tier 1, Banking and Finance Law and Litigation – Labor and Employment to Tier 2, and the addition of Energy Law and Environmental Law in Tier 3.
November 3, 2022
Spotlight
Jackson Walker Earns 24 National and 121 Regional “Best Law Firms” Rankings in 2023 Edition
Jackson Walker proudly announces the Firm’s inclusion in the 2023 edition of the U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list. This year, our firm improved in the national rankings, with the rise of Appellate Practice and Corporate Law to Tier 2.
May 13, 2019
Attorney News
Kirk Tucker Joins Corporate & Securities Practice in Houston
Kirk joins the Corporate & Securities practice with a focus on helping domestic and international energy clients with matters related to mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, capital raising, and general corporate law.
October 17, 2018
Spotlight
Jackson Walker Ranks Among Top Texas Firms for Capital Markets Activity in First Half of 2018
Concluding the first half of 2018, Jackson Walker secured over $1.24 billion in capital markets transactions to place the Firm at No. 11 in The Texas Lawbook’s Corporate Deal Tracker results.
April 16, 2014
Mentions
Michael Meskill Quoted in ‘The Dallas Morning News’ on Capital Markets
Jackson Walker partner Michael Meskill was quoted in an April 15, 2014, article in The Dallas Morning News.
