Ekaterina Bogdanov
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Ekaterina Bogdanov

Associate

Ekaterina represents investment banks and corporate issuers in a broad range of public and private capital markets transactions, as well as provides ongoing corporate advice.
Ekaterina's practice includes initial public offerings, follow-on, secondary and other equity offerings, acquisition financings, investment grade and high-yield debt issuances, cross-border securities offerings and liability management transactions in a wide range of industries, including life sciences, media and telecommunications, financial services, metals and mining, and sovereign issuers.

Expertise

Experience

Representative matters

Going Public Transactions
  • BofA Securities and a global financial institution as representatives of the underwriters in connection with the upsized $180 million initial public offering of CeriBell, Inc.
  • A multinational telecommunications company on the $3.2 billion initial market capitalization spin-off and dual SIX and Nasdaq listing of its Swiss telecommunications business, Sunrise Communications AG.
  • BofA Securities, Evercore ISI, Stifel, Guggenheim Securities, Credit Suisse and a global financial institution as joint book-running managers in connection with the upsized $221 million initial public offering of Mineralys Therapeutics, Inc.
  • TELUS International (Cda) Inc. in its upsized $1.06 billion initial public offering and NYSE listing
  • BofA Securities and William Blair as lead bookrunning managers and LifeSci Capital as co-manager in $176 million initial public offering of Lucira Health, Inc.
  • Genmab in its $506 million initial public offering and listing of American Depositary Shares on the Nasdaq.
  • Sundial Growers in its $143 million initial public offering and listing of common shares on the Nasdaq.
Follow-on and Other Equity Offerings
  • BofA Securities, Evercore and Goldman Sachs as representatives of the underwriters in connection a $175 million follow-on public equity offering by Mineralys Therapeutics, Inc.
  • TD Securities and Goldman Sachs as representatives of the underwriters in connection with a $13.1 billion secondary registered offering of shares of The Charles Schwab Corporation by The Toronto-Dominion Bank. The transaction marked the largest financial services public equity offering of the past five years and one of the largest equity offerings in the United States in a decade. Through the equity offering and a $1.5 billion repurchase by Charles Schwab of its shares from TD Bank, TD Bank sold its entire 10.1% economic stake in Charles Schwab for a total of $14.6 billion in gross proceeds.
  • BofA Securities and J.P. Morgan as joint underwriters and bookrunning managers in connection with the $404 million follow-on public equity offering by Bruker Corporation
  • BofA Securities, Piper Sandler and Morgan Stanley as joint book-running managers in connection with $175 million follow-on public equity offering by PROCEPT BioRobotics® Corporation
  • BofA Securities and the other underwriters in Exact Sciences Corporation’s (i) public offering of $747.5 million aggregate principal amount of its 0.3750% convertible senior notes due 2027 and (ii) concurrent exchange of approximately $493.4 million of its outstanding principal amount of 1.0% convertible senior notes due 2025 for cash and shares
Debt Offerings
  • A healthcare company in connection with its $6 billion and $5 billion senior note offerings to finance a healthcare company's $10.6 billion acquisition of Oak Street Health, Inc.
  • Vitality Re XV Limited, a healthcare company, Aetna Life Insurance Company and Health Re, Inc. in connection with Vitality Re XV Limited’s $140 million Series 2024, Class A Principal-at-Risk Variable Rate Notes and $60 million Series 2024, Class B Principal-at-Risk Variable Rate Notes.
  • The Bank of Nova Scotia, the Province of Ontario and the Province of British Columbia in connection with their registered debt offerings.
  • BofA Securities, Barclays, BMO and other underwriters in connection with Bell Canada’s registered debt offerings.
  • BofA Securities, Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., a global financial institution and RBC Capital Markets, LLC as joint bookrunners in connection with a $1.25 billion notes offering by Kinder Morgan, Inc.
  • J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, BofA Securities, and a global financial institution as underwriters in connection with a $600 million notes offering by Steel Dynamics, Inc.
  • Mizuho Securities USA LLC, A Japanese asset manager, Inc., TD Securities (USA) LLC and a global financial institution, LLC as joint bookrunners in connection with a $2.25 billion notes offering by Kinder Morgan, Inc.
  • Mizuho, TD Securities and US Bancorp as joint book-running managers in connection with a $800 million notes offering by Atmos Energy Corporation.
  • Barclays, Mizuho, TD Securities, and a global financial institution, in connection with a $750 shelf takedown of notes by ONEOK Inc.
  • J.P. Morgan Securities and other managers in connection with a $550 million private placement of notes by Teck Resources Limited.

Published Work

  • Mujalovic, I., Halbhuber, H. & Bogdanov, E. (2024) “Initial Public Offerings, 2024”, Chapter “Going public in the USA: an overview of the regulatory framework and capital markets process for IPOs.” Global Legal Insights.
  • Masella, R., Mujalovic, I. & Bogdanov, E. (2022) “Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions Answer Book”, Chapter 11. Financing Drug Development Actions, Practising Law Institute

Qualifications

Admissions

Attorney-at-Law, New York

Academic

MBA, with distinction, BBA with distinction, Schulich School of Business

J.D., Osgoode Hall Law School York University

Languages

Russian
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.