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Katherine J. Blair

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Partner

Capital Markets
Contact
  • kblair@manatt.com
  • Phone: 310.312.4252
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  • Los Angeles
Bar Admissions
  • California
Education
  • Pepperdine University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1994

    University of California, San Diego, B.A., 1991

Services
  • Capital Markets
  • Corporate and Finance
  • Digital Finance and Marketplace Lending
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Venture Capital / Emerging Companies
Industries
  • Financial Services Transactions
  • Manatt Financial Services

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Profile

Profile

Katherine J. Blair is co-chair of the firm’s capital markets practice and is resident in the Los Angeles office. She is a transactional partner practicing in the areas of corporate, securities, venture capital and emerging companies, mergers and acquisitions, finance, corporate governance and general commercial matters. Katherine has significant experience representing companies and underwriters in various corporate finance and capital market transactions, including IPOs, secondary and follow-on offerings, registered direct and at-the-market offerings, reverse mergers, PIPEs, offshore transactions, trust preferred, debt and preferred stock offerings, tender offers, going-private transactions and venture capital financings. She advises companies on state and federal regulatory, governance and compliance matters related to the SEC, FINRA, NYSE, NYSE MKT, NASDAQ, state regulators and other authorities. Katherine also acts as corporate counsel for companies, advising them on general corporate matters, including board and management counseling, disclosure matters and controls, equity compensation, and other business matters.

Katherine also advises emerging companies on formation, equity compensation plans, seed and venture capital financings and general corporate counseling. She has also advised both sellers and buyers on a variety of complex transactions, including stock and asset sales, mergers, management and leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, strategic alliances and reorganizations. She represents companies in the structure, negotiation, diligence, and completion of transactions ranging from several million dollars to more than $500 million. She has worked in a diverse range of industries, such as specialty finance, consumer goods, Internet and telecommunications, foreign manufacturing, biotechnology and travel.

Experience

Experience

Del Taco sells certain assets

Ambassador Financial Group completes $12M private placement for Oconomowoc Bancshares

Ambassador Financial Group announces $10M private placement for Kinderhook Bank

Finance and Thrift completes merger with Pan American Bank

Central Pacific Financial completes $175M public secondary offering

Digital Turbine acquires Appia for $100M

Macquarie Bank acquires $500M in Impac non-qualified mortgage loans

Highpower International completed registered direct offering

 

Speaking Engagements

Speaking Engagements

Speaker, “Technology, Cyber Issues and Capital Raising Developments,” LACBA 51st Annual Securities Regulation Seminar, October 2018

Speaker, “Cryptocurrency and Crowdfunding,” PLI Alternative Finance Summit 2018: Marketplace Lending, October 2018

Speaker, "Internal Sources of and Limits on Governance Authority" and "Public vs. Private Company Governance," Society for Corporate Governance, Essentials Express, September 12, 2018.

Speaker, “Women Leadership in Law” Conference, Daily Journal, May 2018

Speaker, “Regulation A+ Offerings—How They are Done, Who is Doing Them and What the Future Holds,” Manatt Webinar, April 2018

Speaker, Manatt M&A Value Creation and Preservation Forum, January 2018

Speaker, “Beware the Unwary: Ethical Issues in Navigating a Bet-the-Company Deal,” National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) General Counsel Conference, November 2017

Speaker, "Raising Capital for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses," Securities Regulation Seminar, October 20, 2017.

Moderator, “Corporate Securities Roundtable,” Women’s 100 Conference, June 6, 2017.

Speaker, “Equity Crowdfunding Success Tips & Tricks” and “The Future of Crowdfinance,” Crowd Invest Summit, December 8, 2016.

Speaker, "After Brexit! Current Developments in Capital Raising," TheCorporateCounsel.net, September 2016.

Speaker, "Capital Raising and Crowdfunding," Manatt and StartEngine, September 2016.

Speaker, "Related Party Transactions & Auditing Standard No. 18," Society for Corporate Governance, Western Regional Conference, September 2016.

Speaker, “Consumers as Investors - Redefining Financing Options for Entrepreneurs,” OTC Markets, May 2016.

Moderator, “Are You Braced for Impact? A Deep Dive into Middle Market Deals,” Association for Corporate Growth, San Francisco, March 2016.

Speaker, “Ethical Considerations in Navigating a Bet the Company Deal,” Association of Corporate Counsel, Southern California Chapter, November 2015.

Speaker, “Navigating the IPO Process from a Legal Perspective,” KPMG IPO Bootcamp, September 2015.

Speaker, “Getting your Investors: Crowdfunding, Angels & VCs, Oh my!”, Chick Launcher, July 2014.

Panelist, "Recent Developments in Delaware Corporate Litigation," The Annual Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship and the Law/Palmer Center Symposium, November 2013.

Moderator, Foreign Investments and Cross Border M&A Conference, October 2013.

Panelist, "How to Prepare to Take a Company Public and Prepare an IPO," Corporate Counsel Women of Color Career Strategies Conference, September 2013.

Panelist, Broads Circle 4th Annual Women on Corporate Boards, March 2013.

Panelist, "Delaware's 'Closed-Door' Arbitration: What the future holds for large business disputes and how it will affect M&A deals," The Annual Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship and the Law/Palmer Center Symposium, October 2012.

Moderator, "Strategic Alternatives: Is your company ready for a new chapter?" Broads Circle, September 2012.

Panelist, "When Boilerplate Is Not Boilerplate - Practical Things In-House Counsel Need to Know," Association of Corporate Counsel, Southern California Chapter, January 2012.

Speaker, "Katherine Blair and Shoshannah Katz Discuss Securities Issues in Acquisitions Involving Private Companies," LexisNexis Corporate and Securities Law Center Podcast, November 2011.

Speaker, "Creating a Contract That's So Simple Even a Salesperson Can Use It," Association of Corporate Counsel, Southern California Chapter, July 2011.

Panelist, "Capital Investment and Access to Capital," The President's Forum of Southern California (sponsored by The Entrepreneurship Institute), April 2011.

Panelist, "Being an Effective Corporate Secretary," Association of Corporate Counsel, Southern California Chapter, January 2011.

Speaker, "Recent SEC Developments," Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals, 2007 Western Regional Fall Conference, September 20, 2007.

Memberships

Memberships

Professional Admissions

Admitted to practice in the state of California

Admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Central District of California

American Bar Association (Business Law Section)

Professional Affiliations

Corporations Committee of Business Law Section, State Bar of California (Appointed to four-year term starting 2016)

Los Angeles County Bar Association, Business & Corporations Law Section, Executive Committee, (2015–Present), Chair, (2018–2019)

TheCorporateCounsel.net, Board of Advisors (2015–Present)

Law360 Securities, Editorial Advisory Board Member (2016)

Pepperdine University School of Law, Palmer Center for Entrepreneurship and the Law, Former Advisory Board Member 

Publications

Publications

Contributor, Director's Handbook: A Field Guide to 101 Situations Commonly Encountered in the Boardroom, ABA Section of Business Law, 2017.

Quoted, “Future of Crowdfunding Panel at Crowd Invest Summit West Delves into Broad Potential For Industry,” Equities.com, December 13, 2016.

"Five Tips to Consider When Any Public Company Might Be the Next Target," Law360, February 10, 2014.

Contributor, LexisNexis Securities Practice Guide, 2009-2013.

 

Katherine in the News

  • 01.01.19

    Reviewing the IPO Market From 2018 and Preparing for 2019

    Manatt’s Katherine Blair, co-chair of the firm’s capital markets practice, was quoted by Law360 on initial public offerings from 2018 ...

  • 10.03.18

    Brown Signs Bill Requiring Female Directors on Corporate Boards

    Manatt’s Katherine Blair, co-chair of the firm’s capital markets practice, was quoted by the Daily Journal on a new California law ...

  • 03.26.18

    Blackstreet Capital Holdings Acquires 100 Percent Stake in Cartesian, ...

    MarketLine covered Manatt’s representation of Blackstreet Capital Holdings, LLC, in its acquisition of a 100 percent stake in Cartesian, Inc. ...

  • 11.22.17

    Sterling Bancorp Completes $180M IPO

    Manatt represented Sandler O’Neill & Partners LP, an investment banking firm, as underwriter’s counsel in the IPO of Sterling ...

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Katherine's Newsletters

  • 11.08.18

    California Now Requires Female Directors on Public Company Boards

    In a groundbreaking move to bring gender diversity to the boardroom, on Sept. 30, 2018, Governor Jerry Brown signed California Senate Bill 826 ...

  • 10.01.18

    California Now Requires Female Directors on Public Company Boards

    In a groundbreaking move to bring gender diversity to the boardroom, on Sept. 30, 2018, Governor Jerry Brown signed California Senate Bill 826 (SB ...

  • 03.21.18

    Equifax Insider Trading Charges Highlight Importance of Tailored ...

    In what appears to be the first insider trading case stemming from insider knowledge of material nonpublic cyber-related information, the Securities ...

  • 11.16.17

    SEC Provides Greater Deference to Public Company Boards

    On Nov. 1, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14I(CF), which articulates important interpretive ...

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Katherine's Events and Webinars

  • 05.23.18

    B. Riley FBR Investor Conference

    The 19th Annual B. Riley FBR Investor Conference offers premier networking and business development opportunities for high-level decision makers ...



  • 04.19.18

    Manatt Sponsors Regulation A+ Offerings Program

    Manatt is pleased to co-sponsor a program discussing the current state of Regulation A+ capital raising transactions, titled “Regulation A+ ...



  • 05.24.17

    B. Riley & Co. Institutional Investment Conference

    The 18th Annual B. Riley & Co. Institutional Investment Conference offers premier networking and business development opportunities for ...



  • 03.17.16

    ACG West Coast M&A Conference

    Manatt will sponsor the Association for Corporate Growth's, "2016 West Coast M&A Conference: Where Opportunity Meets Capital," ...

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