Bonnie Roe is a partner in the corporate group in New York. Bonnie's practice focuses on U.S. securities law and corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and restructurings and financings.

For over 25 years, Bonnie has represented publicly traded companies in a variety of transactions, including securities offerings, acquisitions, and complex financial structuring transactions. She represents both issuers and underwriters or placement agents in public and private cross-border offerings of debt and equity. She provides advice on corporate governance and executive compensation. Bonnie's clients include U.S. and Canadian issuers, investment firms and privately held companies. She has counselled hedge funds, private equity funds, investment advisors, banks and insurance companies.

Representative Work

• Represented Centerplate, Inc. in its secondary offering of income deposit securities in the United States.
• Represented BELLUS Health Inc. in cross-border offerings of convertible debt securities.
• Represented NEON Communications Group, Inc. in its acquisition by RCN Corporation.
• Represented Tim Hortons Inc. in various matters relating to U.S. securities law reporting and corporate governance.

Recognition

• Mentioned in Who's Who in American Law.
• Mentioned in Who's Who of American Women.

Articles and Publications

Bonnie was the Managing Editor of the NYU Journal of International Law and Politics from 1981 to 1982.

Bonnie is the author of the chapter on legal opinions in securities law transactions in M. John Sterba, editor, Legal Opinion Letters: A Comprehensive Guide to Opinion Letter Practice (3rd edition). She is also the author, with Marc Berger, of a model New York limited liability company agreement in Limited Liability Companies, Walter Schwidetsky, editor (forthcoming).

Speaking Engagements

Bonnie has spoken at a meeting of the Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals on the topic of the electronic delivery of proxy material.

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