Edward F. Petrosky
- Capital Markets
- Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation
ED PETROSKY is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, the co-chair of the firm’s Accounting and Finance Committee and the global chair of the firm’s Capital Markets group. Ed represents both issuers and underwriters in a wide variety of securities offerings and has extensive experience providing legal advice to clients under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Ed currently serves as company counsel and designated underwriters’ counsel for more than 25 companies, with a particular emphasis on REITs, financial institutions, energy and consumer companies. Ed’s practice focuses on IPOs, follow-on common stock offerings, preferred stock offerings, ATM programs, offerings of convertible and exchangeable securities and offerings of senior and subordinated debt securities, including retail and institutional MTN programs and CP programs. He has been involved in more than 365 offerings with an aggregate value in excess of $204 billion since 2010.
Ed is recognized as a leading Equity and Debt lawyer in various publications, including Chambers USA (Band 3), PLC Which Lawyer?, The Legal 500 US (Recommended) and IFLR1000 (Leading Lawyer). In addition, his work in the REIT industry has garnered him acknowledgment in Chambers USA (Band 2) and Hall of Fame status by The Legal 500 US (Leading Lawyer). Ed is also recognized for his work as a Securities lawyer in Chambers Global. Ed has been described in Chambers USA by clients and peers as “unquestionably one of the most business-friendly attorneys I’ve worked with” and “customer focused.” In Who’s Who Legal, Ed is noted as “a naturally gifted lawyer” who wins praise for his “technically outstanding work.” He was recognized by Best Lawyers in America for his work in Corporate Law, Securities and Capital Markets.
Experience
- Representative Matters
- Current representative company relationships include: Simon Property Group, an S&P 100 company and the largest REIT in the world; BorgWarner, a global product leader in powertrain solutions; and VistraEnergy, the largest retailer and generator of electricity in the Texas market.
- Current representative designated underwriters’ counsel relationships include ABB Ltd., Cargill, John Deere, American Honda Finance, GlaxoSmithKline, Hexcel, Land O’Lakes, Public Service Electric and Gas Company, Pitney Bowes, Welltower, American Campus Communities, Education Realty, Kimco Realty, Acadia Realty, W.P. Carey, Retail Opportunity Investment Corp., Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, RLJ Lodging, Playa Hotels and Resorts, Washington Prime and Kite Realty.
- Responsible for Sidley’s work on 16 IPOs since 2012, two IPOs in 2018 and two IPOs in 2017.
- Led the Sidley team in 2012 representing the investment banks in SEC-registered and private sales of TARP preferred stock of more than 30 financial institutions by the U.S. Treasury.
- Represented the underwriters in the Fortress IPO, the first alternative asset manager IPO in the United States.
- Held a prominent role in the successful re-equitization of the REIT industry beginning in 2009, leading the Sidley team on common stock offerings totaling more than $14 billion.
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Admissions & Certifications
- New Jersey
- New York
Education
- Columbia University School of Law, J.D., 1987 (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar)
- Seton Hall University, B.S., 1984