Senior Managing Associate

Patricia Wood

Capital Markets

pwood@sidley.com

New York +1 212 839 8756

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PATRICIA WOOD’s practice focuses on corporate and securities law matters and involves the representation of issuers, dealers, underwriters and agents in domestic and cross-border, SEC-registered and exempt transactions, including offerings of common and preferred stock, senior debt and equity derivatives. She has experience representing clients with ISDA documentation and in a diverse set of industries, including the biotech, consumer goods, energy, financial services, food and beverage, insurance and real estate sectors. Her work in Capital Markets gained her recognition in Crain’s New York Business’ “20 in Their 20s: 2020” list. Patricia has also been named to the National Association of Women Lawyers’ 2023 Rising List.

In addition, Patricia practiced as part of the firm’s Capital Markets group in London. During her time in the London office, Patricia deepened her experience through a variety of cross-border, SEC-registered and exempt transactions, including Fnac Darty SA’s senior notes offering.

Prior to joining Sidley, Patricia practiced at another major law firm where she represented clients in a range of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, public and private financings, and cross-border transactions.

Patricia received her J.D. from Osgoode Hall Law School, her MBA from the Schulich School of Business, and her BSc (Honors) from the University of Toronto. She also received her Certificate in International Business Law from Queen’s University and her Certificate in Transnational Legal Studies from the Center for Transnational Legal Studies (Georgetown University Law Center). During such time, Patricia participated in several organizations, including serving as a senior editor for Transnational Legal Theory and president of the Society for Corporate Governance at Osgoode Hall Law School.

Experience

Patricia has assisted in the representation of:

The Agents and their respective affiliates in connection with Americold Realty Trust, Inc.’s US$900 million “at-the-market” offering of common stock, which included a forward sales component.
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. in connection with the offer and sale of 12,006,000 shares of common stock on a forward basis (including 1,566,000 shares relating to the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares, which the underwriters exercised in full).
Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, and other underwriters in the US$103 million initial public offering of Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc., a commercial mortgage REIT focused on transitional commercial real estate assets located in major U.S. markets.
Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, and Citigroup in the US$300 million initial public offering of Bridge Investment Group Holdings, Inc., a leading, vertically integrated real estate investment manager, diversified across specialized asset classes, with approximately US$26 billion of assets under management.
The RealReal, an online consignment marketplace for luxury goods, on its offering of US$150 million in aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes, due 2025.
Citigroup as underwriter for Stryker Corporation, a multinational medical technologies corporation, in its offering of aggregate US$2.3 billion in notes.

Patricia is a member of the firm’s Associate Relations Committee and the firm’s Associates Committee on Diversity and Inclusion. She volunteers with several organizations in the community, including the Canadian Association of New York and the University of Toronto Alumni Association, and plans networking events for the Osgoode-Schulich JD/MBA Alumni in New York. She is also the facilitator for a Women in Financial Markets (WIFM) wolfpack, where she engages with other female leaders in the derivatives space, and collaborates with other empowering women as a co-chair of the National Association of Women Lawyers’ Women in Corporate Transactions affinity group.

Credentials

Admissions & Certifications

U.S. Supreme Court
New York
Ontario, Canada

Education

Osgoode Hall Law School, J.D., 2016
Schulich School of Business, York University, MBA, 2016 ((dean's list), Women Who Rock Award recipient and Dennis Starritt Award recipient)
Trinity College at the University of Toronto, B.Sc., 2012 (honors, dean’s list, with distinction, Chancellor’s Award recipient and Buchanan Scholarship recipient)