Gabrielle A. Gaudet

Gabby is an associate in the firm’s Corporate practice, where she represents public and private companies across a broad range of industries, including payment processing, energy, technology, banking, general manufacturing, and private equity. Her practice focuses on an array of corporate and securities matters, including mergers and acquisitions, public offerings and private placements of debt and equity securities, SEC reporting and regulatory compliance, and other general corporate governance matters.

• Represented a newly-public, former SPAC and up-C structured payments technology company on over $1 billion in consecutive primary and secondary offerings, including a concurrent common stock and 144A convertible notes offering.
• Represented a privately held company in a $950 million recapitalization deal with a private equity investment firm.
• Represented a NYSE-listed global distributor of automotive and industrial parts in separate carve-out transactions of its business products wholesale division to a strategic investor group, and its personal protective equipment and sanitation and janitorial products business to a leading private equity firm.
• Counseled a NYSE-traded energy utility company in multiple private placements of mortgage bonds and senior unsecured notes of an aggregate principal amount of $375 million.
• Represented a privately owned manufacturing company in its acquisition by the largest building materials business in North America and in Europe.
• Represented a private equity fund in its acquisition of a global B2B integration company.
• Served as a designated underwriter’s counsel in a $200 million subordinated notes offering for a publicly traded financial services company.
• Represented one of North America’s largest manufacturers of wire and cable products in the strategic carve-out divestiture of its electrical conductors, connectors, and components manufacturing business to a conglomerate.
• Counseled several bank holding companies and other financial institutions in connection with strategic transactions and public and private offerings of debt and equity securities.
• Advised de novo banks in their formations and initial capital-raising activities.

• Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch: Securities / Capital Markets Law (2026)