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Emily E. Leitch

Leitch, Emily E.

Associate

Houston
P 713.221.1308
F 713.222.3249
emily.leitch@bgllp.com

Assistant

Marsha Swenson
713.223.2300 x2014

Emily Leitch advises and represents business clients on securities matters, corporate finance and general corporate transactions. With a primary focus on capital markets, she represents issuers and underwriters in public and private offerings of equity securities, high-yield debt securities and investment-grade debt securities.  She also has extensive experience in various liability management transactions such as tender and exchange offers, consent solicitations and redemptions. With respect to general corporate and securities matters, Ms. Leitch provides legal counsel on issues relating to corporate governance, including compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and SEC and stock exchange initiatives, compliance with reporting and disclosure obligations, and the fiduciary duties of boards of directors. Ms. Leitch also assists clients with business mergers, acquisitions and commercial transactions within the United States and internationally. 

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Representative Matters

Part of team representing the placement agent in a private placement of $20.5 million of common stock of Endeavour International Corporation.

Part of team representing the underwriter in a public offering of 214,950 shares of cumulative perpetual preferred stock of Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation.

Part of team representing the underwriters in a $30.6 million public offering of common stock of GeoResources, Inc.

Part of team representing Orion Marine Group, Inc. in a $82.7 million public offering of common stock.

Part of team representing El Paso Corporation in multiple public offerings of senior notes totaling $2.875 billion.

Part of team representing Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company in a $250 million Rule 144A offering of senior notes.

Part of team representing Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. (formerly Hillenbrand Industries, Inc.) in the spin-off of its Batesville Casket business.

Part of team representing the underwriter in a $56 million public offering of common stock of Cano Petroleum, Inc.

Part of team representing the underwriters in a $28 million public offering of common stock of Petro Resources Corporation.

Part of team representing the underwriters in a $54.6 million public offering of common stock of Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc.

Part of team representing El Paso Natural Gas Company in a $355 million Rule 144A offering of senior notes.

Part of team representing Southern Natural Gas Company in a $500 million Rule 144A offering of senior notes.

Part of team representing the underwriters in a $800 million public offering of senior notes of Energy Transfer Partners LP.

Education

J.D., The University of Texas School of Law, 2006
B.A., University of Virginia, 2001

Bar Admissions

Texas

Affiliations

State Bar of Texas
Houston Bar Association
Houston Young Lawyers Association