Cheryl Gandy

Staff Attorney
About

Cheryl is a member of eXplore: DLA Piper's eDiscovery Resource Center and is an essential team member supporting case teams and clients. As a member of eXplore, Cheryl provides high-level document review and analysis services essential for our clients, including production review, privilege review, quality control review, and fact investigation. Cheryl has significant experience with Relativity and other eDiscovery tools, including analytical tools and technology-assisted review.

Bar admissionsNew YorkNew Jersey

EXPERIENCE

  • US$300 million securitized 8¾% notes offering backed by securitized life settlement bonds relating to constructing mobile telephone towers in rural Nigeria
  • US$60 million senior secured notes and warrants offering of domestic power and equipment company backed by first priority lien on substantially all company subsidiaries and assets
  • US$100 million mortgage-backed bond issue of regional banking institution
  • US$225 million secondary offering of primary and secondary shares of common stock of a NYSE listed multinational dry bulk cargo shipping company for financing of additional shipping vessels
  • US$100 million units offering of a Cayman Islands’ Special Purpose Acquisition Company
  • US$100 million units offering of general and/or limited partnership interests and warrants of a domestic oil & gas exploration company
Languages
  • French
Education
  • J.D., The State University of New York at Buffalo
  • M.P.A., Harvard University
  • B.A., The State University of New York at Buffalo

Prior Experience

Cheryl has over 20 years of experience in:

  • Structuring highly complex, sophisticated corporate finance transactions, spanning alternative financing, M&A, and public & private offerings of equity and debt securities
  • Advising private and publicly traded companies on relative SEC filings, including registration statements, 10Ks, 10Qs, 8Ks, Section 16 filings, and proxy statements; providing strategic direction on obligations, corporate governance, and stock exchange listing requirements
  • Managing large research and review teams in preparation for securities fraud litigation