Gerard S. DiFiore

Gerry is a partner in the firm’s Global Corporate Group, serves as chairman of the firm's Securities Review Committee and is a member of the firm’s Emerging Company practice and the Opinion Committee. He has over three decades of experience representing clients in equity and debt public offerings, private placements, VC and PE investments, M&A deals, joint ventures, financings and similar transactional and governance matters.

Gerry worked in Reed Smith’s Hong Kong office for several years and has considerable experience in cross border M&A transactions between China and the US. He also has considerable experience in advising public companies on their ongoing SEC reporting requirements, disclosure issues, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and corporate governance matters. He started his legal career at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, Washington DC as a lawyer in the Corporation Finance Division.

Gerry works with companies in a variety of industries including life sciences, consumer products, technology / fintech, food & beverage, manufacturing, energy and real estate. He routinely works with senior management and private equity firms and their portfolio companies in reaching strategic goals, assisting companies in all stages of the growth cycle, from early stage private companies to mature publicly traded companies. During his career, he has handled capital markets and M&A matters having aggregate transaction value well in excess of $20 billion.

Representative Matters
Capital Markets, Securities Offerings 

• Represented Winsway Enterprises Holdings Limited (HKG: 1733) in connection with US capital markets aspects of its debt restructuring 
• Represented global commercial property developer Dalian Wanda Properties in $4.14 billion Hong Kong listed IPO (largest commercial real estate IPO in history)
• Represented Skyland Mining (BVI) Limited, a Chinese SOE, in $500 million investment grade global bond offering