Practice Areas
Sarah Morgan co-heads V&E’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets practice group and is a member of the firm’s partnership admissions committee. She is an experienced securities lawyer who focuses on capital-raising transactions for clients in the energy industry and other sectors. Sarah represents public companies, private companies, investment banks, management teams and private equity in all forms of capital-raising transactions, including IPOs, registered offerings of debt and equity securities, private placements of debt and equity securities, preferred equity investments, at-the-market continuous offering programs (ATMs), tender offers, exchange offers and private debt exchanges. She advises clients, including public companies and their boards of directors, on securities disclosure, corporate governance and compliance matters. She also plays a strategic role in advising clients on a broad range of ESG issues and related risks, including the preparation of sustainability reports and advice on other climate disclosures, the development of corporate ESG programs and related governance oversight and the establishment of net zero or other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets.
She also advises companies and private equity funds concerning mergers, acquisitions, disposition and separation transactions, including significant experience regarding combinations with Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) and spin-off transactions.
Personal
University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 2004 (Articles Development Editor, Virginia Journal of Law and Politics 2003–2004)
Rice University, B.A., 2001
