Brian Heller Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

New York, NY

• Chief Counsel of Investment Banking, KBW (May 2013-July 2018).
• Legal Head of Investment Banking, Stifel Financial Corp. (January 2017-July 2018).
• Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel, KBW and Stifel Financial Corp. (July 2011-July 2018).
• Corporate Secretary, KBW (April 2013-July 2018).
• Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel, KBW (Nov 2006-July 2011) Chief counsel of investment banking, as well as general corporate counsel on a broad… Show more
• Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel, KBW (Nov 2006-July 2011) Chief counsel of investment banking, as well as general corporate counsel on a broad base of commercial, securities and compliance.

Greater New York City Area

• CAPITAL MARKETS. Lead attorney on public and private capital markets offerings for several issuers, underwriters, placement agents, private equity funds and selling stockholders:
• Transactions include IPOs, follow-on and secondary offerings, block trades, Regulation D private placements, rights offerings, shelf filings and takedowns, LBOs, Rule 144A/Regulation S offerings and A/B exchange offers.
• Securities offered include common stock, preferred stock, high-yield, investment… Show more CAPITAL MARKETS. Lead attorney on public and private capital markets offerings for several issuers, underwriters, placement.
• Securities offered include common stock, preferred stock, high-yield, investment grade and convertible debt, income deposit securities and trust preferred securities.
• Experience involves extensive 1933 Act exposure and includes negotiating underwriting and purchase agreements, debt covenants, indentures, registration rights agreements, comfort letters, legal opinions and selling.
• Representation of acquirers in both cash and stock-for-stock acquisitions of public companies, as well as all-asset purchases. Includes drafting and negotiating merger agreements, S-4 registration statements and other.

Greater New York City Area

Capital markets, securities law and mergers and acquisition experience at Dewey Ballantine is incorporated into description of experience at Mayer Brown, set forth above.

Jd, Law

Activities and Societies: Vanderbilt Law Review (Associate Managing Editor); West Publishing Company Award for Outstanding Scholastic.

Ab, English And Political Science