Kristin L. Padgett
Senior Counsel
Kristin L. Padgett
+1.813.227.6427
Overview
Kristin Padgett is a Tampa business attorney on Holland & Knight's Public Companies and Securities Team. Ms. Padgett is experienced in capital markets transactions and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting and compliance. She counsels clients in many industries including insurance, aerospace and defense, manufacturing and life sciences.
Ms. Padgett advises public companies and other issuers on a broad range of capital markets transactions and securities law matters. Her experience includes guiding clients through public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, as well as ongoing reporting, disclosure and governance obligations under the federal securities laws and stock exchange requirements.
Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Padgett was an associate at a Houston-based law firm where she represented energy clients in capital markets transactions. Ms. Padgett was also a U.S. associate at one of the U.K.'s "Magic Circle" law firms where she represented issuers and underwriters in multijurisdictional equity and debt offerings.
Representative Experience
- Represented an installer of insulation and complementary building products in connection with a $500 million offering of senior unsecured notes pursuant to Rule 144A
- Represented the underwriter in connection with a $40 million public offering of senior unsecured notes by an integrated alternative asset management and insurance solutions firm
- Represented a bitcoin mining company in connection with an at-the-market offering of common stock
- Represented an insurance brokerage firm in connection with concurrent public offerings of $4.3 billion of common stock and $4.2 billion of senior unsecured notes
- Represented a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company in connection with an at-the-market offering of common stock
- Represented a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company in connection with a $7.3 million registered direct offering and concurrent private placements of common stock and warrants
- Represented an insurance brokerage firm in connection with a $600 million public offering of senior unsecured notes
- Represented a real estate investment trust in the direct listing of its shares of common stock on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and subsequent tender offer
- Represented an iGaming operator and supplier of esports solutions in connection with a registered direct offering of common stock and pre-funded warrants
- Represented a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company in connection with a $40 million registered direct offering of common stock and warrants
- Represented a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company in connection with a $10.8 million registered direct offering of common stock
- Represented a global aerospace and defense technology company in connection with a $650 million offering of senior unsubordinated unsecured notes
- Represented a leading insurance brokerage firm in connection with a $700 million public offering of senior unsecured notes
- Represented a global aerospace and defense technology company in connection with an exchange offer
- Represented a global aerospace and defense technology company in connection with a $400 million offering of senior unsubordinated unsecured notes
- Represented an insurance brokerage firm in connection with a $350 million public offering of senior unsecured notes
- Represented a developer in connection with a $160 million private placement to accredited investors
- Represented an agribusiness and land management holding company in connection with an issuer tender offer
- Represented a global provider of packaging and protective solutions in connection with a $250 million high-yield bond offering of senior unsecured notes pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S
- Represented a global aerospace and defense technology company in connection with an $850 million offering of senior unsubordinated unsecured notes
- Represented a Florida-based women's health practice in three private placements to accredited investors
- Represented a biopharmaceutical company in connection with a $12.5 million private placement of common stock and warrants
- Represented a global hospitality provider in connection with a $350 million offering of senior notes pursuant to Rule 144A and subsequent exchange offer
- Represented a liquified natural gas company in two exchange offers
- Represented a liquified natural gas company in an initial public offering of common shares on the NYSE
- Represented the underwriters in connection with the offering of $750 million notes of a mining and metallurgical company
- Represented the underwriters in connection with three sovereign bond issuances
- Represented the underwriters in connection with the offering of $325 million of senior unsecured notes of an emerging markets focused investment bank pursuant to Rule 144A
- Represented the underwriters in connection with the offering of $1.25 billion notes of an independent natural gas producer pursuant to Rule 144A
- Represented the underwriters in connection with the offering of $800 million of guaranteed senior notes of a large shipping company pursuant to Rule 144A
- Represented the underwriters in connection with the offering of $1 billion of guaranteed notes of a private bank pursuant to Rule 144A
- Advised New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq and over-the-counter (OTC) listed companies on a range of securities law, stock exchange listing and disclosure matters
Credentials
Education
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D.
- University of Florida, B.A., Russian and Political Science, cum laude
Bar Admissions/Licenses
- Florida
- New York
Memberships
- Crossroads for Florida Kids, Board of Directors, 2021-Present
- Tampa Connection, Class of 2023
- Adjunct Professor, Securities Regulation, Stetson University College of Law
Honors & Awards
- Holland & Knight Pro Bono All-Star, 2021
- Rising Star, Florida Super Lawyers magazine, 2016-2019