Kevin MacLeod is the Head of the New York Capital Markets group at Vedder Price and a Shareholder in the firm’s Corporate practice area. He primarily advises clients on capital markets transactions and securities law matters.
Mr. MacLeod has advised issuers, underwriters and investors in relation to more than 200 securities offerings with aggregate proceeds in excess of $75 billion, particularly involving issuers in the aviation industry or the financial and industrials sectors. Many of these transactions were recognized as “deals of the year” by industry publications.
Mr. MacLeod advises clients on public offerings, 144A/Reg S offerings and private placements of debt and equity securities and compliance with US Federal securities laws, including the US Securities Act of 1933, the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and related rules and regulations.
He has extensive experience with corporate debt offerings and structured finance matters. In aviation, he often advises on ABS transactions, investment grade and high yield notes (secured and unsecured) and enhanced equipment trust certificates (EETCs). Mr. MacLeod has also advised clients on IPOs, secondary equity offerings, tender offers, consent solicitations and other liability management matters.
In 2017, he was recommended by The Legal 500 United States guide in the Finance—Asset Finance and Leasing category. Before joining Vedder Price, Mr. MacLeod was a special counsel at the New York office of an AM Law 50 firm. Mr. MacLeod graduated from McGill University’s Faculty of Law where he was Editor-in-Chief of the McGill Law Journal.
