Elizabeth A. Diffley is an accomplished and pragmatic advisor to public and private clients on corporate and securities matters, including corporate governance, capital raising transactions, public company reporting and compliance, and mergers and acquisitions, as well as general corporate matters.
Knowledgeable across a broad range of industries, Beth has particular experience advising insurance and other financial services companies on a variety of corporate matters.
Beth joined Drinker Biddle from the Paris office of a New York law firm, where her practice primarily involved cross-border securities offerings and compliance with U.S. securities laws and reporting obligations.
She previously worked in audit services for Pricewater house Coopers, and offers sound business judgment and valuable insight on matters related to accounting and financial reporting issues. She is a certified public accountant in New York and fluent in French.
Beth regularly writes on securities and governance topics, including those with accounting implications. She serves on several firm committees, including the Women’s Leadership Committee, and runs various aspects of the corporate associates training program.
Beth is committed to women’s rights and community engagement, and serves on the boards of directors of several nonprofits.
Experience :
- Several issuers with respect to SEC reporting compliance obligations, including drafting and reviewing periodic reports and proxy statements, and advising on corporate governance and other strategic matters.
- An insurance company in several registered debt offerings and tender offers to repurchase outstanding debt.
- A clinical-stage biotechnology company in registered underwritten offerings of common stock and a registered “at-the-market” offering of common stock.
- Selling stockholder in several registered secondary offerings of NYSE-listed common stock for aggregate net proceeds of nearly $180 million.
- Several multinational financial services institutions in registered offerings of perpetual hybrid capital securities.
- A provider of global trade customs compliance management services and customs brokerage services and its shareholders in the company’s acquisition by a global Fortune 500 company.
- Several private equity funds in the sales of portfolio companies in a competitive auction process involving multiple bidders and transactional representation and warranty insurance.
- A private equity fund in connection with several investments in portfolio companies, including acquisition negotiation, debt financing, capital structuring and employee matters.
- A provider of online subscription-based test preparation materials in connection with its acquisition via merger by a leading publishing company, including all proxy statement preparation and member approval matters.
- A multinational financial services institution in its successful tender offer to acquire a French insurance company.
Education :
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 2004, magna cum laude
- University of Pennsylvania, B.S., 1999, summa cum laude
Bar Admissions : New Jersey, Pennsylvania
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