W. Benjamin "Ben" Barkley
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Recognized since 2009
Atlanta, Georgia
Corporate Compliance Law
Corporate Governance Law
Corporate Law
Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Securities / Capital Markets Law
Securities Regulation
Ben Barkley advises public and private clients in a broad range of corporate finance transactions and securities regulatory matters, including:
- mergers and acquisitions
- public offerings and private placements of debt and equity securities
- venture capital and private equity investments
- compliance with securities disclosure obligations
- corporate governance
- corporate restructurings, recapitalizations and distressed situations
- joint ventures and strategic alliances
- special committee, board and independent director counsel
Mr. Barkley has broad experience structuring and executing mergers and acquisitions and other control transactions, including extensive experience representing strategic buyers in consolidating industries, leading serial acquisition programs including from 10 to 120 acquisitions. He has handled public and private issuances of debt securities in transactions ranging in size from $20 million to $1.35 billion, including Rule 144A offerings, high yield 144A-for-life bond offerings, investment grade public debt offerings, institutional private placements, and Exxon Capital debt exchange offerings. He also has extensive experience with equity offerings ranging in size from $10 million to more than $1 billion, including initial public offerings, secondary offerings, at-the-market continuous offerings, and PIPES transactions.
Mr. Barkley previously served as Deputy Managing Partner of the firm, and as Chairman of its Corporate Practice.- E-mail: bbarkley@kilpatrickstockton.com
- Direct Phone Number: 404-815-6500
- Phone Number: 404-815-6500
- Lawyer Page: https://ktslaw.com/People/B/BarkleyWBenjamin.aspx
- 1100 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 2800
Atlanta, GA 30309
- University of Georgia, J.D., graduated 1991
- University of Georgia, graduated 1988
- University of Georgia, graduated 1991
202 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
128 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
- Securities Regulation, Atlanta (2025)
- Securities Regulation, Atlanta (2023)
- Corporate Law, Atlanta (2022)
- Securities Regulation, Atlanta (2017)
- Corporate Compliance Law
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Securities Regulation
- Corporate Compliance
- Corporate Finance
- Corporate Governance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity
- Securities
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