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Charlotte May is a corporate associate in the firm’s Washington, DC office. Her practice focuses on advising clients on a broad range of corporate and securities matters, including capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and securities disclosure and compliance issues.
- Assists clients with respect to transactional matters, including primary and secondary offerings, tender offers, mergers and acquisitions, and similar matters.
- Advises various public companies in the preparation of SEC periodic reports, proxy statements, beneficial ownership reports, and on other securities law compliance matters.
- Recent capital markets transactions include:
- Represented Insmed Incorporated in its public offerings of $402.5 million of common stock and $450 million of convertible senior notes;
- Represented the underwriters on the initial public offering by Origin Bancorp, Inc. with an aggregate deal value of $142.2 million;
- Represented the underwriters in Union Bankshares Corporation’s $301.4 million secondary public offering of common stock; and
- Represented the underwriters in IBERIABANK Corporation’s $100 million public offering of depositary shares.
- Recent M&A transactions include:
- Represented WSFS Financial Corporation in its $1.5 billion acquisition of Beneficial Bancorp, Inc.;
- Represented Veritex Holdings, Inc. in its $1 billion acquisition of Green Bancorp, Inc.; and
- Represented a Union Bankshares Corporation in its $500 million acquisition of Access National Corporation.
Pro Bono
- Advised client focused on rescue animals in Los Angeles in its formation as a California non-profit and 501(c)(3) company.
Memberships and Affiliations
- The Rescue Team, Inc., Board Member
- Study Leader for ABA’s M&A Market Trends Subcommittee Deal Points Study on Carveout Transactions
- Law School Initiative Leader for ABA’s Women in M&A Subcommittee
Previous Experience
- Judicial extern for Hon. Judge Consuelo B. Marshall, U.S. District Court, Central District of California
Women in Mergers and Acquisitions Panel Discussion
April 15, 2019, ABA's Women in M&A Subcommittee, Penn Law School
Effects of the Government Shutdown on Public M&A
January 25, 2019, ABA’s Acquisitions of Public Companies Subcommittee Meeting
The M&A Carveout: The Perils and Pitfalls of Partial Divestitures
September 15, 2018, ABA’s Business Law Section Annual Meeting
Women in Mergers and Acquisitions Panel Discussion
September 13, 2018, ABA's Women in M&A Subcommittee, University of TX Law School
August 8, 2018
WASHINGTON—Covington advised Wilmington, Delaware-based WSFS Financial Corporation in its acquisition of Philadelphia-based Beneficial Bancorp, Inc., in a transaction valued at approximately $1.5 billion. This is the second bank M&A deal in two weeks where Covington is representing the acquiring institution. Covington is also representing Dallas-based Veritex ...
January/February 2018, The Corporate Governance Advisor
November 7, 2017, Covington Alert
On November 1, 2017, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Staff”) published Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14I (“SLB 14I”), which includes important new guidance regarding the Staff’s administration of the SEC’s shareholder proposal rule.