Dewey & LeBoeuf

Veronica Rodriguez

Associate

Veronica Rodriguez is an associate in Dewey & LeBoeuf's Corporate Department. Ms. Rodriguez's practice is primarily centered on the areas of securities and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Ms. Rodriguez provides corporate and securities advice to underwriters in public and private securities offerings, and advises clients in connection with ongoing SEC disclosure obligations. Ms. Rodriguez also advises insurers on structured finance transactions, including embedded value and XXX transactions, as well as catastrophe bonds.

Representative Matters

Advised Puget Energy in its $7.4 billion acquisition by a consortium of long-term infrastructure investors;
Advised Energy East Corporation in its $8.1 billion merger with Iberdrola S.A.;
Advised Public Service Enterprise Group in the $1.2 billion sale of its Chilean subsidiaries, the SAESA Group;
Advised Babcock & Brown in its $6.6 billion acquisition of investment in Natural Gas Pipeline of America;
Advised Lincoln National Corporation in its $7.5 billion merger with Jefferson-Pilot Financial Corporation;
Advised Goldman Sachs Capital Partners in its $1.4 billion acquisition of USI Holding Corporation;
Advised Argonaut Group Inc. in its merger with PXRE;
Advised Delek Group in its $290 million merger with Republic Companies Group;
Advised Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in connection with the disposition of its 401(k) business to Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company;
Advised MidAmerican Energy Company in their $650 million issuance of senior notes;
Advised MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company in connection with their $1 billion issuance of senior bonds;
Advised Liberty Mutual Insurance Company in connection with their $750,000,000 principal-at-risk variable rate note program; and
Advised Allstate in connection with their $2 billion principal-at-risk variable rate note program.
Advised a state-owned oil company in its bid to acquire a 275,000 bbl/d oil refinery;
Advised a state-owned oil company in its bid to acquire a publicly traded global fuel supply company;
Advised American Transmission Company in connection with various debt offerings;
Advised Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Banco Industrial, S.A.’s $150 Million Subordinated Notes Offering
Advised agents for the first lien lenders in connection with a $105 million first lien ABL/revolver and term loan credit facility for a leading private sector manager in the United States of correctional, detention and community-based correctional residence facilities and related Intercreditor arrangements with second lien lenders and mezzanine participants.
Advised Starwood Energy Partners in Acquisition of Two Gas/Oil Fired Peaking Power Facilities from FirstEnergy Corp.
Counsel to lenders in connection with the establishment of (i) a senior secured $265 million construction loan and revolving credit facility to finance a portion of the development, construction, ownership and operation by a selected Texas Transmission Service (the “Texas Project”) as part of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas’ Competitive Renewable Energy Zone (CREZ) expansion plans in the Texas panhandle and (ii) a related senior secured $160 million senior secured “Holdco” loan and letter of credit facility to finance a portion of the costs of the Texas Project and a portion of the costs of developing, constructing, acquiring and operating a 500 kilovolt transmission line, substations and associated facilities to be located between Ely, Nevada and the Harry Allen Substation in Clark County, Nevada) incurred by a separate subsidiary of the holding company.
Advised Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas in connection with various debt offerings, sovereign issuances, and financings.

Selected Activities

Member, New York State Bar Association
Member, American Bar Association
Member, New Jersey State Bar Association

Awards and Recognition

Empire State Counsel Designation from NYSBA for Outstanding Pro Bono Contribution

Education

Hofstra University School of Law, 2005, J.D., Honors Scholarship; Notes and Comments Editor, Journal of International Business and Law
Rutgers University, 2001, B.S., cum laude, honors, Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honor Society, Golden Key International Honor Society, Wall Street Journal Award