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Kathryn Hickey Kathryn Hickey

Kathryn L. Hickey

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Annapolis, MD

410.500.5551

khickey@pilieromazza.com

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Kathryn advises companies of all sizes on general business concerns, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investments, and commercial contracting matters. She regularly counsels companies on a wide range of legal issues, including entity formation and structure, corporate governance, executive compensation issues, commercial leasing, licensing agreements, and regulatory compliance. Kathryn also represents companies in the negotiation and implementation of institutional financing and commercial loan transactions with large institutional lenders. She serves as the Practice Group Chair for PilieroMazza’s Business & Corporate Group and is a member of the firm’s Healthcare and Cybersecurity & Data Privacy teams.

Kathryn acts as counsel to buyers and sellers in mergers, business restructurings, asset purchase and sale transactions, and equity purchase and sale transactions. She works with large and small companies on both domestic and international transactions, and she has experience representing diverse types of entities, including publicly traded companies, nonprofit businesses, and tribal entities. Kathryn’s experience in venture capital involves representing companies and investors in venture capital and angel investment transactions with companies from a wide range of industries at various stages of growth.

As part of her practice, Kathryn counsels clients on compliance with federal securities laws and represents clients in connection with offerings of debt and equity securities and private placements. She represents companies in matters involving licensing, acquiring and divesting intellectual property, regulatory compliance, and commercialization of intellectual property, joint ventures, and business alliance agreements.

Kathryn helps businesses with transactions and contracts in the government contracts space as well. Her work includes negotiating and drafting teaming agreements, collaboration agreements, joint venture agreements, and subcontractor agreements for both prime contractors and subcontractors. Kathryn also structures asset and equity transfer deals and coordinates contract novations in the government contracting space.

Kathryn represents entities in the healthcare industry in connection with general governance matters, professional organization structuring and compliance, strategic partnerships and joint ventures, healthcare mergers and acquisitions, and HIPAA and healthcare regulatory concerns.

In addition to the above, Kathryn’s practice also includes providing corporate and transactional representation to businesses in the craft brewing industry. She assists craft breweries with state and federal licensing, investment and bank financing transactions, equipment purchase agreements, entity structure and governance, commercial leasing, collaboration agreements, partner disputes, and exit transactions.

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Related Practice Areas

  • Business & Corporate
  • Cybersecurity & Data Privacy
  • Corporate and Organizational Governance
  • Private Equity & Venture Capital
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Old Name

Related Industries

  • Healthcare Industry Team

Representative Matters

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Representative Matters

  • Represented a Baltimore-based craft brewery in obtaining an institutional construction loan and line of credit for a major expansion and taproom build-out
  • Represented a Baltimore-based private equity firm in the recapitalization and acquisition of an information technology company
  • Represented a Pennsylvania-based venture capital firm in a simultaneous asset acquisition, mezzanine loan, and series A financing transaction of a Maryland-based government contractor
  • Represented a large international pharmaceutical company in the sale of several lines of marketed products to two venture-backed purchasing companies
  • Represented a nationwide lighting design company in the sale of a controlling equity interest to a venture-backed purchasing company
  • Represented a craft brewery on the Eastern shore of Maryland in the international purchase of a canning line
  • Represented a graduate 8(a) company in a convertible note financing round led by a Maryland-based venture capital firm
  • Represented an international medical device company in the restructuring of its North American organization, a Series A preferred stock capital raising transaction and the multi-phase stock purchase acquisition of another medical device company
  • Represented a Maryland-based hospitalist practice in the acquisition of a controlling equity interest in a Pennsylvania-based hospitalist practice and management company
  • Represented a Virginia-based dialysis company in a Series A venture capital financing round, a convertible note bridge financing round, and a Series B venture capital financing round
  • Represented a Pennsylvania-based venture capital firm in minority Series A and A-1 investments in a Maryland-based biotech company
  • Represented a Maryland-based circuit board manufacturing government contracting company in the acquisition of 100% of the equity in a Virginia-based strategic partner

Insights

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Articles

  • SBA Issues Long-Awaited PPP Loan Forgiveness Application, PilieroMazza Client Alert, 05.18.20
  • SBA, Treasury Issue New Guidance Concerning Good-Faith Certification on the Necessity of Their Loan Request, PilieroMazza Client Alert, 05.13.20
  • Affiliation in the Context of SBA Loans, Guidance for Venture Capital Investors, 03.31.20
  • BLOG: COVID-19 and Material Adverse Effect Provisions in Acquisition Agreements, The PM Legal Minute Blog, 03.22.20
  • BLOG: COVID-19 and Its Effects on Credit Facilities, The PM Legal Minute Blog, 03.03.20
  • BLOG: Important Considerations When Structuring M&A Transactions for Government Contractors: Pre-Transaction Part 1 of a 3-Part Series, The PM Legal Minute Blog, 02.03.20
  • Unique Considerations for Transactions Involving Government Contractors, 01.30.20
  • BLOG: Government Contractor Acquisitions and Clearances: Deal Structure Matters, The PM Legal Minute Blog, 10.11.19
  • BLOG: Why Government Contractors Should Know About the Delaware LLC Division Statute, The PM Legal Minute Blog, 08.20.19
  • New IRS Requirements for EIN Applications Go Into Effect May 13, 2019, PilieroMazza Client Alert, 04.16.19
  • BLOG: New IRS Requirements for EIN Applications Go Into Effect May 13, 2019, The PM Legal Minute Blog, 04.16.19
  • Growing Pains: Growth Capital Sources and Considerations Part 2: Private Equity Financing, The PM Legal Minute Blog, 11.21.18

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Events

  • Mergers and Acquisitions in Healthcare: Getting Your House In Order, PilieroMazza Webinar, 11.04.20
  • WEBINAR: The Paycheck Protection Program: SBA’s John Klein and Sam Le Answer Your Questions in a Live Town Hall Webinar, 05.04.20
  • WEBINAR: CARES Act, PPP & Startups: Important Updates For Founders, 04.06.20
  • Federal Contracting Assets On the Move, 03.04.20
  • WEBINAR: Incentive Compensation Plans Designed to Retain Talent and Grow the Business, 10.15.19
  • WEBINAR: Top 10 Corporate Mistakes that Small Businesses Make in Federal Contracting, 09.19.19
  • Legal and Practical Perspectives on Mergers & Acquisitions, Webinar, 09.05.19
  • Growing and Maintaining SDVOSB Status Through Investment and Beyond, Webinar, 05.30.19
  • Buying and Selling Government Contracting Small Businesses: Growth and Exit Strategies Through M&A, 05.16.19
  • WEBINAR: Managing and Incentivizing Employees, 05.15.19
  • PilieroMazza and M&T Bank Present a New and Growing Company Seminar Series, Webinar, 12.04.18
  • WEBINAR: All You Need to Know for Small Business Loans, 01.01.70

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News

  • PilieroMazza Adds Attorneys to List of Super Lawyers®, 05.07.20
  • CARES Act Stimulus Loans: “Founders & Friends” Podcast Features Kathryn Hickey, 04.01.20
  • ANNOUNCEMENT: PilieroMazza Forms “COVID-19 Client Response Team”, 03.18.20
  • PilieroMazza’s Response to the COVID-19 Crisis, 03.16.20
  • ANNOUNCEMENT: PilieroMazza Counsels Tribal Tech CEO Victoria Vasques on Acquisition of Cowan & Associates, 02.06.20
  • ANNOUNCEMENT: PilieroMazza Advises Ampcus In Its Acquisition of iTech Solutions, 02.04.20
  • PilieroMazza Wins HUBZone Small Business Resource Partner of the Year!, 01.20.20
  • Kathryn Hickey Discusses M&A on “The Deal – Unscripted”, 01.15.20
  • PilieroMazza Represents BWM Outcomes in Acquisition by Bluestone Investment Partners and Intrepid Solutions and Services, 11.25.19
  • Kathryn Hickey Guest Blogs “Simplifying the Complex World of Employee Incentive Plans” on Deltek’s Government Contracting Blog, 10.11.19
  • PilieroMazza Expands Footprint in Baltimore/Annapolis Metro Area, 09.09.19
  • Kathryn Hickey and David Shafer, PilieroMazza M&A Attorneys, Represent Zentech Manufacturing, Inc. in Acquisition by Blackbern Partners, 05.28.19

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Credentials

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Education

  • The George Washington University Law School, J.D., 2008, summa cum laude
  • University of Maryland, College Park, B.A., 2005, summa cum laude

Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • Maryland

Activities/Honors

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Activities

  • Member, Howard County Chamber of Commerce GovConnects Engagement Committee
  • Member, Maryland Association for Corporate Growth
  • Affiliated Member, Brewers Association of Maryland
  • Board Member and Director, University of Maryland Alumni Association, Annapolis Chapter
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, Maryland State Bar Association

Honors

  • District of Columbia Super Lawyers®, Business & Corporate, 2020-Present
  • Named one of Maryland’s “Leading Women” by The Daily Record, 2017
  • Maryland Super Lawyers®, Rising Stars, Business & Corporate, 2013-Present
  • Named one of Maryland’s “20 in their 20s” by The Daily Record, 2012
Bio Representative Matters Insights Credentials Activities/Honors

Kathryn advises companies of all sizes on general business concerns, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investments, and commercial contracting matters. She regularly counsels companies on a wide range of legal issues, including entity formation and structure, corporate governance, executive compensation issues, commercial leasing, licensing agreements, and regulatory compliance. Kathryn also represents companies in the negotiation and implementation of institutional financing and commercial loan transactions with large institutional lenders. She serves as the Practice Group Chair for PilieroMazza’s Business & Corporate Group and is a member of the firm’s Healthcare and Cybersecurity & Data Privacy teams.

Kathryn acts as counsel to buyers and sellers in mergers, business restructurings, asset purchase and sale transactions, and equity purchase and sale transactions. She works with large and small companies on both domestic and international transactions, and she has experience representing diverse types of entities, including publicly traded companies, nonprofit businesses, and tribal entities. Kathryn’s experience in venture capital involves representing companies and investors in venture capital and angel investment transactions with companies from a wide range of industries at various stages of growth.

As part of her practice, Kathryn counsels clients on compliance with federal securities laws and represents clients in connection with offerings of debt and equity securities and private placements. She represents companies in matters involving licensing, acquiring and divesting intellectual property, regulatory compliance, and commercialization of intellectual property, joint ventures, and business alliance agreements.

Kathryn helps businesses with transactions and contracts in the government contracts space as well. Her work includes negotiating and drafting teaming agreements, collaboration agreements, joint venture agreements, and subcontractor agreements for both prime contractors and subcontractors. Kathryn also structures asset and equity transfer deals and coordinates contract novations in the government contracting space.

Kathryn represents entities in the healthcare industry in connection with general governance matters, professional organization structuring and compliance, strategic partnerships and joint ventures, healthcare mergers and acquisitions, and HIPAA and healthcare regulatory concerns.

In addition to the above, Kathryn’s practice also includes providing corporate and transactional representation to businesses in the craft brewing industry. She assists craft breweries with state and federal licensing, investment and bank financing transactions, equipment purchase agreements, entity structure and governance, commercial leasing, collaboration agreements, partner disputes, and exit transactions.

Read More Read Less

Related Practice Areas

  • Business & Corporate
  • Cybersecurity & Data Privacy
  • Corporate and Organizational Governance
  • Private Equity & Venture Capital
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Old Name

Related Industries

  • Healthcare Industry Team

Representative Matters

  • Represented a Baltimore-based craft brewery in obtaining an institutional construction loan and line of credit for a major expansion and taproom build-out
  • Represented a Baltimore-based private equity firm in the recapitalization and acquisition of an information technology company
  • Represented a Pennsylvania-based venture capital firm in a simultaneous asset acquisition, mezzanine loan, and series A financing transaction of a Maryland-based government contractor
  • Represented a large international pharmaceutical company in the sale of several lines of marketed products to two venture-backed purchasing companies
  • Represented a nationwide lighting design company in the sale of a controlling equity interest to a venture-backed purchasing company
  • Represented a craft brewery on the Eastern shore of Maryland in the international purchase of a canning line
  • Represented a graduate 8(a) company in a convertible note financing round led by a Maryland-based venture capital firm
  • Represented an international medical device company in the restructuring of its North American organization, a Series A preferred stock capital raising transaction and the multi-phase stock purchase acquisition of another medical device company
  • Represented a Maryland-based hospitalist practice in the acquisition of a controlling equity interest in a Pennsylvania-based hospitalist practice and management company
  • Represented a Virginia-based dialysis company in a Series A venture capital financing round, a convertible note bridge financing round, and a Series B venture capital financing round
  • Represented a Pennsylvania-based venture capital firm in minority Series A and A-1 investments in a Maryland-based biotech company
  • Represented a Maryland-based circuit board manufacturing government contracting company in the acquisition of 100% of the equity in a Virginia-based strategic partner

Articles

  • SBA Issues Long-Awaited PPP Loan Forgiveness Application, PilieroMazza Client Alert, 05.18.20
  • SBA, Treasury Issue New Guidance Concerning Good-Faith Certification on the Necessity of Their Loan Request, PilieroMazza Client Alert, 05.13.20
  • Affiliation in the Context of SBA Loans, Guidance for Venture Capital Investors, 03.31.20
  • BLOG: COVID-19 and Material Adverse Effect Provisions in Acquisition Agreements, The PM Legal Minute Blog, 03.22.20
  • BLOG: COVID-19 and Its Effects on Credit Facilities, The PM Legal Minute Blog, 03.03.20
  • BLOG: Important Considerations When Structuring M&A Transactions for Government Contractors: Pre-Transaction Part 1 of a 3-Part Series, The PM Legal Minute Blog, 02.03.20
  • Unique Considerations for Transactions Involving Government Contractors, 01.30.20
  • BLOG: Government Contractor Acquisitions and Clearances: Deal Structure Matters, The PM Legal Minute Blog, 10.11.19
  • BLOG: Why Government Contractors Should Know About the Delaware LLC Division Statute, The PM Legal Minute Blog, 08.20.19
  • New IRS Requirements for EIN Applications Go Into Effect May 13, 2019, PilieroMazza Client Alert, 04.16.19
  • BLOG: New IRS Requirements for EIN Applications Go Into Effect May 13, 2019, The PM Legal Minute Blog, 04.16.19
  • Growing Pains: Growth Capital Sources and Considerations Part 2: Private Equity Financing, The PM Legal Minute Blog, 11.21.18

View More View Less

Events

  • Mergers and Acquisitions in Healthcare: Getting Your House In Order, PilieroMazza Webinar, 11.04.20
  • WEBINAR: The Paycheck Protection Program: SBA’s John Klein and Sam Le Answer Your Questions in a Live Town Hall Webinar, 05.04.20
  • WEBINAR: CARES Act, PPP & Startups: Important Updates For Founders, 04.06.20
  • Federal Contracting Assets On the Move, 03.04.20
  • WEBINAR: Incentive Compensation Plans Designed to Retain Talent and Grow the Business, 10.15.19
  • WEBINAR: Top 10 Corporate Mistakes that Small Businesses Make in Federal Contracting, 09.19.19
  • Legal and Practical Perspectives on Mergers & Acquisitions, Webinar, 09.05.19
  • Growing and Maintaining SDVOSB Status Through Investment and Beyond, Webinar, 05.30.19
  • Buying and Selling Government Contracting Small Businesses: Growth and Exit Strategies Through M&A, 05.16.19
  • WEBINAR: Managing and Incentivizing Employees, 05.15.19
  • PilieroMazza and M&T Bank Present a New and Growing Company Seminar Series, Webinar, 12.04.18
  • WEBINAR: All You Need to Know for Small Business Loans, 01.01.70

View More View Less

News

  • PilieroMazza Adds Attorneys to List of Super Lawyers®, 05.07.20
  • CARES Act Stimulus Loans: “Founders & Friends” Podcast Features Kathryn Hickey, 04.01.20
  • ANNOUNCEMENT: PilieroMazza Forms “COVID-19 Client Response Team”, 03.18.20
  • PilieroMazza’s Response to the COVID-19 Crisis, 03.16.20
  • ANNOUNCEMENT: PilieroMazza Counsels Tribal Tech CEO Victoria Vasques on Acquisition of Cowan & Associates, 02.06.20
  • ANNOUNCEMENT: PilieroMazza Advises Ampcus In Its Acquisition of iTech Solutions, 02.04.20
  • PilieroMazza Wins HUBZone Small Business Resource Partner of the Year!, 01.20.20
  • Kathryn Hickey Discusses M&A on “The Deal – Unscripted”, 01.15.20
  • PilieroMazza Represents BWM Outcomes in Acquisition by Bluestone Investment Partners and Intrepid Solutions and Services, 11.25.19
  • Kathryn Hickey Guest Blogs “Simplifying the Complex World of Employee Incentive Plans” on Deltek’s Government Contracting Blog, 10.11.19
  • PilieroMazza Expands Footprint in Baltimore/Annapolis Metro Area, 09.09.19
  • Kathryn Hickey and David Shafer, PilieroMazza M&A Attorneys, Represent Zentech Manufacturing, Inc. in Acquisition by Blackbern Partners, 05.28.19

View More View Less

Education

  • The George Washington University Law School, J.D., 2008, summa cum laude
  • University of Maryland, College Park, B.A., 2005, summa cum laude

Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • Maryland

Activities

  • Member, Howard County Chamber of Commerce GovConnects Engagement Committee
  • Member, Maryland Association for Corporate Growth
  • Affiliated Member, Brewers Association of Maryland
  • Board Member and Director, University of Maryland Alumni Association, Annapolis Chapter
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, Maryland State Bar Association

Honors

  • District of Columbia Super Lawyers®, Business & Corporate, 2020-Present
  • Named one of Maryland’s “Leading Women” by The Daily Record, 2017
  • Maryland Super Lawyers®, Rising Stars, Business & Corporate, 2013-Present
  • Named one of Maryland’s “20 in their 20s” by The Daily Record, 2012
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