Lesley Janzen’s practice focuses on corporate and financial transactions.

She has experience representing investment banks, corporate issuers, and investors in public and private securities offerings, including high yield and investment grade debt offerings, initial public offerings, follow-on and secondary equity offerings, equity-linked securities offerings, leveraged buy-outs, cross-border securities offerings, and liability management transactions.

Lesley also advises U.S. and international corporations on corporate governance and general corporate matters.

She has represented clients in transactions across a wide range of industries, including energy, healthcare, manufacturing and industrial services, technology, media and telecommunications, and consumer retail.

Lesley joined the firm as a partner in 2024.

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Notable Experience

Prior to joining Cleary, Lesley’s notable experience included:

  • The underwriters in StandardAero’s upsized $1.6 billion IPO.

  • The financing sources in Blackstone’s acquisition of Cvent and the initial purchasers in Cvent’s follow-on offering of secured notes.

  • The initial purchasers in Medline’s $1 billion secured notes offering.

  • The initial purchasers in the $300 million inaugural bond offering by Amwins Group, Inc. and multiple follow-on offerings of secured and unsecured bonds.

  • The initial purchasers in the $300 million inaugural bond offering by Amwins Group, Inc. and multiple follow-on offerings of secured and unsecured bonds.

  • The Ad Hoc Committee in Diamond Offshore Drilling’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

  • The financing sources in the $2.2 billion acquisition by American Securities of two specialty construction distributors.

  • The underwriters in Atotech’s IPO.

  • The underwriters in American Airline’s offerings of common stock, convertible notes and secured bonds.

  • The initial purchasers in the $400 million inaugural bond offering by Lendmark Financial Services.

  • The investors in South Jersey Industries, Inc.’s private placement of multiple series of senior notes.

  • The Ad Hoc Committee in J. Crew’s restructuring.

  • The initial purchasers in multiple offerings of asset-backed securities by Stonebriar Commercial Finance.

  • Triterras Fintech in its merger with Netfin.

  • Underwriters in United Airlines’ $1 billion stock offering.

  • The financing sources in the $4.5 billion debt financing for the acquisition of Inmarsat plc. by a consortium led by Apax and Warburg Pincus.

  • The lead arranger and lead structuring agent in the $808 million debt financing transactions for Global Jet Capital.

  • The Ad Hoc Committee of bondholders in QGOG Constellation’s $600 million exchange offer.

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