Vlad Bulkin represents issuers and underwriters in public and private securities offerings, including initial public offerings, shelf offerings, at-the-market offerings, registered direct offerings, high-yield bond offerings, convertible debt offerings, Rule 144A offerings, and rights offerings. Vlad also regularly advises public companies, including business development companies and registered closed-end funds, on corporate governance matters and compliance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 as well as NYSE, NASDAQ and FINRA regulations.
Awards and Rankings
Recipient, Thomas Bradbury Chetwood, S.J. Prize for the highest academic average in Securities and Financial Regulation, Georgetown University Law Center
Experience
Represented TICC Capital Corporation in more than $400 million of follow-on debt and equity offerings.
Represented a closed-end fund in its $36.5 million initial public offering.
Served as underwriters’ counsel to Goldman Sachs & Co., Wells Fargo Securities and Morgan Stanley in connection New Mountain Finance Corp.'s $100 million IPO and private placement.
Represented Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., BB&T Capital Markets, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. in the $54.7 million unsecured notes offering by TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp.
Advised Spectrum Brands in its merger with Russell Hobbs Inc. and in multiple M&A deals worldwide.
Represented New Mountain Finance Corporation in its $50 million private placement of senior notes.
Represented New Mountain Finance Corporation in its $115 million unsecured convertible notes offering.
Represented New Mountain Finance Corporation in its $50 million unsecured notes public offering.
Represented OFS Credit Company, Inc. in its $50 million initial public offering.
Represented Oxford Lane Capital Corp. in its $300 million at-the-market offering of common stock.
Represented TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. in its public offering and a concurrent private placement offering of an aggregate 6,925,000 shares of common stock, raising approximately $95 million.
Multimedia
Quick Call: BDCs and COVID-19 (March 24, 2020)
We invite you to join Eversheds Sutherland and the Small Business Investor Alliance (SBIA) as we discuss how BDCs are responding to the effects of COVID-19, including:the latest guidance from ...
LIBOR considerations for lenders and borrowers, including BDCs and private credit funds (November 19, 2019)
Dramatic changes are on the horizon for the most widely used benchmark for interest, investment and derivatives rates: the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). As a result, a broad swath of market ...
Video: 2019 BDC Roundtable (September 2019)
The 2019 BDC Roundtable was held on September 4-5 at the JW Marriott Washington DC Hotel. With more than 300 attendees, the Roundtable brought together industry executives, inside and outside ...
Video: 2018 BDC Roundtable (September 2018)
The 2018 BDC Roundtable was held on September 5-6 at the Renaissance Washington DC Hotel. With more than 300 registrants, the roundtable brought together industry executives, inside and outside ...
Videocast: An introduction to SPACs (March 22, 2018)
Initial public offerings (IPOs) by Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, or SPACs, are growing at their most robust rate since before the financial crisis, giving more visibility to a once remote ...
Webcast: What is a SPAC? (February 1, 2018)
Eversheds Sutherland (US) partners Cynthia M. Krus and Vlad M. Bulkin host a webcast What is a SPAC? The virtual event originally held on February 1, 2018, provides an overview on Special Purpose ...
News
In the News
Eversheds Sutherland Advises New Mountain Finance Corporation on Three Offerings (November 14, 2018)
Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that it recently advised New Mountain Finance Corporation on three offerings. On July 5, 2018, New Mountain issued to an institutional investor, in a ...
Washington-area Appointments and Promotions for January 1 (December 30, 2017)
Washington Post
In this article for the Washington Post, nine Washington DC-based Eversheds Sutherland attorneys are mentioned for being elected partner, effective January 1, 2018.
Eversheds Sutherland Unveils US Promotions (December 21, 2017)
Legal Week
Eversheds Sutherland is mentioned in this Legal Week article regarding the election of 17 new US partners effective January 1, 2018.
Press Releases
Eversheds Sutherland Advises OFS Credit Company on IPO (November 20, 2018)
Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that it advised OFS Credit Company, Inc. on its initial public offering that sold 2.5 million shares to raise $50 million. Shares of the closed-end ...
Eversheds Sutherland Elects 17 New US Partners (December 20, 2017)
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP is pleased to announce the election of 17 new partners effective January 1, 2018. Eversheds Sutherland Co-CEO Mark D. Wasserman commented: “It is an honor to welcome our ...
Sutherland Elects 18 New Counsel (January 14, 2016)
ATLANTA and WASHINGTON-Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP is pleased to announce the election of 18 new counsel, effective January 1, 2016. “Each of these attorneys provides excellent service to our ...
Sutherland Represents Oxford Lane Capital Corp. in Initial Public Offering Raising $36.5 Million (February 8, 2011)
WASHINGTON (February 8, 2011) - Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP represented Oxford Lane Capital Corp., a registered closed-end fund investing in senior loans, in its initial public offering of ...
Sutherland Represents TICC Capital Corp. in a $47.15 Million Shelf Offering (December 7, 2010)
WASHINGTON (December 7, 2010) - Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP represented TICC Capital Corp. (NASDAQ:TICC) (the “Company ) in a shelf offering of 4,600,000 shares of its common stock (including the ...
Sutherland Represents Solar Capital Ltd. in a $43.2 Million Selling Stockholder Shelf Offering (November 11, 2010)
WASHINGTON (November 11, 2010) - Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP represented Solar Capital Ltd. (NASDAQ:SLRC) (the “Company ) in a shelf offering on behalf of selling stockholders of 1,945,177 shares ...
Sutherland Represents Spectrum Brands in Merger With Russell Hobbs - Addition to Spectrum's Portfolio Creates $3 Billion Consumer Products Company (June 28, 2010)
ATLANTA (June 28, 2010) - Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP advised Spectrum Brands, Inc., in its merger with Russell Hobbs Inc., to form a new global consumer products company with an estimated $3 ...
Sutherland Represents Solar Capital Ltd. in Initial Public Offering (April 28, 2010)
WASHINGTON (April 28, 2010) - Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP recently advised Solar Capital Ltd. in its $105 million initial public offering.The transaction priced February 9, 2010, and included ...
Sutherland Represents Ares Capital Corporation in a $109.6 Million Shelf Offering (August 19, 2009)
WASHINGTON (August 19, 2009) - Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP represented Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: ARCC) as special regulatory counsel in an underwritten public offering of 12,439,908 ...
Publications
Legal Alerts
Federal Reserve’s updated Main Street Lending Program: BDCs could get call from the bullpen (May 11, 2020)
As previously detailed in a prior Eversheds Sutherland legal alert (the Prior Alert), on April 9, 2020, the Federal Reserve unveiled the “Main Street Lending Program” (Program) which will make loans ...
Dividends payable partly in stock may provide capital flexibility to BDCs (Updated May 5, 2020)
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a significant disruption in the capital markets. As a result, business development companies (BDCs) may be seeking to conserve cash in order to preserve flexibility ...
The SEC proposed amendments to modernize fund valuation practices (April 30, 2020)
Overview On April 21, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the proposal of new Rule 2a-5 (the Proposed Rule) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 ...
PPP Reboot - Additional funding accompanied by additional guidance (April 28, 2020)
On Friday, April 24, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (the Act), which amends the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security ...
SEC proposes amendments to modernize MD&A disclosure requirements (April 21, 2020)
On January 30, 2020, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) proposed amendments (the Proposed Amendments) to Item 303 of Regulation S-K, Management’s Discussion & Analysis of ...
In harmony at last: SEC passes securities offering reform for BDCs and registered closed-end funds (April 17, 2020)
On April 8, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) voted, at its first virtual meeting, to adopt rule amendments to implement certain provisions of the Small Business Credit ...
Should BDCs be part of the “Main Street Lending Program”? (April 13, 2020)
On March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in response to the COVID-19 emergency. Title IV of the CARES Act directs the Federal ...
A primer on the PPP - What, Where, Why and How (April 10, 2020)
On March 27, 2020, Congress passed, and President Trump signed, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) in response to the COVID-19 emergency. Specifically, the CARES ...
SEC provides immediate temporary flexibility to BDCs regarding asset coverage and co-investment in response to COVID-19 pandemic (April 9, 2020)
On April 8, 2020, the staff of the Division of Investment Management of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) issued an exemptive order (the Order) under the Investment Company Act ...
Could BDCs and SBICs become guaranteed lenders to small businesses under the CARES Act? (March 29, 2020)
On March 27, 2020, Congress passed, and President Trump signed, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) in response to the COVID-19 emergency. Specifically, the CARES ...
Articles
Riding the Business Development Company Strategic Transaction Wave: Beware of the Regulatory Rip Currents (June 2016)
The Investment Lawyer
Given the recent turmoil in the business development company (BDC) space, even the largest BDCs have not been immune to the appeal of potentially accretive acquisitions. It is likely that many BDCs ...
Preparing Corporate Minutes: Time Well Spent (February 14, 2012)
Reprinted with permission from Securities and M&A Law360
Partner Steven B. Boehm and Associate Vlad M. Bulkin, both members of Sutherland’s Corporate Practice Group, co-authored the article Preparing Corporate Minutes: Time Well Spent, which appeared in ...
Newsletters
Publicly Traded Private Equity Regulatory Review (November 2008)
Books
Corporate Secretary's Answer Book (Updated Annually)
Aspen Publishers
The latest edition of the Corporate Secretary's Answer Book is available now. To request a copy, please contact [email protected].
