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Anna Rice Abramson is a corporate associate in the firm’s Washington, DC office. She advises clients on a broad range of corporate and securities matters, focusing on corporate governance and ongoing securities compliance. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Ms. Abramson worked as an associate at an equity research firm.
- Advised multiple public companies on Exchange Act periodic reporting, proxy statements, Section 16 reporting, shareholder proposals, responses to SEC comment letters, and other securities law compliance matters.
- Advised multiple public companies on corporate governance and compliance matters, including insider trading policies, codes of conduct, board committee charters, compliance with stock exchange listing standards, disclosure controls and procedures, internal control over financial reporting, executive compensation programs and disclosure, and ESG programs and disclosure.
- Prepared Securities Act filings in connection with M&A transactions.
- Represented Uber Technologies, Inc. in connection with its initial public offering.
- Represented the National Football League and the National Hockey League in connection with ownership transactions.
- Represented the National Football League in connection with various league financings.
- Represented public companies in acquisitions, financing transactions, and other strategic transactions.
Pro Bono
- Advised a range of nonprofits, including environmental, microfinance, and healthcare organizations, on corporate governance matters.
- Represented immigrant survivors of domestic violence in U Visa and Violence Against Women Act applications.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Society for Corporate Governance
October 8, 2020
WASHINGTON—Covington represented Uber Technologies in its Rule 144A offering of $500 million principal amount of 6.25 percent senior notes due 2028. Uber received net proceeds of approximately $495 million, which it used to redeem an outstanding series of senior notes. The Covington capital markets team included Kerry Burke, Brian Rosenzweig, Jennifer Uren, ...
September 15, 2020
WASHINGTON—Covington was recognized as a Deal of the Year winner in the Capital Markets category at the inaugural IFLR1000 United States Awards, in connection with its work as co-issuer’s counsel on Uber Technologies’ U.S. IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. Covington served as Uber’s co-counsel on its $8.1 billion initial public offering of 180,000,000 shares ...
August 31, 2020, Covington Alert
On August 26, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to the business (Item 101), legal proceedings (Item 103) and risk factor (Item 105) disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K. These amendments are part of the SEC’s ongoing Disclosure Effectiveness Initiative, the goal of which is to modernize the business and financial ...
January 28, 2020, Covington Alert
Critical audit matters, or “CAMs,” have been an important topic of discussion among investors, auditors, public companies and audit committees since the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) adopted Auditing Standard 3101 (“AS 3101”) on June 1, 2017.
October 8, 2019, Covington Alert
A pharmaceutical company, Mylan, N.V., recently paid $30 million to settle an SEC enforcement action alleging multiple disclosure failures arising from an investigation by the Department of Justice.
April 30, 2019, Covington Alert
For the better part of this decade, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has been assessing and soliciting input on, and proposing and adopting changes to, the public company disclosure regime. A principal goal of this exercise has been to improve the quality of disclosure while reducing compliance costs and other burdens on public companies. ...
January 7, 2019, Covington Alert
On December 18, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced that it had adopted final rules1 implementing a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”) requiring public companies to make certain disclosures regarding their hedging policies and practices.
August 29, 2018, Covington Alert
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) recently adopted amendments to its disclosure rules to eliminate requirements that it deems “redundant, duplicative, overlapping, outdated, or superseded” based, in part, on other Commission rules and generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (U.S. GAAP).
July 9, 2018, Covington Alert
On June 28, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued a final rule amending the definition of “smaller reporting company” (“SRC”) to expand the number of registrants that will qualify for the scaled disclosure requirements applicable to SRCs.
December 28, 2017, Covington Alert
On December 22, 2017, the President signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “2017 Tax Act”). On the same day, the staff of the SEC’s Office of the Chief Accountant and Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) issued guidance regarding the 2017 Tax Act in Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”),1 which addresses certain financial statement ...