Katherine Shaia is a capital markets partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Katherine advises financial sponsors and issuers on public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, leveraged finance transactions and general corporate and securities law matters. Katherine has experience representing financial sponsors and issuers in initial public offerings, secondary equity offerings, high-yield and investment-grade debt offerings and liability management transactions. Katherine also regularly counsels issuers on SEC compliance and disclosure and corporate governance matters.