Biography
Nereese Watson is an associate in Weil's Capital Markets practice and is based in New York. Nereese participates in advising issuers, underwriters and private equity sponsors in connection with public and private offerings of securities and other capital markets transactions, including liability management transactions. She has been involved in investment grade and high-yield debt offerings as well as primary and secondary equity offerings.
Nereese has been part of the teams advising:
- Deutsche Bank and a major financial institution, as representative of the initial purchasers, in a $1.2 billion high yield bond offering consisting of i) $300 million add-on 6.750% senior secured notes due 2030 and ii) €800 million 4.750% senior secured notes due 2031 by Clarios Global LP and Clarios US Finance Company, Inc.
- Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan, Mizuho and Morgan Stanley, as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters, in a $1.5 billion investment grade bond offering of The Williams Companies, Inc.
- Gores Holdings X, Inc., a SPAC sponsored by The Gores Group, in its $359 million upsized initial public offering
Nereese received her J.D. from Columbia Law School and her B.A., summa cum laude, from College of William and Mary.