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Katharine joined Stoll Keenon Ogden’s Lexington office as an Associate in 2015 and serves clients primarily through the Business Services practice.
Working with businesses of all types and sizes throughout Kentucky, Katharine assists with matters ranging from financial restructuring to real estate purchases. She was part of an SKO team in 2017 that handled a merger involving a publicly held utility company.
Katharine has background providing legal support to information management and technology-based businesses. Prior to her role at SKO, she was an intern at an incubator for high-tech startup companies and at Lexmark International. She earned her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and completed coursework in computer science.
After graduating with a summa cum laude distinction from the University of Kentucky, Katharine earned her J.D. from UK College of Law, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif. Active in the local community, she previously served on the board of FoodChain, a nonprofit committed to forging links between the community and fresh food.
Business Services: Katharine concentrates on transactions involving corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, and securities and corporate governance. Well versed in Kentucky’s statute governing the formation of public-benefit corporations, she also helps new and existing businesses evaluate if B Corp status fits their organizations.
Katharine assisted the SKO team representing a private healthcare company in the sale of a controlling interest to an investment fund. The company’s enterprise value at the time of the transaction was approximately $610 million.
Ken and Katharine represented Delta Natural Gas Company in its merger with an affiliate of Pennsylvania-based Peoples Natural Gas. Prior to merger, Delta’s enterprise value was approximately $270 million. Representation in the merger from inception through closing included: