About me

Address: New York: One Bryant Park, Bank of America Tower, New York, NY 10036-6745

Areas of Focus: Capital Markets; Corporate; Corporate Governance; Sustainability; Public Company Advisory

Biography:
Rosa advises private equity funds, portfolio companies and other corporations in complex corporate finance transactions. In particular, she regularly advises on high-yield debt offerings; tender offers; consent solicitations; and equity offerings, including IPOs. She also has extensive experience in advising distressed companies, creditors, and special situations investors on financing and securities matters in out-of-court and in-court restructurings.
Rosa regularly advises on securities law compliance, corporate governance and covenant compliance matters. She serves as a long-term legal advisor to C-suite executives and senior management. Over the course of her career, she has worked on a large number of sophisticated deals and has represented one of the largest private equity funds in the world.
Rosa provides advice in transactions including:
- Public and private offerings of equity securities, including IPOs
- Rule 144A/Regulation S high-yield debt offerings
- Exchange offers and tender offers
- Consent solicitations
- Debt refinancings
- Restructurings (out-of-court and in-court).
Rosa was a Visiting Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School and taught Securities Regulation in spring 2017. She serves on the advisory board for the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law.

Representative Work:
- Represented Warrior Met Coal, Inc. (NYSE:HCC), a leading producer and exporter of metallurgical coal, and certain selling stockholders in the company’s IPO and in subsequent registered equity offerings. Also represented the company in several Rule 144A/Regulation S high-yield debt offerings and consent solicitations.
- Represented long-time client CEVA Logistics AG, a leading global asset-light supply chain management company, in its IPO on the SIX Swiss Exchange and concurrent Rule 144A/Regulation S equity offering. Also represented the company in its post-IPO Rule 144A/Regulation S Rule high-yield notes offering.
- Advised RCCH HealthCare Partners, which is owned by certain funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC, in its recent take-private acquisition of LifePoint Health, Inc. and in its prior acquisition of Capella Health Holdings. The company, now known as LifePoint Health, Inc., operates regional health systems, physician practices, outpatient centers and post-acute facilities in more than 85 non-urban communities that span coast to coast.
- Represented long-term client Affinion Group Holdings, Inc., a provider of customer engagement and loyalty programs, in numerous refinancing and restructuring transactions, consent solicitations and private equity offerings. Also represented the company in the registration and listing of its common stock.
- Advised Novitex Holdings, Inc., a private company owned by Apollo Global Management, LLC, in a business combination involving the company; SourceHOV Holdings, Inc.; and Quinpario Acquisition Corp. 2, a special-purpose acquisition company, to form Exela Technologies, Inc.

Credentials:
Education: J.D., Yale Law School, 1988; B.S., Fordham University, 1985 (summa cum laude)
Bar Admissions: New York, 1989

Recognitions:
- Acritas, Acritas Star, 2019.
- IFLR1000 US, Highly Regarded Practitioner in Capital Markets: Debt and Capital Markets: Equity, 2019.
- The Legal 500 US , Capital Markets: High-yield Debt Offerings: Advice to Issuers, 2017-2019 and 2022; Capital Markets: Debt offerings: Advice to Issuers, 2019-2022; and Capital Markets: Debt Offerings and Capital Markets: High-yield Debt Offerings, 2023-2025.

Affiliations:
- Member, Akin’s firmwide Audit Committee and firmwide Retirement Committee.
- Member, New York office Opportunity & Inclusion Council.
- Member, advisory board for the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law.

Insights:
- SEC Proposes Regulation Crypto Assets: A Tailored Offering Framework for Crypto Investment Contracts (August 19, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/sec-proposes-regulation-crypto-assets-a-tailored-offering-framework-for-crypto-investment-contracts
- DExit: The Reincorporation Decision — A Guide for Investors (July 29, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/articles/dexit-the-reincorporation-decision-a-guide-for-investors
- Is It Time to DExit?  A Guide for Boards (July 22, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/articles/is-it-time-to-dexit-a-guide-for-boards
- SEC Proposes Regulation E-Delivery: Electronic Delivery Would Become the Default (July 17, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/sec-proposes-regulation-e-delivery-electronic-delivery-would-become-the-default
- SEC Expands Availability of Five Business Day Tender and Exchange Offers (July 6, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/sec-expands-availability-of-five-business-day-tender-and-exchange-offers
- SEC Proposes Reforms to Registered Offerings and Public Company Reporting (May 21, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/sec-proposes-reforms-to-registered-offerings-and-public-company-reporting
- SEC Proposes Optional Semiannual Reporting for Public Companies: What You Need to Know (May 6, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/sec-proposes-optional-semiannual-reporting-for-public-companies-what-you-need-to-know
- SEC Grants Relief Permitting Shortened Tender Offer Periods for Equity Securities (April 20, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/sec-grants-relief-permitting-shortened-tender-offer-periods-for-equity-securities
- SEC Adopts Final Rules Requiring Section 16(a) Reporting for Directors and Officers of FPIs, and Provides Exemptive Relief for FPI Directors and Officers in Qualifying Jurisdictions (March 12, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/sec-adopts-final-rules-requiring-section-16a-reporting-for-directors-and-officers-of-foreign-private-issuers-fpis-and-provides-exemptive-relief-for-fpi-directors-and-officers
- Section 16(a) Reporting Will Be Required for Foreign Private Issuer Directors and Officers (December 23, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/Section-16a-Reporting-Will-Be-Required-for-Foreign-Private-Issuer-Directors-and-Officers
- White House Executive Order Targets Proxy Advisory Firms – Potential Implications for Companies and Investors (December 23, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/white-house-executive-order-targets-proxy-advisory-firms-potential-implications-for-companies-and-investors
- ISS and Glass Lewis Publish 2026 Benchmark Proxy Voting Policies (December 16, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/iss-and-glass-lewis-publish-2026-benchmark-proxy-voting-policies