Doug Dolan focuses his practice on representing corporate issuers and investment banking firms in capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings, other equity financings and investment grade and high‑yield bond offerings. He also has significant experience representing clients in mergers and acquisitions, syndicated loan and direct lending transactions, public disclosure and general corporate matters.
Dolan’s corporate clients have included AerCap, Atlas Air, Biogen, Cable One, Canadian National Railway, Cincinnati Bell, Cox Communications, CyrusOne, Element Fleet Management, Enerflex, Forward Air, GuideWell, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Kenvue, Minerals Technologies, Mylan, Occidental Petroleum, Rogers Communications and US Foods.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | Capital Markets |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2025 | Corporate, esp. Capital Markets |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2024 | Corporate, esp. Capital Markets |
| Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2023 | Corporate, esp. Capital Markets |
Notable work highlights include:
- IPOs for GrafTech International, Pactiv Evergreen and Reynolds Consumer Products, and other equity offerings for AerCap, Cable One, Credit Suisse, CyrusOne, Digital Turbine, GrafTech International, Kenvue, Mylan, Sabra Health Care REIT and US Foods
- Investment grade debt offerings for AerCap, Allergan, Analog Devices, Canadian National Railway, Celulosa Arauco y Constitución, Cox Communications, Credit Suisse, DowDuPont, Element Fleet Management, Enterprise Holdings, HP, Kenvue, Mars, Marvell Technology, Mylan, Occidental Petroleum, Rogers Communications, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Symetra, TPG and United Rentals
- High‑yield debt offerings for Algonquin Power & Utilities, Axalta, Beacon Roofing Supply, Belron, Cable One, Cleveland‑Cliffs, Community Health Systems, CyrusOne, Enerflex, Entegris, Forward Air, goeasy, Goodyear, Graham Packaging, Hess Midstream, J.B. Poindexter, JPW Industries, Minerals Technologies, Neiman Marcus, Pactiv Evergreen, SAIC, Taylor Morrison, TransDigm, US Foods, Xerox and Zayo Group
- Representing AerCap in its $30 billion acquisition of GE Capital Aviation Services
- Representing the initial purchasers in the $26 billion notes offering of Mars in connection with its pending acquisition of Kellanova—one of the largest investment grade offerings in history
- Representing Rogers Communications in its concurrent offerings of $7.05 billion and C$4.25 billion of senior notes—one of the largest debt offerings in Canadian history—in connection with its acquisition of Shaw Communications, and its C$7 billion equity investment from Blackstone
- Representing Occidental Petroleum in its $5 billion registered senior notes offering in connection with its acquisition of CrownRock
- Representing Kenvue and Johnson & Johnson in the $3.64 billion secondary offering and debt‑for‑equity exchange of Kenvue common stock held by Johnson & Johnson—the largest‑ever single debt-for-equity transaction
- Representing the initial purchasers in the €850 million and $1.1 billion debut high‑yield senior secured notes offering of Belron to finance the largest dividend recapitalization of all time