SVB Leerink is a clear market leader in partnering with innovative healthcare and life sciences companies to raise capital and position them for success in the public markets. Since 2013, we have bookrun 249 public equity transactions raising over $29 billion in proceeds; procuring capital vital to the research and commercialization efforts of our corporate clients while simultaneously delivering strong returns for our investor clients.
The capital formation process offers many different avenues for companies seeking to access leading investors and raise growth capital. Our team is expert across the full spectrum of equity products including Initial Public Offerings, Publicly Marketed Follow-on Offerings, Confidentially Marketed Follow-on Offerings, Registered Directs, and Convertible Debt Offerings.
For select high quality companies seeking to attract top tier public investors but do not desire to conduct a traditional underwritten public offering, SVB Leerink also specializes in structuring and executing late stage private placements, alternative Form 10 go-public, and PIPE transactions. Since 2011, we have raised $3.5 billion for leading healthcare and life sciences companies through these types of transactions. Our professionals leverage their deep healthcare knowledge, relationships with leading public healthcare investors, and transaction experience to customize and execute private financing strategies for our clients. Learn more about our Corporate Access capabilities.
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Robert Leerink
Senior Managing Director, Head of Institutional Equities
Robert Leerink
Senior Managing Director, Head of Institutional Equities
Robert Leerink is a Senior Managing Director and Head of Institutional Equities at SVB Leerink.
Mr. Leerink has been with SVB Leerink since its inception in 1995. Prior to joining Institutional Sales team in 2000, Mr. Leerink led the Private Client Services group at the firm. Prior to SVB Leerink, Mr. Leerink worked in the Private Client Services division of Fechtor Detwiler.
Mr. Leerink holds a bachelor’s degree from Babson College.
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Rahul Chaudhary
Senior Managing Director, Head of Equity Capital Markets
Rahul Chaudhary
Senior Managing Director, Head of Equity Capital Markets
Rahul Chaudhary is the Head of Equity Capital Markets at SVB Leerink and has successfully led the team for almost a decade. Since joining the firm, Mr. Chaudhary has led the execution of over 275 bookrun offerings, including more than 80 IPO’s.
Prior to joining the firm in 2009, Mr. Chaudhary was an integral part of Merrill Lynch’s ECM group, where he focused on origination and execution of healthcare equity and equity-linked transactions. He began his career at Merrill Lynch in 2004 in the Investment Banking group focusing on the consumer sector where he worked on a variety of equity, debt and M&A assignments.
Mr. Chaudhary earned a B.A. in Finance from the University of Illinois.
Prasanth Burri Rao-Kathi
Senior Managing Director
Prasanth Burri Rao-Kathi
Senior Managing Director
Prasanth “Burri” Rao-Kathi is a Senior Managing Director at SVB Leerink and leads the firm’s Convertibles business.
Prior to joining the firm in 2016, Mr. Rao-Kathi was the Head of Equity-Linked (Convertibles) Origination in the Equity Capital Markets group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Mr. Rao-Kathi joined the ECM group at Merrill Lynch in 1999 and worked on a number of Merrill Lynch’s landmark convertible innovations over the last 15 years including: Contingent Conversion, Contingent Payment, Bond Hedges, HiPrs, Collateralization, Simultaneous Bond and Stock Repurchases, and Prepaid Forwards in conjunction with new issues. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Mr. Rao-Kathi worked in Fixed Income Swaps Marketing and Trading and Corporate Finance/ Mergers and Acquisitions at JP Morgan.
Mr. Rao-Kathi is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Georgetown University with double majors in Finance and International Business and a minor in English. He received his MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.