Julie Allen is a partner in the Corporate Department and former co-head of the Capital Markets Group.
Julie’s practice focuses on general corporate and securities matters. She represents both underwriters and issuers in initial public offerings and follow-on equity offerings. Her experience also includes Rule 144A debt offerings, both as counsel to issuers and to initial purchasers. Julie's practice also includes mergers and acquisitions, particularly transactions involving public companies. She represents buyers and sellers, activist stockholders, boards of directors and financial advisors in mergers, acquisitions, recapitalizations and tender offers. Julie also regularly counsels public companies and their affiliates regarding disclosure, governance, Sarbanes-Oxley and other securities law and compliance issues.
Julie serves as the Co-Chair of Proskauer's New Business Committee and Chair of its Corporate Department Opinion and Audit Letter Committees.
magna cum laude
American Bar Association
New York City Bar
TriBar Opinion Committee
Read Ahead, a literacy and mentoring organization for NYC public school children
Member of the Board of Directors
Chair of Development and Finance Committees
Chambers USA: Nationwide: Capital Markets: Debt & Equity 2008-2018
Chambers Global: USA: Capital Markets: Debt & Equity 2008-2019
Best Lawyers in America 2005-2020
New York Super Lawyers 2010-2019
The Legal 500 United States: Capital Markets: Debt Offerings 2011-2015
The Legal 500 United States: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings 2008, 2011-2015
The Legal 500 United States: Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings: Advice To Managers 2007-2008, 2011-2013, 2015-2017
The Legal 500 United States: Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings: Advice To Underwriters 2016-2018
The Legal 500 United States: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings: Advice To Issuers 2015-2019
The Legal 500 United States: Capital Markets: Global Offerings 2011
The Legal 500 United States: Capital Markets: Global Offerings: Advice To Financial Institutions 2016-2017
Burton Award for Legal Writing 2011
“Top 50 Women,” New York Metro Super Lawyers, 2019