Sonia Shewchuk's practice focuses primarily on public and private securities offerings.

Sonia has significant expertise in representing both issuers and underwriters in connection with public debt, convertible debt and hybrid capital offerings. She regularly represents Wells Fargo & Company and Target Corporation in connection with capital markets activities and has also represented Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, Hormel Foods Corporation and Hutchinson Technology Incorporated. Sonia has also assisted several companies in establishing medium-term note programs, bank note programs and commercial paper programs, thereby facilitating immediate access to capital.

In the last few years, Sonia has handled public offerings aggregating approximately $90 billion and has established medium-term note programs and bank note programs with an aggregate capacity of $200 billion. Her work in these offerings has included some of the latest innovative financial products offered in the capital markets. The following are recent representative transactions:

• $12.6 billion common stock offering for Wells Fargo & Company
• Hybrid capital offerings in excess of $4 billion
• Dutch auction of common stock warrants issued under TARP
• $3 billion registered remarketing of investment-grade debt securities
• Offering of first mortgage bonds for Southwestern Public Service Company, a subsidiary of Xcel Energy, Inc.
• Tender and exchange offer for convertible subordinated notes of Hutchinson Technology Incorporated 
• Trust preferred securities issuances in excess of $4 billion for Wells Fargo & Company
• $1 billion global debt offering listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange for Target Corporation
• Offering of senior notes for Hormel Foods Corporation
• Representing BofA Merrill Lynch in connection with a public offering of trust preferred securities for U.S. Bancorp
• Representing JPMorgan in connection with a public debt offering for UnitedHealth Group
• $3 billion Rule 144A contingent convertible debt offering for Wells Fargo & Company
• Public offerings of debt securities denominated in various foreign currencies
• Contingent convertible subordinated debt offering for Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
• Numerous subordinated debt financings within the OCC regulatory framework for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
• Public offerings of debt securities linked to a variety of stock indices, exchange-traded funds, commodities and other market measures
• Offerings of brokered certificates of deposit linked to a variety of stock indices, exchange-traded funds, currencies, commodities and other market measures
• Issuer tender offer for 17 series of debt securities with an aggregate principal amount of $4.6 billion for Wells Fargo & Company
• Consent solicitation for amendment of registered debt securities