Katie Stern

Katie Stern is an associate at Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, where her practice focuses on corporate transactional law, including mergers and acquisitions, securities law, capital markets transactions, corporate governance, and other general corporate matters across a broad range of industries.

Katie received her J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. She also holds a B.B.A. and an MPAcc. from The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business.

Prior to joining Davis Graham, Katie completed externships at the Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center and in the Juvenile Unit of the Colorado State Public Defender’s Office. During law school, Katie was a summer associate at Davis Graham in the Transactions Department.

Before pursuing a career as an attorney, Katie worked as an external auditor with Ernst & Young and was the Finance Director at Purple Door Coffee, a Denver-based nonprofit that provided job-training to young adults experiencing homelessness.

Katie is a member of the Mile High United Way Catalyst Society, a group of business leaders in the Denver Metro area focused on philanthropic and leadership development. Katie also serves on the Associate Committee and AI Task Force at Davis Graham and is an active member of the Davis Graham Book Club.

Representative Matters

• Represented PDC Energy, Inc. in its merger with Chevron Corporation for a total enterprise value of $7.6 billion.
• Represented a large family office in connection with the acquisition of Frontier Waste Solutions, a Texas-based solid waste and recycling collection service company.
• Represented JLL Pioneer in the divesture of its quarry business and the sale of its distribution business.
• Represented a consortium of private investors in connection with the provision of development capital for a large clean hydrogen project.
• Represented Merrick & Company, an international engineering, architecture, surveying, and geospatial solutions firm, in its acquisition of Mountain Waterworks, an Idaho based wastewater engineering company.