Heather Welch Arbogast

Associate

McGuireWoods LLP

Whether she’s untangling complex legal questions for her corporate clients or spending her limited free time fundraising for various nonprofits, Heather Welch Arbogast’s modus operandi can be boiled down to a simple formula: Thorough preparation and attention to detail. Consistently working ahead of schedule to carry out her various plans has been the key to early success and greater responsibilities.

Arbogast became the first lawyer in her family after she graduated in 2010 from the University of Baltimore School of Law, where she also was the editor-in-chief at the University of Baltimore Law Review.

Arbogast advises clients in the energy private equity industries on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, finance and securities law. In 2015, she served as the senior associate on a McGuireWoods team that advised Sprint on a deal with RadioShack, where Sprint agreed to be a co-tenant in 1,435 RadioShack stores as part of RadioShack’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. M & A Advisor named the transaction the “Telecom Deal of the Year” in its annual Turnaround Awards, which recognizes top distressed investment and restructuring deals.

Abrogast also leverages her lawyering skills to benefit the community by participating in a pro bono elderly law clinic. An animal lover, she volunteers with the nonprofit Lab Rescue of the Labrador Retriever Club of the Potomac.