Corporate Finance and Securities Transactions
We represent our corporate clients from formation through the exit strategy. We are often called upon to act not only as legal advisors, but also as business counselors. We represent private companies who are experiencing rapid growth and need to raise capital, interested in conducting an initial public offering, or both. We represent public companies who are undertaking registered offerings and with respect to their SEC reporting and compliance obligations. Our corporate and securities practice includes the following areas of representation:
- DTC analysis
- Public listing requirements
- Corporate, partnership and joint venture formation
- Corporate governance issues
- Licensing and distributorship arrangements
- Shareholder voting and buy/sell agreements
- Development of form contracts
- Commercial lease transactions
- Promissory notes, security agreements and other loan transactions
- Acquisitions, mergers and reorganizations
- Contract negotiation, review and drafting
- Initial public offerings
- Secondary offerings
- '34 Act compliance filings
- Corporate governance issues
- PIPES transactions
- Equity line of credit transactions
- Private Placements
- Bridge financing
- "Blue sky" compliance
- Restructurings
