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Corporate, M&A & Securities

A vast knowledge of intricate laws and practices combined with a personal touch.

Our Corporate, M&A and Securities practice group represents businesses across the full spectrum of corporate, finance and business transactions, ranging from financing and investment transactions to strategic partnerships to mergers and acquisitions.  Drawing on a depth of knowledge and cross-disciplinary expertise, our team adeptly guides our clients to exceptional outcomes.

Businesses of all sizes and industries from publicly traded corporations to closely held companies rely on the ability of our corporate attorneys to provide innovative approaches to structuring practical and effective solutions to the challenges facing business owners and entrepreneurs.  Our corporate attorneys are highly experienced in providing counsel in connection with matters such as forming and growing start-up/emerging companies, devising and executing on exit strategies, helping to ensure smooth control transitions through succession planning and providing legal advice in support of all aspects of their “day-to-day” operations, in each case, using a multidisciplinary approach with lawyers from our other practice areas to ensure that the client is provided the most efficient and effective legal service.

Our M&A attorneys structure, negotiate and successfully execute sophisticated corporate transactions for businesses of all sizes across today’s leading industries. We are well-versed in all transaction structures, including mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, spin-offs and divestitures, and regularly advise clients in connection with corporate reorganizations, rollover equity and earn-outs, among other matters. Taking an individualized, innovative and interdisciplinary approach to transactions, we guide sellers, buyers, and key stakeholders through every stage of the deal process, from due diligence and structuring, to negotiation, drafting and closing.  Our clients rely on our breadth of legal expertise, business and practical experience and knowledge of market trends as we assist them in achieving their goals in a commercial and effective manner.

Our highly regarded securities attorneys are recognized by the business and financial communities for their sophisticated practices and vast knowledge of the intricate laws and codes governing the widely regulated securities industry, including issues arising under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Securities Act of 1933 (’33 Act), the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (’34 Act) and related SEC regulations, the Commodity Exchange Act and rules of the U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Our securities attorneys represent issuers, hedge funds and other institutional investors, investment banks, placement agents, and financial institutions in a range of securities and financing transactions, including private placements, initial public offerings, other public offerings, PIPES and registered direct offerings, and reverse mergers. We regularly assist public companies in ’34 Act periodic filings, ‘33 Act offerings and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and counsel broker-dealers in FINRA compliance issues. We also frequently advise on, and develop, compliance policies and procedures for our clients.

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