Related Practice Areas:
Banking & Finance
Business Transactions
Corporate
Mergers & Acquisitions
Project Finance
Partners:
John L. Eisel
Jerald P. Esrick
Edward T. Schultz
M. Kenneth Suddleson
Securities
Our Securities Practice includes the full range of capital market transactions, from small private placements of securities to multi-billion dollar SEC-registered public offerings; from common stock sales to complex debt instruments. We act as issuers’ counsel for many corporations, partnerships and trusts spanning various industries, and as underwriter's and placement agent's counsel in all manners of public and private debt and equity offerings. We work with companies to arrange structured financings and we have in-depth knowledge in matters related to securities products, securities transfer law and compliance and regulatory matters, among others. We advise publicly traded clients in connection with their reporting and compliance obligations to the SEC and various stock exchanges, including NASDAQ. We counsel foreign companies with respect to Alternative Public Offerings and other equity and debt transactions in the United States. We also guide officers and directors of these companies in complying with their obligations under securities laws, including all Section 16 reporting obligations.
- Served as counsel for the issuer and certain selling stockholders in connection with the initial public offering of a company with over 25 years of experience in providing information technology services to clients in a variety of industries, and its subsequent secondary offering
- Prepared and filed a registration statement for our client with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of over $500 million of securities
- Served as securities counsel to issuers and investors in IPOs, secondary offerings, private placements, and private equity transactions; serving as counsel and adviser to special committees and boards of directors of several public companies
- Represented a U.S. joint venture comprised of a publicly-traded, Australian limited property trust, an affiliate specializing in fund management, and a U.S.-based properties trust in connection with a $220 million collateral mortgage-backed securities transaction, a $170 million mortgage loan, and a $6 million line of credit; the financings were associated with the acquisition and operation of approximately $600 million in industrial real estate