Our Securities Practice attorneys are actively engaged in counseling management in corporate and securities laws, issues, and obligations to help our clients position themselves effectively for venture capital, angel, or public financing. We also advise public, non-public, individual, and pre-IPO companies in compliance with current laws and we represent our clients in negotiations with state securities regulators.

We assist our privately held clients in properly organizing their businesses to facilitate securities law compliance, preparing offering literature, closing financing transactions and preparing notices and filings necessary to comply with federal and state securities laws.

We represent our public clients in preparing annual, quarterly, and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and complying with other public reporting requirements on an ongoing basis. We also advise our clients' officers and directors in complying with Section 16, Rule 144, and Sarbanes-Oxley issues.

Working closely with our Mergers & Acquisition Practice our Securities attorneys regularly assist in buying and selling public companies. We also monitor and advise companies in regard to restrictions on dealing with finders and other case specific circumstances under state securities laws.

Our Securities Practice also provides guidance on corporate governance issues for both public and private companies. We help structure all forms of securities transactions ranging from public tender offers to post-closing sales of restricted securities of both public and private companies on behalf of our corporate as well as individual clients.

For more information on our Public and Private Securities Practice, please contact William Contente (profile, email).