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Securities Offerings; Corporate and Partnership Finance |
Our well-earned reputation in the area of securities and finance law dates back to our founders, Kenneth McAfee and Richard Taft. Shortly after starting the Firm, Mr. McAfee assisted a client in registering the nation’s first drilling fund with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A few years later, Mr. Taft helped register the first international drilling fund.
More than 50 years later, raising capital through securities offerings and other complex financing structures remains an intricate area of law that requires a sophisticated understanding of transaction and compliance issues.
Our expertise in securities and corporate and partnership finance encompasses a broad range of transactions and include:
- Registered initial public offerings (IPOs)
- Shelf, secondary and other registered offerings
- Options, warrants, debentures, notes and convertible securities
- Private placements
- Rule 144A offerings
- Leveraged leasing
- Asset-backed offerings and financings
- Venture capital and private equity investments
- Debtor-in-possession financing
In addition, our attorneys regularly advise clients in all aspects of securities law compliance, including:
- Reporting and disclosure requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
- Registration of securities under the Securities Act of 1933 and state securities laws
- Proxy statements
- Insider trading and other securities violations
- Registration and regulation of broker-dealers, investment companies and advisors
- Stockholder meetings
- Takeover regulation
- Investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission and state securities agencies
- Securities exchange listing requirements