Our Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions Group is dedicated to meeting the legal needs of our business clients, large and small. We are focused on combining our business experience and legal expertise in all aspects of securities law, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial transactions to serve our clients at all stages of building, growing, financing and sustaining business. Our client base ranges from closely held small businesses to senior public companies. We provide sound and practical advice on structuring, negotiating and preparing documentation for all debt, equity and other capital market instruments, all within the framework of applicable corporate and securities laws and regulations.

With extensive transactional experience and strategic expertise, we bridge the requirements of business and application of law. A number of our lawyers have practical business experience as former and present officers and directors of emerging and established private and public companies. Our services include providing legal advice on:

• Public equity and debt offerings;
• Mergers, acquisitions and dispositions;
• Private placements and exempt offerings
• Capital market financings, including initial public offerings, secondary offerings and share buy backs;
• Stock exchange listings and filings;
• Continuous disclosure compliance;
• Corporate governance;
• Corporate re-organizations and rationalization; and
• Share transactions, including take-over bids, rights offerings and plans of arrangement.