Facilitating access to growth capital, we represent both companies seeking financing and those providing financing. This provides a valuable perspective.

Our client base includes domestic and offshore venture capital funds, hedge funds, private equity funds, commodity pools and similar investment vehicles. As part of this activity, we represent a wide variety of funds such as long/short, global macro, arbitrage, debt and funds of funds.

Our team’s experience includes assistance with fund formation and structure, fundraising, portfolio company investing, tax and monitoring activities. This encompasses providing general corporate assistance in an ever-tightening regulatory climate and advice on matters involving our clients’ investments, operation, administration and disclosure obligations. Our cross-disciplinary delivery model means that our clients benefit from the full range of legal expertise and advice needed to address these often multi-faceted transactions.

Members of our team bring extensive background in working with underwriters and investment banks focusing on a range of industries. Our in-depth industry knowledge, enhanced by the fact that many of our attorneys bring business backgrounds to their practices, means that we can act with agility, confidence and efficiency. Assisting with numerous public offerings and private placements, valuable relationships are formed.

Our work with investment banks also includes assisting these clients in their role as financial advisor. Our scope, as we bring a combined business and legal perspective, includes assisting with matters such as due diligence, securities law regulations, reporting requirements, taxation, deal structure and management of intellectual property assets.

We represent issuers in offerings ranging from multi-million dollar global public offerings through major international investment banks to small private placements. Bringing a strong and active knowledge of today’s global capital markets, we help access sources of financing best suited for each client’s individual needs.

Our experience includes assisting with public equity and debt offerings; tender offers; PIPEs; Rule 144A placements of equity, debt, convertible and preferred trust securities; and Regulation D and Regulation S transactions. This work often involves cross-border activities, where we apply our extensive experience in coordinating securities transactions on an international basis.

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