Capital Markets & Public Companies

Our capital markets and public companies practice encompasses seasoned practitioners—more than 25 of whom are SEC alumni—known for their command of US securities laws, capital markets transactions, complex business combinations, corporate governance matters, public company reporting, and the interplay of US and international securities laws. Many of our SEC alumni are well versed in addressing highly technical, nuanced areas of SEC reporting and US securities laws.

We advise clients through ordinary and extraordinary regulatory issues—from routine comments, examinations, and inquiries to novel issues, enforcement actions, SEC investigations, and complex requests for regulatory relief. Our capital markets and public companies lawyers counsel public and private companies, underwriters, investors, funds, and other entities in all types of securities transactions as well as securities law disclosure and compliance requirements and corporate governance. We work with our clients to structure transactions—from private placements and IPOs to large-cap public company follow-on offerings—as well advise on the securities law aspects of public and private mergers and acquisitions transactions. Our corporate governance knowledge spans securities transactions and compliance, shareholder activism defense, and more.

Representing clients in nearly every industry, we focus on the energy, financial services, life sciences, real estate investment trust, manufacturing, retail, shipping and transportation, software, and technology sectors.