Chair Of Business Advisory Group
CurrentRepresent public companies in ongoing compliance with securities regulations, including Sarbanes-Oxley compliance issuesNegotiated on behalf of a start-up company the terms of the secured financing and equity investment from a large national insurance companyAssisted a home furnishings manufacturer with its initial public offeringCounseled the board of a company on rejecting an unsolicited take-over offerAdvised an ESOP on the corporate and securities issues involved with a leverage buy-out of sponsoring companyRepresented various medical products companies in financing transactionsCounsel various publicly-held companies on the legal issues involved with establishing and maintaining equity compensation plansAdvised a local frozen-food company on its finance transaction with a consortium of national venture capitalistsRepresent the operator of a 11.5 MW biomass facilityRepresent a private equity firm in connection with financings, acquisitions and divestituresRepresented the public company when Nature Vision, Inc. went public by means of a reverse mergerAssisted a national health care organization with a joint venture arrangement with an internet companyRepresent a startup natural ingredients company with its formation and its private placement through a local broker dealer