Practices

Securities Offerings & Compliance

Mintz Levin has a sophisticated and varied securities practice, representing public and private issuers, underwriters, stockholder groups, and individual investors. Our practice includes a wide range of transactional work combined with ongoing advice to over 50 public companies across a variety of industries, investment banking firms, venture capital investors, and institutional and individual stockholders on the panoply of regulations with which they must comply under the federal securities laws.

On the transactional side, we have extensive experience with:

  • both IPOs and follow-on public offerings of equity, debt, and other securities 
  • corporate acquisitions involving registered and restricted stock 
  • primary and secondary shelf registrations, including registered direct transactions and bought deals 
  • private investment in public equity (PIPE) transactions
  • venture capital and privately placed equity financings for emerging companies.

In the securities compliance arena, we help our clients:

  • fulfill their ongoing obligations under the SEC's periodic reporting system 
  • manage sensitive disclosure issues internally and with stock market participants 
  • prepare proxy statements and handle stockholder meetings
  • comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and other corporate governance requirements, including rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market and New York Stock Exchange
  • structure employee benefit plans and executive compensation packages under the SEC's reporting and liability rules
  • effect resales of securities in the public trading markets under the SEC's Rule 144
  • advise boards of directors concerning the requirements and restrictions imposed on their actions by the securities laws.

Please click here for a pdf of our Securities Counsel brochure.

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Corporate & Securities Alert: Federal Appeals Court Vacates SEC’s Proxy Access Rule

8/18/2011



The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on Private Companies and Corporate Governance Best Practices

8/2011
Megan N. Gates
Practical Law Company

Securities Litigation Alert: Lessons Learned from Initial "Say-on-Pay" Litigation

7/18/2011



Securities/Corporate Compliance & Internal Investigations Alert: SEC Adopts Final Whistleblower Bounty Rules under Dodd-Frank

6/16/2011



Ignore the Cautions Identified by Third-Party Analysts at Your Own Risk

6/13/2011

BD Week

Life Sciences/Securities Advisory: Important Factors That May Affect the Size of Your Financing Transaction

6/1/2011



Using Finders to Assist in Financings Can Impose Significant Risks

6/2011
Steve Ganis, Jeremy D. Glaser and Jake Romero
Insights: The Corporate & Securities Law Advisor

Periscope Up: This Lawyer/VC is Always Looking Around the Corner

6/2011

Venture Capital Journal

Q&A: A Fresh Take on Life Sciences

5/27/2011

M&A Alerts

Securities Alert: Using Finders to Assist in Financings Can Impose Significant Risks on Your Company

4/29/2011



Securities Alert: SEC Proposes Rules to Require Revised Exchange Listing Standards for Compensation Committees

4/19/2011



Webinar: Practical Tips and Strategies for Public Companies Navigating the New “Say on Pay” Regime — Are You Ready?

1/19/2011



Securities Advisory: The Dodd-Frank Act and Foreign Private Issuers

1/18/2011



Securities Alert: SEC Proposes Say-on-Pay Rules

11/23/2010



Megan N. Gates "Top Women of Law" Award Featured in Mass Lawyers Weekly

11/15/2010



Securities Alert: SEC Suspends Effectiveness of Proxy Access Rules

10/5/2010



Securities Alert: Proxy Access Becomes a Reality

9/27/2010



Venture Capital and Emerging Companies Alert: Dodd-Frank Act Affects Private Placements by Raising the Bar for Individual Accredited Investors

7/26/2010



Securities Alert: Financial Reform Bill is Signed by President Obama

7/21/2010



Webinar: Responding to the SEC’s New Disclosure Requirements for 2010: Tips and Strategies to Prepare for Proxy Season

3/2/2010



Securities Alert: New SEC Rule Regarding Short Selling — The “Alternative Uptick Rule”

3/2/2010



Securities Law Advisory: Preparation for 2009 Fiscal Year SEC Filings and 2010 Annual Shareholder Meetings

2/9/2010



Securities Litigation and White Collar Defense Alert: Khuzami Announces Initiative To Encourage Cooperation by Individuals and Companies with SEC Investigations

1/14/2010



Securities Law Advisory: SEC Finalizes Enhanced Compensation and Corporate Governance Disclosure Requirements

1/13/2010



Privacy and Security Alert: Massachusetts Revises Data Security Regulations and Gives Three-Month Reprieve for Compliance

8/17/2009



Securities Law Alert: SEC Takes Action Against Abusive Short Sales

7/31/2009



Securities Law Alert: SEC v. Cuban: What the Decision Means For Insider Trading Liability and Confidentiality Agreements

7/23/2009



Securities Law Alert: Recent NASDAQ Updates on Listing Rules and Related Matters

7/21/2009



Securities Law Alert: SEC Approves Amendment to Stock Exchange Rule To Eliminate Broker Discretionary Voting in Director Elections

7/15/2009



Securities Law Alert: SEC Votes to Expand Proxy Access Rights of Shareholders

5/22/2009



Securities Law Alert: NASDAQ Extends Suspension of Continued Listing Rules

4/1/2009



Privacy and Security Alert: Massachusetts Extends Deadline for Compliance with Data Security Regulations to January 1, 2010

2/18/2009



Litigation and Securities Alert: Using the Attorney-Client Privilege to Protect Drafts of SEC Filings

2/6/2009



Securities Law Advisory: Preparation for 2008 Fiscal Year SEC Filings and 2009 Annual Shareholder Meetings

2/5/2009



Securities Law Alert: NYSE Temporarily Lowers Market Capitalization Requirement

1/30/2009



Litigation and Securities Advisory: Litigation Triggered by Madoff Collapse

1/22/2009



Securities Law Advisory: The SEC Issues New Guidance on the Use of Company Websites for Disclosure Purposes

1/9/2009



Litigation and Securities Alert: Collapse of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC

12/18/2008



Securities Alert: Do You Need to Refile Your Shelf Registration Statements?

11/13/2008



Securities Law Advisory: SEC Expands Eligibility for Use of Forms S-3 and F-3

7/10/2008



Privacy and Security Advisory: Proposed Amendments May Expand Protection of Consumer Financial Information in the Securities Industry

4/28/2008



Securities Law Advisory: Preparation for 2007 Fiscal Year SEC Filings and 2008 Annual Shareholder Meetings

1/31/2008



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