Securities

Archer attorneys have decades of experience assisting U.S. and foreign clients in raising capital through public and private securities offerings, including stock-based mergers and acquisitions, real estate private placement transactions, financings of emerging-growth companies, and other corporate finance transactions.

Our transactional experience includes:

• Initial public offerings, at-the-market offerings, follow-on and secondary offerings
• Alternative public offerings, such as reverse mergers and direct listings
• Private placements, PIPEs, and Rule 144A/Regulation S offerings
• Secured and unsecured debt offerings
• Stock exchange listings

We advise our clients on all aspects of federal and state securities laws and stock exchange rules, including:

• Federal securities law periodic reporting
• Proxy statements and annual meetings of stockholders
• Section 16 and Section 13(d) reporting and insider trading compliance
• Going private transactions
• Structuring stock option and other securities-based compensatory plans
• Stock exchange compliance

We also counsel clients routinely on corporate governance and fiduciary duty matters. We carefully work with boards of directors and management of public and private companies regarding corporate governance and compliance best practices to assist them in meeting all legal, exchange listing, and fiduciary obligations owed to their corporations, shareholders, and employees.