Our Expertise
Business/Corporate & Securities
With clients ranging from large, publicly-held corporations to small companies and proprietorships in many industries, most of SCMV’s Business / Corporate and Securities Practice involves working closely and on a long-term basis with entrepreneurs.
We work thoroughly and at a fast entrepreneurial pace, offering counsel on considerations that affect and influence the many decisions that entrepreneurs face on a continuing basis.
Transactional services include:
- forming and advising corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships and other business entities
- creating buy-sell arrangements
- preparing public and private securities offerings
- setting up plans for implementing stock options, stock purchases and similar benefits
- preparing mergers, acquisitions and divestitures (stock and assets, spin-offs, going private/leveraged buyouts, tender and exchange offers, shareholders rights/“poison pill plans” and other transactions)
- structuring bank, venture capital, and other institutional and private financings
We also represent public companies, broker-dealers, shareholders, investors, underwriters, investment brokers and investment advisors in securities and regulatory matters such as:
- complying with federal, state, and foreign securities law when issuing securities
- periodic reporting and other compliance obligations under federal securities laws; the National Association of Securities Dealers; and the rules of national and regional stock exchanges
- proceedings before the Securities and Exchange Commission and NASD
As businesses evolve, the business, investment and tax strategies of the people guiding them also evolve. We assist our clients in legal strategy - so they can stay focused on the vision that drives their success.
The SCMV Business / Corporate and Securities Practice:
Insights . . . beyond the letter of the law.