Capital Markets

Knowledge and Resources Matter

Our team handles transactions, offerings, and continuous disclosure duties for both public and private entities. We provide counsel to clients in securing capital, organizing financial arrangements, and conducting both domestic and international offerings. Our experience with various initial offerings, subsequent offerings, private placements, and Regulation A+ offerings has given us an understanding of market trends and securities laws. Acting as external general securities counsel for our public clients, we aid in effectively reducing risks, tactically overseeing their offerings, and complying with the relevant laws and regulations.

Beyond our extensive experience dealing with the SEC, FINRA, and difficult disclosure issues, we regularly collaborate with Taft attorneys from other practice areas to help analyze and approach client issues that require specialized knowledge.

Corporate Securities

Our attorneys assist our business clients with all aspects of securities law. We counsel clients on structuring public and private securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, tender offers, and going-private transactions. We also assist them with preparing the necessary filings for these transactions.

With extensive experience, we assist clients in diverse corporate law matters, providing counsel to senior management, boards of directors, and the committees of public and privately held companies in connection with corporate governance matters, including capital structuring, buy-sell, and registration rights agreements, and all other matters involving the securities of the entity.

Comprehensive Legal Counsel and Resources

• Structuring public and private securities offerings.
• Mergers and acquisitions.
• Reorganizations.
• Tender offer and going-private transactions.
• Ongoing reporting for issuers.
• Structuring and drafting stock-based compensation plans.
• Negotiating and preparing employment agreements.
• General corporate law and governance needs.
• Securities regulatory investigations and litigation.
• Regulation A+ offerings and private placement offerings.
• Advising on tax-advantaged fund structures, including Delaware Statutory Trusts, 1031 exchange funds, tax credit funds, tax-exempt development funds, and Qualified Opportunity Zone programs.

Taft’s Public Company and Securities group has extensive experience advising public companies in many areas, including capital-raising activities, reporting, and public disclosure and compliance.