Whether your business is just forming or has been firmly established for years, access to capital for growth is critical. From start-up to established operation, we can guide you through all aspects of your capital raising.
UB Greensfelder attorneys have extensive experience in a wide variety of corporate finance, capital markets, and securities transactions. Regardless of whether our corporate client is a global enterprise or an entrepreneurial start-up venture, we make it our business to understand every client’s specific needs and interests. In this way, we can develop an approach specifically tailored to meet each client’s unique needs. It also enables our corporate finance attorneys to serve our clients – and their funding sources – with a focus on creative problem-solving, senior-level attention, and knowledgeable business support.
Who We Are
UB Greensfelder’s corporate finance lawyers have experience structuring complex financings with innovative solutions, working with the parties’ other advisors to help achieve transaction objectives. As a result of the depth and scope of our business practice, our lawyers combine exceptional legal skills with seasoned business acumen.
After a transaction is closed, our securities lawyers are happy to assist clients in developing or updating a periodic reporting compliance program or with specific matters such as proxy statements or Form 8-Ks. A well-designed and executed securities compliance program can significantly enhance the efficient execution of capital-raising transactions.
How We Help
We represent a wide range of industries, including banking, biomedical technology, broker-dealer, business services, chemicals, computer hardware, firmware and software, eCommerce, financial services, franchising, investment banking, investment management, manufacturing, medical technology and devices, pharmaceuticals, private equity and venture capital funds, real estate, retail, restaurants, and telecommunications.
Our corporate finance attorneys assist clients with:
- Offerings of equity and debt securities
- Offerings of convertible debt and hybrid securities
- Investment-grade and high-yield debt
- Public offerings, including IPOs and follow-on offerings
- Private offerings, including Section 4(a)(2) private placements, Regulation D private placements, Rule 144A exempt offerings, and Regulation S exempt offerings
- Secondary offerings by shareholders
- Secured and unsecured offerings
- Debt restructuring and recapitalization transactions, including debt-for-equity exchange offers and other self-tenders
- Domestic and cross-border offerings for U.S. and non-U.S. issuers
- Acquisition finance
- Going-private transactions
- Commercial loans and credit facilities
- Hedge fund and private equity fund formation
Why Clients Choose UB Greensfelder
We understand the importance of delivering top-quality legal advice that is both practical and cost-effective, especially in challenging market conditions. Our attorneys assist clients from deal inception to closing and post-closing, including with the following:
- Transaction structuring and planning from corporate, securities, and tax law perspectives
- Deal management, including acting as an outside “general counsel” to liaise with other outside counsel and advisers, including accountants, investment banks, and publicity firms
- Due diligence
- Engagement letters and confidentiality agreements
- D&O questionnaires
- Prospectuses or offering memoranda
- Industry-specific advice for regulated industries
- Underwriting or purchase agreement and any ancillary agreements
- SEC review and comment process, if any
- Transaction publicity and the marketing roadshow
- Comfort letters
- Legal opinions and 10b-5 disclosure letters
- Transaction pricing and closing, and any post-closing obligations
