Baker Donelson's corporate finance lawyers serve as counsel for issuers, underwriters, placement agents and investors in a full range of financing transactions.
Broad transactional experience. Our team has extensive experience in initial and secondary public offerings, 144A offerings, shelf registrations (including automatic shelf registrations) and takedowns, Regulation S and Regulation D private placements for public and private companies, debt offerings, registered exchange offers, equity-linked securities, mezzanine finance and other capital raising transactions.
Partnering strategically. We work to understand our clients' businesses so we can assist them in evaluating various financing options and selecting the ones that will best satisfy their business needs. Our corporate finance attorneys apply their legal and business experience in structuring, negotiating and closing transactions in ways that align with a client's strategic objectives. Our team collaborates with lawyers in other practice areas – such as commercial lending, tax, litigation and intellectual property – to provide comprehensive representation.
Regulatory compliance. Attorneys on our corporate finance team have extensive experience in SEC and other regulatory compliance matters that could affect a transaction, including the rules and processes of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and of stock exchanges such as the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ Stock Market, as well as the various state securities regulators. Members of our group have served as general counsel to public companies and have acquired unique knowledge and insight as to the issues and concerns that affect public companies and their general counsel.
Industries. Clients from a wide range of industries call on Baker Donelson for corporate finance counsel. We have represented companies in the airline, agricultural products, assisted living, banking and financial services, cement manufacturing, chemical manufacturing, insurance, Internet, REIT, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, retail, technology infrastructure, telecommunications, restaurant and transportation industries.