Corporate and Securities

The corporate and securities practitioners at Williams & Anderson advise public and private companies in business transactions. We also advise broker-dealers, accountants and other participants in the securities markets in regulatory and litigation matters.

We represent for-profit and nonprofit corporations, limited liability companies, and other business entities in engagements both novel and routine. In addition to advice regarding corporate structure, our attorneys advise business entities and management on specific subjects including transactions involving actual or potential conflicts of interest, director and officer indemnification and insurance issues, and other questions of director and officer fiduciary responsibilities and liabilities.

We also represent issuers, underwriters, placement agents and investors in public and private offerings of securities. We advise clients with regard to terms, structure and mechanics of registered and exempt securities offerings. We also advise clients regarding resale registration, and alternatives to registration of the client's securities.

We have experience with mergers, acquisitions (including Hart-Scott-Rodino compliance), tender offers, restructurings and similar transactions. Our firm counsels public companies on securities law and other regulatory issues. We also research, prepare and submit necessary filings to comply with regulatory requirements of the SEC, various state securities agencies, stock exchanges, and other self-regulatory organizations such as the NASD.

Williams & Anderson has an active business litigation practice. Our corporate and securities lawyers work closely with our litigation lawyers in representing publicly-traded companies, broker-dealers, and accounting firms in regulatory and private litigation involving securities and corporate law issues. We have also represented corporate directors and officers and their insurers in connection with fraud and breach of fiduciary duty claims.

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