US Securities

Baker & McKenzie has a diversified securities transactions practice representing US and international issuers and underwriters on all aspects of debt and equity offerings. We are consistently listed among the top corporate law firms in the world’s largest capital markets and have substantial experience in:

• Initial public offerings
• Public and private debt and equity offerings, including Rule 144A/Regulation S transactions
• Public and private offerings of non-US companies
• Spin-offs
• Securities exchange listings
• Exchange offers
• Cash and debt tender offers
• Proxy solicitations

In addition to capital raising transactions, we provide advice to US and non-US public companies, their boards of directors and committees on a variety of matters including:

• SEC and Self-Regulatory Organization enforcement proceedings, administrative
  matters and compliance issues with respect to companies and their officers and directors, broker-dealers and investment advisers
• Compliance with corporate governance matters, fiduciary duty obligations and ethical standards and development and implementation of compliance procedures
• Internal investigations including securities laws, stock exchange rules, tax regulations and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
• Insider trading, accounting restatements and disclosures required under applicable laws
• Serving as special counsel to boards of directors, audit committees and other special committees to the board, in connection with management buy-outs, related-party transactions, hostile takeovers, going private transactions, derivative litigation, corporate governance matters and other situations where independent counsel is necessary or desirable
• Securities law aspects of employee benefit plans
• Compliance by non-US multinationals subject to US regulatory standards