Corporate
Becker & Poliakoff is dedicated to providing sophisticated legal representation specifically tailored to the needs of our corporate and business clients. We represent new business ventures, mid-size public and private companies and seasoned corporations. Our approach is built on relationships: getting to know our clients thoroughly and then anticipating and meeting their needs with quality legal services delivered cost effectively. We treat our clients as partners, and help them maximize opportunities while minimizing risk.
We serve as general and securities counsel for public and private companies and assist our clients in all corporate legal matters, ranging from general regulatory and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance to sophisticated and complex financing transactions. Our team of experienced professionals acts as the functional equivalent of an in-house legal department for our small to mid-sized clients without their own legal staff. We also provide staff and support in matters that require time commitments beyond the efficient capability of in-house staff.
Our corporate services include:
- Corporate Compliance
- Corporate Governance
- Domestic & international corporate and transactions
- Employment
- General Corporate Representation
- Going Private
- Hedge Funds
- IPOs
- Licensing
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Nasdaq and NYSE Arbitrations
- Nasdaq Compliance
- PIPES
- Private Placements
- Public Offerings
- Reverse Mergers
- Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
- SEC Compliance
- Secondary Offerings
- Secured and Unsecured Lending
- Takeover Defense
- Teaming Agreements
- Venture Capital
Hostile Takeover Attempt Preparation
- Staggered Boards
- Stockholder rights plans (“Poison Pills”)
- Dual-class voting structures
- Proxy contests and hostile tender offers
- Charter Amendments
New Business Ventures
We have guided numerous organizations through the start-up and growth process, from initial capital formation through an eventual public offering. We start by developing a complete understanding of our clients' business and operations.Every client is different—there is no cookie-cutter approach to our methodology. We:
- help assemble and formalize needed documentation such as shareholder agreements, minute books, corporate agreements, employment agreements, and other formal corporate documents, and assist in the preparation of business plans and executive summaries;
- provide advice on selecting and developing the proper corporate structure of the organization, including corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships; and
- create the needed offering documents, whether private placement memoranda or public offering prospectus, for capital raising transactions.
Through our years of experience we have gained first hand knowledge of the business practices that will lead to success and the pitfalls that will result in failure. We consider our clients’ success to be our success, and take the achievements and failures of our clients very personally.
For further information on the Corporate practice group, please contact:
Victor J. DiGioia, 212-599-3322, vdigioia@becker-poliakoff.com |
