Overview
Butzel's Securities & Corporate Finance Group is comprised of highly experienced and regarded lawyers who are well recognized for their expertise and service. Our lawyers offer effective, responsive and creative assistance to public and private issuers, underwriters, placement agents, initial purchasers and others with a full range of securities-related services. These services include public and private placements of various types of equity and debt securities, mergers and acquisitions and assistance with regulatory compliance. For public companies, we assist with periodic and other reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Section 16 and Rule 144 reporting requirements, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, proxy statements, corporate disclosures and communications, tender offers, share repurchase and going private programs and insider trading issues. For private companies, we help with private placements and related federal and state Blue Sky law compliance, IPO's, reverse mergers and venture capital and private equity investments. We provide public and private offering assistance to established companies as well as start-ups and emerging companies in new industries. Our group's industry expertise ranges from automotive and manufacturing to high technology, health care, real estate companies and bio-tech and alternative energy, to name only the most common. Group lawyers' regularly speak on panels on securities and corporate finance topics and several have published treatises and articles on those subjects. They also stay informed regarding recent developments through participation on key American Bar Association and other bar association committees.
