Jane K. P. Tam devotes substantially all of her practice to representing corporate clients ranging from promising start-ups to established domestic and international corporations. Ms. Tam has represented businesses in such diverse areas as information technology, government contracting, biotechnology, Internet services, telecommunications, computer software, financial services, and transportation. She represents private and public issuers, private equity funds and investment banks in registered public offerings and private placements of securities, debt financings and exchange offers. During the last 18 years of her practice, Ms. Tam has helped companies raise an aggregate of over $2 billion. Ms. Tam was the lead securities counsel for two public companies' merger valued at $7.2 billion.
Ms. Tam acts as principal outside counsel for domestic and foreign companies on securities offerings, SEC compliance and periodic filings, corporate governance, mezzanine investments, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnering and distributorships, and general corporate matters. She also counsels public companies on corporate governance and disclosure issues, shareholder relations and compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the federal and state securities laws, the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ and other major stock exchanges.
Ms. Tam is a frequent speaker on capital formation, corporate governance, and diversity issues. She was also one of five partners selected for the firm's elite award-winning Rising Stars program, an intensive marketing, leadership and management program. Ms. Tam chairs the firm's Asian Pacific Islander Initiative and is a member of the firm's Diversity Council and mentoring committee.
Ms. Tam worked in the Pacific Rim in the early 90's. Ms. Tam began her legal career in the Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.