Laurie L. Green advises public companies on the corporate governance requirements of the NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ, and the SEC's corporate governance standards under Sarbanes-Oxley.
In addition to her corporate governance experience, Ms. Green represents companies in securities offerings, proxy solicitations, mergers and acquisitions, cash tender offers, cross-border tender offers, and distressed debt restructuring and exchange offers. Before entering private practice, Ms. Green spent 11 years at the SEC and served as Special Counsel in the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance in Washington, D.C. in its Office of Mergers and Acquisitions.
A frequent speaker on topics related to Sarbanes-Oxley and corporate governance issues, Ms. Green provides the firm's clients with SEC regulation updates.
Notable Client Work
- Issuer's Counsel for special purpose acquisition companies, including the initial public offering and acquisition of a target company
- Bidder's Counsel for IVAX Corporation (AMEX:IVX; LSE:IVX.L), a multinational pharmaceutical company, in its cross-border tender offers for Laboratorio Chile S.A. (NYSE:LBC) for $394 million
- Bidder's Counsel for Ferrotec Corporation, a Japanese corporation, in its tender offer for Ferrofluidics Corporation (NASDAQ: FERO) for $37 million
- Issuer's Counsel for companies conducting distressed debt restructurings and exchange offers for outstanding debt securities, including TIMCO Aviation Services, Inc.'s (OTCBB: TMAS.OB) exchange offers for over $230 million of outstanding notes
- Issuer's Counsel for Ecometry Corporation's (NASDAQ: ECOM) going private transaction and Special Committee's Counsel for Interfoods of America, Inc.'s going private transaction
- Issuer's Counsel for companies conducting cash tender offers for outstanding debt securities, including SBA Communications Corporation's (NASDAQ: SBAC) cash offers for over $390 million of outstanding notes