Our clients have said that the initial public offering process changes their companies in ways they never imagined. (Usually, for the better.) The IPO experience is a rite of passage for maturing companies that begins well before the commencement of the "quiet period." Our attorneys like to work with companies at the outset, to help them avoid common pitfalls, select the appropriate professionals and formulate the proper timetable.

We work closely with senior management in the IPO process, performing the necessary due diligence, assisting in the drafting of the registration statement and prospectus, managing the working group and dealing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or the appropriate Federal banking agency). When we represent the lead underwriters, we perform similar due diligence, assist issuer's counsel with the documentation, negotiate the underwriting agreement, obtain NASD clearance and perform the "blue sky" analysis.

Having worked on the staff of the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance (or the staffs of the Securities divisions of the FDIC or OTS), our attorneys "think like the bureaucrats" (having been a bureaucrat, we mean that in the nicest possible way). This provides our clients with the opportunity to better analyze their current situation, whether it is a question of disclosure, interpretation or policy (none of which is written down anywhere).

The Knowledge and the Judgment foster the Speed and Results.