Foley Hoag’s Corporate Finance and Securities Practice serves the needs of a diverse array of issuers, investment banks, venture capital and other private equity investors, investment advisors and private fund groups. We represent businesses in all stages of development—including the formative stages of incorporation, private placements of debt and equity securities, public offerings and post-IPO transactions through reporting and compliance.

Publications more

  • Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Act [Read More]
  • Further Guidance On The Revised Accredited Investor Standard [Read More]
  • Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Act - Key Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation Provisions [Read More]
  • The Dodd-Frank Act: Non-Binding “Say-on-Pay” at Public Companies [Read More]
  • SEC Adopts Pay-to-Play Restrictions (Rule 206(4)-5) [Read More]

Events more

September 13, 2010 XBRL Seminar and Networking Event [Read More] Emerging Enterprise Center at Foley Hoag
Waltham, MA
September 16, 2010 Raising Capital in Troubled Times [Read More] Emerging Enterprise Center at Foley Hoag
Waltham, MA

Client Successes more

  • Brancote Holdings PC
    Our lawyers acted as special U.S. counsel to Brancote Holdings PC, an English public company, in its $240 million acquisition by a NYSE-listed Canadian mining company in a share-exchange offer under the London City Code. [Read More]
  • Initial Public Offerings
    Our lawyers successfully represented Cullinet Software, Inc. in its initial public offering, which was the first by a software product company. Since then, we have represented numerous issuers and underwriters in connection with initial public offerings, including Centra Software Inc. in its $80 million offering; and Net.Genesis Corp. in its $88 million offering. [Read More]