A partner since 1994, Craig represents clients with respect to securities law and corporate governance matters. He advises senior managements and boards of directors on corporate governance matters. Additionally, he advises public and private companies on securities laws aspects of equity-based incentive plans for directors, officers and employees. Craig has extensive experience in private placements of securities representing both private and public companies. Craig has led many transactions involving the negotiation, sale and closing of acquisitions, disposition and mergers of public companies and private companies alike, including compliance with the securities law aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Closely related to this is his experience in engineering corporate reorganizations of several of his clients. As part of his corporate and commercial finance practice, Craig has extensive experience representing both public and private companies as borrowers in secured and unsecured lending transactions. Additionally, his experience includes representation of clients with respect to commercial transactions. Finally, Craig provides general corporate law and other legal advice to many public and private clients and has served as de facto general counsel for a number of companies that do not have in-house general counsels. Awards & Recognitions · The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law, 2007-2012 · Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers, Securities & Corporate Finance Law, 2005, 2009 Professional Associations & Memberships · National Association of Corporate Directors · Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals Experience · Represented an intermediate steel processor with respect to its initial public offering as well as a follow-on offering six months later · Represented an underwriter in taking public an insurance holding company · Represented a privately held company in the $98 million sale of intermodal terminal businesses including the formation of joint ventures with the buyer for selected future developments · Represented a bank holding company with assets of $500 million in going public and assisted in the implementation of its growth strategy by representing the bank holding company in the subsequent acquisitions by merger of target bank holding companies in tax free transactions, increasing the asset size to over $1.0 billion by the time it was acquired by a larger bank holding company · Prepared numerous 10b5-1 stock trading plans for executives of publicly held companies · Represented the special committee of the Board of Directors of a trucking company in the trucking company's "going private" transaction including the necessary corporate transactional work and the necessary securities documentation and filings News & Publications News 9.6.11, More Than 100 Husch Blackwell Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers 2012 10.22.09, Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2009 Names 73 Husch Blackwell Sanders Attorneys Publications 3.1.11, Practical Guidance Designed to Preserve Shareholder Protection from Liabilities of Subsidiaries, St. Louis Bar Journal 9.21.10, SEC Adopts Final Rules on Shareholder Proxy Access 8.5.10, Impacts of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance 2.17.10, SEC Issues Interpretive Guidance on Disclosure of Business or Legal Developments Regarding Climate Change and Related Issues 2.5.10, FTC Announces Decreased Hart-Scott-Rodino Thresholds for 2010 2.1.10, DOJ Announces $900,000 Settlement with Smithfield Foods for "Gun Jumping" 12.28.09, SEC Clarifies Transition Rules and Effective Dates for Expanded Disclosure Requirements 12.22.09, SEC Expands Disclosure Requirements on Compensation and Corporate Governance Issues and Accelerates Reporting of Shareholder Votes for Public Companies 10.30.09, SEC Defers SOX 404 Attestation Requirement for Smaller Companies 10.1.09, NYSE Proposed Amendments to Corporate Governance Listing Standards 8.11.09, Proposed Rules Expand Compensation and Corporate Governance Disclosure Requirements for Public Companies 7.15.09, SEC Approves Amendment to NYSE Rule 452 6.16.09, Recent Amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law and SEC Proposed Rules 4.29.09, Avoid Ambiguity and Uncertainty to Promote Deal Success, Reduce Risk and Avert Litigation 3.23.09, Amendment Proposed to NYSE Rule 452 1.29.09, Activist Shareholders' Stealth Tools: Empty Voting and Total Return Swaps 1.12.09, What's New for the 2009 Proxy and Annual Report Season 1.1.04, Legal and Business Considerations in Changing the Annual Meeting, Boardroom Briefing, a publication of The National Association of Corporate Directors and Directors & Boards magazine 9.1.00, The Corporate Secretary and Challenges Presented to Public Companies by Internet-Based Message Boards and Chat Rooms," New York Law Journal Events 10.1.09, Election of Directors and Other Corporate Governance Challenges in the New Regulatory Environment, Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals
Speaking Engagements 5.1.07, Sarbanes-Oxley and Corporate Governance - But I'm Not Part of a Publicly Traded Company So Why Should I Care? United Soybean Board
Speaking Engagements 12.1.04, Current and Emerging Issues and Trends in Mergers & Acquisitions: Advanced Strategies to Protect the Company, Its Board, Management and Shareholders, Association of Corporate Counsel
Speaking Engagements 9.1.04, Ethical Issues in Your Practice, Edward Jones Satellite Network video conference
Speaking Engagements 4.1.04, Protecting You, Your Employees and Your Company: Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on Privately Held & Public Companies, St. Louis Business Journal
Speaking Engagements 4.1.03, Leading Practices in the Documentation and Assessment of Internal Control Structure, Jefferson Wells International
Speaking Engagements 11.1.02, The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - Impact on Private Equity Firms and Their Portfolio Companies, Venture Capital Breakfast Club
Speaking Engagements 10.1.02, Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: The Changing Corporate Landscape - from Meadow to Minefield, Financial Executives International
Speaking Engagements 9.1.02, The Corporate Secretary and the Internet - Issues and Answers. American Society of Corporate Secretaries
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