Curt P. Creely

Curt P. Creely

Curt Creely, partner with Foley & Lardner LLP, is a member of the Transactional & Securities and Private Equity & Venture Capital Practices. He is also a member of the firm's Life Sciences and Emerging Technologies Teams. Mr. Creely's practice focuses on securities law, mergers and acquisitions, and other corporate business transactions. He regularly serves as counsel to both private and public companies in connection with a wide variety of sophisticated transactions and business activities, including:

· serving as issuer's counsel in initial public offerings by technology and life sciences companies;

· representing issuers in venture capital and private equity transactions in a variety of industries;

· regularly advising public companies on SEC compliance, reporting, and governance matters;

· serving as counsel in merger and acquisition transactions involving private and public companies in various industries, including the healthcare, software, and defense industries; and

· representing businesses in complex strategic transactions, including joint ventures, technology licensing transactions, and product development programs.

Mr. Creely also previously served as in-house general counsel to Liquidmetal Technologies, Inc., a publicly held materials technology company, where he was responsible for managing Liquidmetal's broad range of legal needs, including securities law compliance, strategic transactions, technology development and protection, foreign legal matters, and general corporate needs.

Mr. Creely graduated with high honors from the University of Florida College of Law in 1995, where he was a member of the Florida Law Review and was elected to Order of the Coif. He received his bachelor's degree summa cum laude in history and political science from Geneva College in 1992, where he was co-valedictorian of his graduating class.

He is a member of the Florida State Bar and has recently been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in the fields of mergers & acquisitions and securities law.