Areas of Concentration · Initial public offerings and secondary public offerings of equity securities · Public offerings of debt securities · Private placements of equity and debt securities · Tenant-in-Common offerings · Partnership and limited liability company private placements · REIT private placements · Ongoing securities law compliance Significant Representations · IPO for developer and supplier of custom-designed touchpad and dual pointing interface solutions for notebook computers. · Follow-on offering for a public company engaged in designing and manufacturing liquid crystal display modules and microdisplays. · Rule 144A $150,000,000 Senior Note offering and registered exchange offer for public company providing health and safety services, including 911 emergency transport services.* · SEC Registration of a hotel condominium coupled with a rental pool.* · Private placement for $400 million REIT offering. · Tenant-in-Common private placements and Delaware statutory trust offerings. · Real estate syndication private placements for retail and office projects. · Form 10 for a biopharmaceutical company focusing on proprietary ingredients for functional nutrition.* · Ongoing 1934 Act representation for various public companies. *Matters were handled by Jean prior to her joining Greenberg Traurig. Professional & Community Involvement · Member, American Bar Association
- Standing Committee on Audit, Member, 1999-2002
- Section of Business Law, 1982-Present
- Council Member, Section of Business Law, 1996-2000; Chair-Finance Committee
- Educational Programming Board, Section of Business Law, Chair 2009-present, Co-Chair 2006-2009
- Chairman, Committee on State Regulation of Securities, Section of Business Law, 1992-95; Vice Chairman, 1989-1992; Secretary, 1988-1989
- Member, Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities, Section of Business Law, 1993-Present; Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Small Business Issuers, 1998-2006 · Member, State Bar of Arizona, 1979-Present
- Chairman, Section on Securities Regulation, 1988-1989 · Trustee, Desert Botanical Garden, 1993-2000 Awards & Recognition · Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2010-2012 · Selected, Phoenix Securities Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers, 2011 · Selected, Arizona's Finest Lawyers, 2011 · Rated, AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5 Articles, Publications, & Lectures Articles · Co-author, "Financing the American Dream - Small Business and the ULOR Project," 43 Bus. Law. 757 (1988) · Co-author, "Financing the American Dream: A Beginning," 44 Bus. Law. 625 (1989) · Co-author, "Financing the American Dream - ULOR SCOR(E)S," 45 Bus. Law. 1343 (1990) · Co-author, "Presumptive Merit - A New Era for Arizona Securities Law," 45 Bus. Law 1347 (1990) · Co-author, "Uniform Form for Small Offerings: SCOR," 23 Rev. of Sec. and Com. Reg. 219 (1990) · Co-author, "Developments in the Use of Form U-7 (SCOR)," 47 Bus. Law 273 (1991) · Co-author, "Simplifying Registration of Small Corporate Offerings: Form U-7 'SCORs'," 6 Insights 13, July 1992 · Co-author, "Regulation D Offerings," ALI-ABA Course Handbook (1989-2004) · Co-author, "Blue Sky Laws," PLI Course Handbook (1993) |