Professional Experience
Lane Watson represents companies in mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust issues, commercial contracts, private placement of securities, and '34 Act compliance, and represents startup companies and venture capital funds in venture capital financings. His practice also includes day-to-day counseling on general corporate and business issues for privately held, publicly traded, and start-up companies in the high technology service, and utilities industries.
Lane served as judicial extern to The Honorable Marilyn Hall Patel, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California.
Representative Matters
· Representation of public companies in serial acquisitions and sales of businesses
· Representation of Internet service provider in the acquisition by merger of a privately held telecommunications company valued at over $90 million
· Representation of both venture capital funds and emerging companies in venture capital investments ranging from $500,000 to $100 million
· Antitrust filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act for both acquiring and acquired parties
· Representation of wireless communications companies in acquisitions by public companies in mergers valued at $800 million and over $2 billion
· Representation of companies in purchases and sales of assets from $17 million to $170 million
News, Publications & Presentations
· Co-author, "JOBS Act - On Regulation A, Regulation D and Crowdfunding Provisions," Day Pitney Alert, April 19, 2012
· Co-author, "IPO On-Ramp: Analysis and Open Issues," Day Pitney Alert, April 18, 2012
· Co-author, "Congress Passes JOBS Bill for Emerging Growth Companies," Day Pitney Alert, March 27, 2012
· Quoted, "China's CNOOC tests U.S. with Chesapeake shale deal," Reuters, October 11, 2010
· "New HSR Thresholds Lowered for First Time," Day Pitney Alert, February 19, 2010
· Speaker, "The Formation Process," Connecticut Bar Association's Business Law 101: Starting Up a New Company, October 5, 2009
· Co-author, "New CFIUS Regulations and Guidance Support Broadening Analysis of National Security Considerations in M&A Transactions," Day Pitney Alert, January 20, 2009
· "A PIPE Primer", DBH Alert, November 1, 2003
· Presentation, "New Laws Affecting Connecticut Business Entities," Stamford, CT, September 18, 2003
· Presentation, "Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships in Connecticut," Hartford, CT, August 21, 2003
· "Connecticut To Allow Cross-Entity Mergers," DBH Alert, June 16, 2003
Professional Affiliations
· Connecticut Bar Association
· American Bar Association
Outside Interests
· Adjunct professor in the Lawyering Process program at the University of Connecticut School of Law (2001 and 2005)