Practice Areas & Industries: Miller & Martin PLLC

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Miller & Martin securities attorneys are experienced in a wide variety of securities work. We counsel clients through the legal as well as the business preparation necessary to undertake a securities offering. Through relationships developed over the years in the securities field, our attorneys can advise not only on legal matters but also assist in selection of an underwriter, an accounting firm or private capital sources needed to complete a successful securities offering.

Services Available

Miller & Martin attorneys prepare the offering documents, counsel clients through the registration process for public offerings and work closely with the Securities and Exchange Commission and ensure compliance with federal and state securities laws. We are prepared to provide counsel from the initial planning to the successful pricing of the company's stock in an underwritten public offering. From the smallest private placement to the largest IPO, Miller & Martin counsels its clients through the legal and regulatory hazards with an objective to complete a successful securities offering.

Representative Matters

• Represented a middle market buyout firm in raising in excess of $55 million to fund future acquisitions.
• Represented community banks and bank holding companies in raising over $24 million in public offerings since the beginning of 2001.
• Handled more than $5 billion of public debt and equity offering for a large corporation with operations in the U.S. and international markets.
• Completed a $30 million IPO for a large company with manufacturing facilities in the U.S., U.K., France and the Netherlands.
• Represented a national financial corporation in its underwritten public stock offering of 3,450,000 shares of common stock and $15 million of subordinated debt and its private placement of $6.1 million convertible preferred stock.
• Represented a software corporation in its initial underwritten public offering and its acquisition of a domestic and a U.K. software company, as well as software licensing.
• Represented high tech corporations in their sale to publicly held corporations for securities each valued in excess of $60 million.
• Represented high tech corporations in the raising of venture capital funds.
• Represented a publicly traded bank holding company in the acquisition of a $500 million bank holding company.
• Handled tender offers for outstanding publicly-held debt securities for a consumer products company valued at approximately $80 million and a tender offer for publicly-held debt securities for a quick service restaurant company valued at approximately $30 million.

Securities and Financial Litigation

Miller & Martin's Securities And Financial Litigation Group brings a wealth of experience to the often complex arena of securities-related litigation. Miller & Martin represents public and private companies and their officers and directors, as well as securities broker-dealers. This representation includes defense of federal and state securities laws claims, including class action, derivative and individual claims alleging securities fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and making false or misleading statements. The group also has extensive experience representing broker-dealers in actions brought by customers in state and federal courts and in NASD arbitrations. Miller & Martin also assists clients in both formal investigations and informal inquiries by the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission and counsels clients on securities law compliance and avoiding litigation.