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Todd B. Pfister: Lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP

Todd B. Pfister

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Practice Areas

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Private Equity & Venture Capital
  • Securities & Corporate Finance
  • Transactional & Securities
 
University Lake Forest College, B.A., Economics, summa cum laude, 1983 Phi Beta Kappa
 
Law SchoolYale Law School, J.D., 1986 Editor, Yale Law & Policy Review, Member, The Yale Journal of International Law
 
Admitted1986, Wisconsin (inactive); 1994, Florida; 2000, Illinois
 
Biography

Todd B. Pfister is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP, where he practices primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, securities law and general corporate and business law. He has extensive experience structuring and negotiating transactions in numerous industries, including finance, insurance, information technology, manufacturing and health care. He has represented both issuers and underwriters in various public and private offerings of both debt and equity securities and regularly counsels publicly held companies regarding corporate governance and compliance matters under federal and state securities laws. Mr. Pfister is a member of the firm's Transactional & Securities and Private Equity & Venture Capital Practices.

Mr. Pfister has served as company or special committee counsel in connection with going private and other strategic transactions. He also has significant experience assisting in the organization, development and financing of start-up and development stage companies. Mr. Pfister is a founding member of the recently organized Chicago Chapter of Entrepreneur Commons, a not-for-profit peer-support group for entrepreneurs.

Mr. Pfister was named a "40 Under 40" award winner by the Tampa Bay Business Journal for his professional achievements and community involvement. He is a frequent speaker and author on various legal topics, including acquisition issues, SEC compliance and corporate governance matters. Mr. Pfister's professional affiliations include membership in the State Bars of Illinois, Wisconsin and Florida, where he served on the Business Law Section's Corporations and Securities Law Committee and co-authored proposed legislation permitting mergers among various types of business entities. Mr. Pfister also served on the Wisconsin Business Law Section's Securities Law Committee and Subcommittee on 1933 and 1934 Act Disclosures. His other professional affiliations currently include membership in the Chicago Bar Association and American Bar Association.

Mr. Pfister graduated in 1986 from Yale Law School, where he was an editor of the Yale Law & Policy Review and a member of The Yale Journal of International Law. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics, summa cum laude, in 1983 from Lake Forest College, where he was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa and was a four-year letterman in tennis. Mr. Pfister is actively involved in multiple charitable and community organizations, including Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre.

 
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New NASDAQ Listing Rules Applicable to Compensation Committees Now Final
Todd B. Pfister,Mark T. Plichta,Patrick G. Quick,Aubrey V. Refuerzo, February 19, 2013
On January 11, 2013, the SEC approved new rules for inclusion in NASDAQ Listing Rules (NASDAQ Rules) regarding independence requirements for compensation committees and compensation advisers of companies listed on NASDAQ. NASDAQ initially proposed the new listing rules on September 25, 2012, based...

New NYSE Listing Standards Applicable to Compensation Committees and Advisers Now Final
Todd B. Pfister,Mark T. Plichta,Patrick G. Quick,Aubrey V. Refuerzo, February 19, 2013
On January 11, 2013, the SEC approved new listing standards regarding independence requirements for compensation committees and compensation advisers of New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) listed companies. The NYSE initially proposed the new listing standards on September 25, 2012, based on the final...

SEC Approves NYSE and NASDAQ Listing Standards Applicable to Compensation Committees and Advisers
Todd B. Pfister,Patrick G. Quick,Aubrey V. Refuerzo, January 29, 2013
On January 11, 2013, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved new listing standards for companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or the NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ) regarding independence requirements for compensation committees and compensation advisers. The NYSE...

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Todd B. Pfister
Foley & Lardner LLP
321 North Clark, Suite 2800
Chicago, IL 60610




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