Alan W. Becker

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Alan W. Becker: Attorney with Bose McKinney & Evans LLP
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  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer AV Preeminent Rating
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Biography

Alan Becker is a partner in the Business Services and Public Offerings and Securities Regulation Groups, assisting clients with many types of corporate and financial transactions, including forming business entities and structuring their ownership arrangements, raising capital from third parties, and buying, selling and combining businesses. He also assists clients with women-owned and minority-owned businesses (MBE/WBEs) certifications. A summa cum laude graduate of Indiana University Maurer School of Law - Bloomington, Alan served as a note editor of Volume 56 of the Indiana Law Journal. During his career, Alan has helped companies raise over $7.4 billion in public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, has assisted in the purchase and sale of companies worth over $1.5 billion and has worked on the organizational documents of hundreds of corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and other entities. Alan also assisted in drafting legislation to allow the creation of limited liability companies in Indiana and serves on the Indiana Business Law Survey Commission, advising the state legislature on laws affecting Indiana businesses and proposing legislative changes.

Honors / Awards

Best Lawyers Indianapolis Lawyer of the Year (Corporate Governance Law, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024), ( Securities Regulation, 2021, 2025) and (Securities / Capital Markets Law, 2014, 2016, 2019); The Best Lawyers in America (Corporate Compliance Law and Corporate Governance Law, 2007-2026), (Banking and Finance Law, 2009, 2011-2026), (Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2009, 2011-2026), (Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law, 2009, 2011-2026), (Securities/Capital Markets Law, 2009, 2011-2026), (Securities Regulation, 2009, 2011-2026) and (Securitization and Structured Finance Law, 2009, 2011-2026); Indiana Super Lawyers (Securities & Corporate Finance, 2010); AV Peer Review rated by Martindale-Hubbell; National Registry of Who's Who (life member); United States Junior Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Chapter (vice president, 1996); Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa

Appearances / Publications

Alan has lectured on numerous aspects of business transaction and financing practice for the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, as well as for bar associations at seminars and conferences, and has authored various articles in legal and professional publications, on topics including:

Five Questions to Ask Before Offering an Employee an Interest in Your Company
Investment securities under the Uniform Commercial Code
Hot Tips in Securities Law
Choosing Business Entities
Limited Liability Companies
Avoiding Problems under Federal and State Securities Laws
Partnerships and Limited Partnerships

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Areas of Practice (14)

  • Business Services
  • Cannabis
  • Corporate Governance
  • Energy
  • Entrepreneurial Services
  • Financial Institutions
  • Growing Businesses
  • Media and Communications
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises
  • Not-for-Profit Organizations and Foundations
  • Public Offerings and Securities Regulation
  • Real Estate Investment Trusts
  • Sports, Entertainment and Media

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
Indiana University - Bloomington, B.S., summa cum laude, 1978
Law School Attended:
Indiana University Maurer School of Law - Bloomington, J.D., summa cum laude, 1981
Year of First Admission:
1981
Admission:
Indiana; Supreme Court of the United States; United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana; United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
Memberships:

Appointments / Memberships

Indiana University Mauer School of Law (adjunct professor, 2012-2020); About Special Kids (president and secretary 2011-2012, board chair 2014-2016, board of directors 2008-2019); Robin's Nest of Indy, Inc. (vice president, secretary, treasurer and board member, 2010-present); Greater Lawrence Chamber of Commerce (board of directors 2020); American Bar Association; Indiana State Bar Association; Indianapolis Bar Association; former member of Indiana Securities Division Advisory Committee, Limited Liability Company Task Force and Drafting Committee; Indiana Business Law Survey Commission (chair 2020); Indiana State Liaison to Corporate Laws Committee of the American Bar Association Business Law Section

Birth Information:
Hammond, Indiana, May 23, 1956
Reported Cases:
Representative Matters: Represented the founders of a bio-energy company in an offering to raise seed capital; Represented a real estate developer in the formation of an investment limited partnership and syndication of an office building; Represented a public company in numerous offerings of common stock, preferred stock and public debt; Represented a company in the acquisition of other businesses throughout the Midwest; Represented the founders of a venture capital fund in the preparation of fund documents; Represented a multiple franchisee in private offerings to raise expansion capital; Represented the owners of a company being formed as a woman-owned business enterprise; Represented the owners of a business in a restructuring to allow venture financing; Represented an investment pool in raising equity financing and then investing in multiple low-income housing credit partnerships; Represented the owner of a business in a reorganization to permit granting of profits interests to employees; Represented a manufacturer in the preparation of supply and equity participation agreements with customers
ISLN:
909161499

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