Foley Hoag’s Corporate Finance and Securities Practice serves the needs of a diverse array of issuers, investment banks, venture capital and other private equity investors, investment advisors and private fund groups. We represent businesses in all stages of development—including the formative stages of incorporation, private placements of debt and equity securities, public offerings and post-IPO transactions through reporting and compliance.

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  • EcoSense Lighting Closes Series B Financing  [Read More]

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  • Massachusetts Data Security Law and Regulations-Service Provider Grandfather Provision expires March 1, 2012 [Read More]
  • Massachusetts Secretary of State Adopts New Regulations for Investment Advisers in Response to Dodd-Frank Act [Read More]
  • Deadlines Loom for Advisers Required to Register under Dodd-Frank or Become an Exempt Reporting Adviser [Read More]
  • Massachusetts Secretary of State Proposes Amended New Regulations for Investment Advisers in response to Dodd-Frank Act [Read More]
  • SEC Issues Final Rule on Net Worth Standard For Accredited Investors  [Read More]

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  • Brancote Holdings PC
    Our lawyers acted as special U.S. counsel to Brancote Holdings PC, an English public company, in its $240 million acquisition by a NYSE-listed Canadian mining company in a share-exchange offer under the London City Code. [Read More]
  • Initial Public Offerings
    Our lawyers successfully represented Cullinet Software, Inc. in its initial public offering, which was the first by a software product company. Since then, we have represented numerous issuers and underwriters in connection with initial public offerings, including Centra Software Inc. in its $80 million offering; and Net.Genesis Corp. in its $88 million offering. [Read More]