Practice Areas

Accretive Legal has significant experience advising on issues related to public and private securities offerings and Securities Exchange Act and stock exchange regulatory matters.

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Selected Securities Transaction Experience

• Multiple representations of Securities Exchange Act compliance for publicly-traded financial institutions and technology companies.

• Represented an alternative energy company in connection with $50 million securities offering to venture capital funds.*

• Represented client in the formation of a real estate investment fund and offering of multimillion in equity interests.*

•  Represented a large institutional investor in the negotiation and implementation of a PIPE investment in a public company.*

• Represented private equity sponsor focused on agriculture and farmland in the formation of a real estate investment fund and offering of multimillion in equity interests.*

• Represented Seattle-based private equity sponsor in the formation of a real estate investment fund and offering of multimillion in equity interests.* 

• Served as U.S. securities counsel to a Canadian private equity fund in connection with its $200 million offering.*

Accretive Legal regularly advises business clients and financial institutions with respect to capital transactions and mergers and acquisitions.

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Selected M&A Transaction Experience

• Represented publicly-traded financial institution in their $90 million acquisition of private bank holding company.*

• Represented publicly-traded financial institution in their $241 million acquisition of publicly-traded bank holding company.*

• Represented publicly-traded financial institution in their $14 million acquisition of private bank holding company.*

• Represented publicly-traded financial institution in the sale of seven bank branch offices, including approximately $180 million in deposits and approximately $260 million in loans associated with the branch offices.*

• Represented a large disaster recovery services company in connection with formation of a holding company structure and significant corporate reorganization.* 

• Represented engineering company in a complex transaction related to the acquisition of a subsidiary of a publicly-traded company.*

• Represented a private equity fund in the $150 million acquisition of a commercial loan and leasing portfolio.*

Accretive Legal regularly counsels boards and senior executives on strategic and governance matters, including director education and compliance with corporate governance requirements and best practices derived from state corporate law, FDIC, SEC and stock exchange corporate governance requirements.

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*Denotes experience at prior firm.