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For over 70 years, Waller Lansden has built strong relationships in the investment community. We have served as counsel for national and regional underwriters, venture capitalists and financing sources in public and private financings. We are also proud to have participated in the growth of many smaller companies into large national and international corporations. Well before the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was passed, Waller Lansden established a Corporate Governance Task Force to advise corporate officers and directors of emerging best practices in corporate governance. After passage of the Act and the extensive revision of listing standards by the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, our corporate attorneys advise clients on all aspects of Sarbanes-Oxley and its progeny. Waller Lansden routinely advises broker-dealer firms and investment advisors in various aspects of their businesses, including formation and licensing, federal and state regulatory compliance and audits and inspections by the SEC and self-regulatory organizations. Our attorneys are also experienced in advising hedge funds regarding formation and operational matters under federal and state securities laws and regulations. In the public finance arena, we have acted as bond counsel and as issuer's, underwriter's and trustee's counsel in numerous significant bond transactions. Our representation has included issuances for for-profit, public and not-for-profit issuers. We have been counsel in both exempt and SEC-registered bond offerings. Our attorneys join industry trade groups to stay abreast of current trends affecting clients in a number of industries. Members of our firm frequently appear as panelists for securities and corporate law seminars and have published a wide variety of articles in these practice areas. In addition to these resources, our firm's securities and corporate finance attorneys are able to draw from the collective experience of the entire firm. For example, our tax attorneys are creative in their approach to solving tax issues and our government relations attorneys lobby for clients and provide important access to government agencies. Waller Lansden's securities law and corporate finance services include:Public debt and equity offerings Private placements Venture capital financings SEC reporting and compliance Tender offers and consent solicitations Proxy solicitations and contests Tax-exempt debt financings Broker-dealer and investment adviser compliance Hedge funds and related Investment Company Act matters Federal, state and SRO audit and enforcement and securities litigation and arbitration matters Corporate restructurings and workouts Real estate financings, including representation of real estate investment trusts Waller Lansden has provided counsel to companies for a variety of types of public capital market transactions, including initial public offerings, follow-on and secondary offerings of common and preferred stocks and debt, MTN programs, and UIT offerings.