Public Company Advisory

McGuireWoods’ Public Company Advisory Practice Group represents clients of all sizes — from large accelerated filers to smaller reporting companies.

We advise companies across the energy and utilities, consumer products, financial services and manufacturing industries. Our lawyers possess in-depth knowledge that enables us to provide efficient, cost-effective counsel.

The group’s 55 attorneys work with McGuireWoods’ Government Investigations & White Collar Litigation, Tax, Employee Benefits, Private Wealth Services, and Securities Enforcement & Regulatory Counseling Practice Groups to help clients achieve their goals and solve their problems.

From day-to-day regulatory requirements to crisis management, our team delivers comprehensive, practical advice tailored to each client’s business strategies, priorities and risk tolerance.

How We Help

We advise our public company clients on the full spectrum of issues and challenges they face, from day-to-day regulatory requirements to crisis management. We learn our clients’ business strategies, priorities and risk tolerance to deliver comprehensive and practical advice. The team’s focus areas include the following:

Exchange Act reporting (Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K and proxy statements)
Materiality and disclosure determinations
Capital markets and corporate finance
M&A
Corporate governance
Director independence
NYSE/NASDAQ governance requirements
Insider trading issues
Rule 10b5-1 trading plans
Executive compensation
Share repurchases, including accelerated share repurchases (ASRs)

Charter/bylaws
Regulation Fair Disclosure (FD)
Investor relations
Management succession
Crisis management
Section 16 compliance
Shareholder proposals and no-action letters
Financial reporting and metrics not calculated according to generally accepted accounting principles (non-GAAP) measures
Internal controls and disclosure controls

McGuireWoods’ Public Company Advisory Practice Group counsels clients that face increasing challenges, regulations and legal obligations due to disclosure obligations, board responsibilities, corporate governance matters and government investigations, among other issues.

Ranked among the top firms for advising issuers, underwriters and placement agents in debt and equity transactions in U.S. and global league tables published by the London Stock Exchange Group and Bloomberg.

– League Tables
Nationwide ranking for corporate/M&A, as well as state rankings.

– Chambers USA
Ranked among the top firms for advising issuers, underwriters and placement agents in debt and equity transactions in U.S. and global league tables published by the London Stock Exchange Group and Bloomberg.

– League Tables
Nationwide ranking for corporate/M&A, as well as state rankings.

– Chambers USA