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 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.
Corporate/M&A nationwide ranking and five state rankings, including three in Band.
– CHAMBERS USA
Fourth in deal count and 17th in proceeds for U.S. straight debt excluding asset-backed securities (ABS) and mortgage-backed securities (MBS);
ninth in deal count for U.S. straight debt including ABS and MBS;
10th in deal count and 19th in proceeds for U.S. debt, equity and equity-related transactions;
10th in deal count and 21st in proceeds for global straight debt excluding ABS and MBS; and
19th in deal count and 23rd in proceeds for global debt, equity and equity-related transactions.
– LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP LEAGUE TABLES
12th in proceeds and 15th in deal count for U.S. investment grade corporate bonds issuer advisers;
14th in proceeds and 17th in deal count for global bonds issuer advisers; and
14th in proceeds and 18th in deal count for U.S. corporate bonds issuer/borrower advisers.
– BLOOMBERG LEAGUE TABLES
