Laurie L. Green
Holland & Knight LLP
Partner at Holland & Knight. Laurie L. Green advises public companies on the corporate governance requirements of the NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ, and the SEC's corporate governance standards under Sarbanes-Oxley.
In addition to her corporate governance experience, Ms. Green represents companies in securities offerings, proxy solicitations, mergers and acquisitions, cash tender offers, cross-border tender offers, and distressed debt restructuring and exchange offers. Before entering private practice, Ms. Green spent 11 years at the SEC and served as Special Counsel in the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance in Washington, D.C. in its Office of Mergers and Acquisitions.
A frequent speaker on topics related to Sarbanes-Oxley and corporate governance issues, Ms. Green provides the firm's clients with SEC regulation updates.
Notable Client Work
Issuer's Counsel for special purpose acquisition companies, including the initial public offering and acquisition of a target company
Bidder's Counsel for IVAX Corporation (AMEX:IVX; LSE:IVX.L), a multinational pharmaceutical company, in its cross-border tender offers for Laboratorio Chile S.A. (NYSE:LBC) for $394 million
Bidder's Counsel for Ferrotec Corporation, a Japanese corporation, in its tender offer for Ferrofluidics Corporation (NASDAQ: FERO) for $37 million
Issuer's Counsel for companies conducting distressed debt restructurings and exchange offers for outstanding debt securities, including TIMCO Aviation Services, Inc.'s (OTCBB: TMAS.OB) exchange offers for over $230 million of outstanding notes
Issuer's Counsel for Ecometry Corporation's (NASDAQ: ECOM) going private transaction and Special Committee's Counsel for Interfoods of America, Inc.'s going private transaction
Issuer's Counsel for companies conducting cash tender offers for outstanding debt securities, including SBA Communications Corporation's (NASDAQ: SBAC) cash offers for over $390 million of outstanding notes
Honors & Awards
Florida Super Lawyers magazine, 2011, 2012
Nova Law Review
Memberships
The Florida Bar, Business Law Section, Corporations, Securities and Financial Services Committee, Chair
Practices
Corporate Governance
Public Companies and Securities
Corporate Services
Education
University of Central Florida, B.S., cum laude
Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center, J.D., cum laude
Bar Admissions
Florida
News
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Ninety-Eight Florida Attorneys Named 'Super Lawyers' and 'Rising Stars' for 2011»
Holland & Knight Represents Burger King in $4 Billion Sale to 3G Capital»
JOBS Act Creates Opportunities for Some Firms
Co-Author, Daily Business Review, May 2, 2012
The JOBS Act Creates New Opportunities for Middle-Market Companies to Access the U.S. Public Capital Markets and to Raise Private Capital
Holland & Knight Alert, April 17, 2012
SEC Issues Final Whistleblower Rules
Holland & Knight Alert, June 3, 2011
SEC Issues Concept Release on the U.S. Proxy System
Holland & Knight Alert, January 12, 2011
SEC Issues Interpretive Guidance on Liquidity and Capital Resources Disclosures and Proposes Rules Addressing Short-Term Borrowings Disclosure
Holland & Knight Alert, January 7, 2011
An Overview of the Proxy Solicitation Rules
A Practical Guide to SEC Proxy and Compensation Rules (Fifth Edition), December 2010
SEC Adopts Changes to Director Election Process for Public Companies
Holland & Knight Alert, September 2, 2010
Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation Provisions in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Holland & Knight Alert, August 3, 2010
New Climate at the SEC: The SEC Publishes New Guidance on Climate Change Disclosures
Co-Author, Holland & Knight Alert, February 10, 2010
Changes in the Commission Result in Issuance of SEC Guidance on Climate Change
PLI Corporate Law and Practice, Course Handbook Series, Number B-1839, Advanced Securities Law Institute, 2010
SEC Adopts New Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance Disclosure Requirements for 2010 Proxy Season
Holland & Knight Alert, December 23, 2009
SEC Eliminates Discretionary Voting by Brokers and Proposes Enhanced Proxy Disclosure and Say-on-Pay Rules for TARP Companies
Holland & Knight Alert, August 20, 2009
SEC Proposes Significant Changes to Director Election Process for U.S. Public Companies
Holland & Knight Alert, July 1, 2009
Full Benefits of E-Proxy Now Available to Florida Public Companies
Holland & Knight Alert, June 25, 2009
SEC Issues Guidance on Use of Company Web Sites
Holland & Knight Alert, February 20, 2009
Cross-Border M&A: SEC Adopts Enhanced Exemptions for Takeovers of Non-U.S. Companies
Holland & Knight Alert, October 1, 2008
SEC Proposes Interactive Data Format (XBRL) for Financial Reporting
Holland & Knight Alert, September 18, 2008
Cross-Border M&A: SEC Proposes Enhanced Exemptions for Takeovers of Non-U.S. Companies
Holland & Knight Alert, June 13, 2008
Does E-Proxy Work for Florida Corporations?
Holland & Knight Alert, February 29, 2008
Amendments to Rule 144
Holland & Knight Alert, January 15, 2008
The SEC's Review of Takeover Transactions
The M&A Lawyer, July - August 2001
The SEC's New Regulation of Takeovers and Security Holder Communications
19th Annual Federal Securities Institute, 2001
SEC Adopts Amendments to Rules 144 and 145
Knowledge Congress Teleconference, May 2008
Corporate Governance
Sarbanes-Oxley Workshop, January 2004
SEC Issues
SEC Regulation Update, April 2003
Going Private Transactions and Other Strategic Alternatives for Small Cap Companies
Raymond James Executive Roundtable, February and March 2003
Fair Disclosure
SEC's New Fair Disclosure and Insider Trading Regulations, November 2000
