Heather N. King
Associate
Duane Morris LLP
111 South Calvert Street, Suite 2000
Baltimore, MD 21202-6114
USA
Phone: +1 410 949 2940
Fax: +1 410 949 2974
Email:
hking@duanemorris.com
Heather N. King practices in the area of corporate and securities law. Ms. King is a 2008 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law, where she was associate comments editor of the Law Review, and a magna cum laude graduate of Villa Julie College.
Representative Matters
- Represented a Virginia IT staffing and consulting company in connection with a two-step transaction involving a corporate restructuring in which the company contributed substantial amounts of its assets and liabilities to a Delaware limited liability company, which simultaneously sold its preferred units to a third party investor for $20 million.
- Represented StarQuartz Industries, Inc., a specialty grout company, in the sale of all of its outstanding stock to Bostik, Inc., a subsidiary of Total S.A., for $31 million.
- Represented an early-stage venture capital firm as lead investor in a $3.32 million Series A financing for Retroficiency, Inc., a provider of on-demand building efficiency intelligence solutions.
- Represented Salar, Inc. in the sale of 100 percent of its outstanding equity securities in a reverse triangular merger to Salar Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Transcend Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:TRCR), for $11 million cash.
- Closed on behalf of Institutional Financial Markets, Inc. a debt-exchange transaction, which included the preparation and filing of tender offer documents allowing debt holders to exchange their existing convertible notes for new convertible notes as well as the preparation and filing of a Form T-3 with the Securities Exchange Commission.
- Represented Guardian Capital Partners in its acquisition of majority interest in R&D Circuits, Inc., a New Jersey-based manufacturer of printed circuit boards, for an undisclosed sum.
- Represented Iroko Holdings S.A., in its acquisition of 100 percent of the outstanding equity securities of iCeutica Inc., which owns a patented technology that facilitates the dissolution of drugs in the body.
- Represented GrainCorp Ltd., an Australian publicly held agribusiness, in its acquisition of United Malt Holdings, the world's fourth largest commercial malt producer, for $655 million.
- Represented a leading global provider of real-time simulation and training solutions to the power, process, manufacturing and government sectors, and closed a $17-million hybrid PIPE/public offering to sell 2.875 million shares of its common stock.
Professional Activities
- Maryland State Bar Association
- Business Law Section - American Bar Association
Admissions
- Maryland
- U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
Education
- University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2008
- Associate Comments Editor, Law Review
- Heuisler Honor Society - Villa Julie College, B.S., magna cum laude, 2000
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Associate, 2008-present
Honors and Awards
- Listed as a "Rising Star" in Maryland Super Lawyers, 2013
Selected Publications
- Co-author, "SEC Amended Rule 14a-8 Allows Shareholders Proxy Access to Director Nominations for 2012 Season," Duane Morris Alert, September 16, 2011
- Co-author, "SEC Proposes New MD&A Disclosure Requirement for Short-Term Borrowing Arrangements," Duane Morris Alert, October 4, 2010
- Co-author, "SEC Proposes Significant Proxy Rule Changes to Provide Shareholder Access to the Director Nomination Process," Duane Morris Alert, June 19, 2009
