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Duane Morris corporate attorneys advise early stage and mature companies on a wide variety of corporate and securities matters. The firm represents clients in all aspects of mergers and acquisitions, including negotiated acquisitions and divestitures. Our attorneys are experienced with venture capital and private equity transactions and work with our entrepreneurial clients in developing and implementing creative strategies to accomplish their corporate finance and acquisition objectives. Our lawyers regularly assist closely held companies with equity incentives and succession planning. We represent clients in securities offerings and advise public companies on securities law compliance, ongoing reporting obligations and corporate governance issues.
Duane Morris helped secure SEC approval for the $2.7 billion initial public offering of Inland Western Retail Real Estate Trust, Inc. With a complex structure, and the heightened concerns of the SEC and NASD over direct participation programs, this transaction presented hurdles to clear with market regulators, and federal and state securities regulators. Working closely with Inland Western, Duane Morris was able to work through the rigorous clearing process to allow the fifth largest owner of retail real estate in the U.S. to form a new real estate investment trust and expand Inland's portfolio in Western states.
"In preparing for our IPO, we presented Duane Morris with a demanding task. Duane Morris embraced that challenge and amazed us with their skill and diligence in achieving our goals." - Robert D. Parks, Chairman, Inland Western Retail Real Estate Trust, Inc.
Duane Morris represents eResearch Technology, a leading provider of technology-based products and services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industry, in numerous transactions, including its most recent private placement of preferred stock.
"Duane Morris has been instrumental in helping us grow from a fledgling company to one of market prominence. The firm will roll up its sleeves to help us solve real-time business problems." - Dr. Joel Morganroth, Chairman & Chief Scientist, eResearch Technology, Inc.
Duane Morris is counsel to the Atlantic 10 Conference, an intercollegiate athletic conference, in connection with various matters including television rights agreements with Comcast SportsNet and with ESPN, Inc., the sports cable network, for the telecast of Conference basketball games.
"We strive to get our athletes broad, national media exposure to showcase their talents. We rely on Duane Morris to help us get that done." - Linda Bruno, Commissioner, Atlantic 10 Conference
Duane Morris regularly represents Rock Hill Ventures, a venture capital firm that identifies promising life science technologies and provides the initial financing and management skills required to commercialize the technologies.
"Duane Morris has been instrumental in helping us create more than 20 life science start-up companies. We couldn't be more delighted." - Hal Broderson, M.D. & Chuck Hadley
Managing Directors, Rock Hill Ventures
Duane Morris represents the First Fleet Corporation, one of the country's foremost lessors of heavy trucks and equipment, on a wide range of issues. Our services for First Fleet include: maintaining stock transfer records; representing First Fleet in its borrowing activities under Massachusetts, New York, Florida and Delaware law; advising on protection of security interests; counseling on the queue registration of vehicles and registration and/or licensing throughout the U.S.; and state tax advice. Duane Morris has also established a system to help First Fleet respond to and monitor lawsuits against the company or those involving its leased trucks.
"We count on Duane Morris for an extraordinarily broad range of legal needs. Wherever and however we do business, Duane Morris can help." - John Flynn, President, CEO & Chairman, First Fleet Corporation
Duane Morris represents Track Data Corporation, one of the oldest and best known providers of sophisticated securities industry trading and market technology. To help the client establish its electronic communications network (ECN), Duane Morris assisted in the preparation of extensive applications to securities industry regulators, provided guidance through SEC hearings, supplied oversight and review of the ECN's rules and procedures, and created subscriber agreements. We also counsel the client on other corporate, licensing and technology issues, and handle its securities litigation needs.
"When Track Data decided to launch its own electronic securities market, we turned to Duane Morris to guide us through the labyrinth of securities regulations which govern these new marketplaces. The firm's experience in traditional securities law,combined with a prescient understanding of how technology can change markets, helped make our TrackECN idea a reality." - Martin Kaye, Chief Operating Officer, Track Data Corporation