Practice Description:

Brian A. Haskel, a leader of the firm's Corporate and Securities practice group, is a highly experienced and creative corporate attorney, with extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, securities law, and counseling on general corporate matters.  Brian has represented bidders and target companies in connection with public and private acquisitions and dispositions.  In addition, Brian has represented both issuers and underwriters in private placements and public offerings of debt and equity securities, creditors and debtors in connection with reorganizations, debt restructurings and workouts, and private equity and hedge fund sponsors and investors.

In addition to his corporate practice, Brian is also active in the firm's Art Law practice group, and represents clients in a wide variety of commercial art transactions as well as the structuring and formation of art investment funds.

Brian has been selected for inclusion in New York Super Lawyers for 2008 and 2009.

Presentations:

Speaker on Panel at Art Basel Miami Beach entitled "Art Investment Vehicles: An Asset Based Investment for the 21st Century," December 5, 2008.

Publications: 

Treatise Negotiating and Drafting Contract Boilerplate, Chapter 16 Amendment and Waiver (2004)

Significant Matters:

Numerous public and private M&A transactions on behalf of well known corporations and private equity sponsors.

Private placements and underwritings of debt and equity securities on behalf of numerous well known issuers and major investment banks and private equity sponsors.

Going private transactions.

Mezzanine financings in connection with private equity acquisitions.

Exchange offers and consent solicitations.

Counseling with respect to formation and distribution of alternative investments.

Telecommunications transactions, including the acquisition of the assets of a phone card company, the sale of a CLEC, the sale of a wireless paging company, public stock for stock merger of equals transaction involving two ILECs, the sale of a high speed internet provider to a large provider of cable services.