Raising Capital in the United States: A Guide to Using MJDS for U.S. Public Offerings and Periodic Reporting

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• Bankruptcy & Insolvency
• Corporate Governance & Directors' Duties
• Corporate Law
• Financial Reporting, Taxation, & Accounting
• Fund Accounting
• Fund Operations & Management
• Global Markets
• Initial Public Offerings
• Investment Banking & Broker/Dealers
• Investment Management Compliance & Regulation
• Investment Management Marketing
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity & Venture Capital
• Sarbanes-Oxley
• Securities Enforcement & Fraud
• Securities Offerings
• Securities Regulation & Disclosure

About the Authors

Kevin D. Cramer is a partner in Osler's Business Law Department, resident in the firm's New York office. His corporate finance experience includes work for U.S., Canadian and other foreign corporations, underwriters and placement agents on more than 100 public and private securities offerings, including initial public offerings and Rule 144A/Regulation S offerings of debt and equity securities; mergers and acquisitions; cross-border tender offers and joint ventures. He regularly counsels clients with respect to ongoing SEC compliance and reporting requirements, including Sarbanes-Oxley policies and procedures, and on NASDAQ and New York Stock Exchange listing rules. Kevin also has extensive experience in advising private equity funds investing in U.S. companies. He has appeared as a commentator on U.S. securities law developments on CNBC Asia, addressed numerous seminars on accessing the U.S. capital markets, and has authored articles regarding U.S. securities laws and their application to non-U.S. companies raising funds in the United States.

Kevin has been recognized for his U.S. securities law work in Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Capital Markets Lawyers(1998, 2000, 2003 and 2005 editions).

Rob Lando is a partner in Osler's Business Law Department, resident in the firm's New York office, where he practices Ontario and New York law. With practice experience as both a Canadian and U.S. securities lawyer, he advises clients on cross-border corporate finance and M&A transactions, as well as on compliance with various U.S. and Canadian corporate governance requirements. Rob has developed particular expertise in the application of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to Canadian issuers. Rob assists clients in reconciling the competing requirements of Canadian and U.S. laws and in structuring transactions in compliance with them. A significant component of his practice is devoted to cross-border financing transactions, particularly for Canadian clients extending offerings into the United States under the MJDS and for U.S. and other foreign companies extending offerings into Canada by way of private placement.

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