Securities
Stites & Harbison's public offering experience ranges from public debt and equity offerings for investment-grade issuers to initial public offerings for entrepreneurial and emerging growth companies. The firm assists start-up and development stage companies in structuring venture capital and private equity investments. In addition, the firm often represents institutional investors in connection with private placement investments, including traditional institutional debt placements, asset securitizations, mezzanine financings, emerging markets and cross-border investments and Rule 144A offerings.
The firm represents public companies in connection with financing transactions under the 1933 Act and disclosure compliance under the 1934 Act. The firm's 1933 Act experience includes preparing and filing registration statements for underwritten public offerings of equity and debt securities; shelf registration statements for medium-term note program and other debt securities; employee benefit plan registrations on Form S-8; short form resale registrations on Form S-3; and registrations in connection with reorganizations and business combinations on Form S-4. The firm has structured exempt securities transactions, including private placements of secured and unsecured debt and private placements in the Thoroughbred, Standardbred, health care, insurance, banking, telecommunications, and oil and gas industries.
Stites & Harbison's securities and finance attorneys have extensive experience in negotiating various forms of derivatives transactions, including interest rate and currency swaps.
SAFE TO WORK Act Would Provide Liability Protections for Coronavirus-Related Claims
On July 27, 2020, Senator John Cornyn, for himself and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, introduced the SAFE TO WORK Act (the “Act”) as part of the Senate’s new $1 trillion stimulus proposal. This bill would provide significant liability protection for claims related to the coronavirus brought against businesses, educational institutions, health care providers, non-profits and government agencies.
PPP Loan Application Extension Signed Into Law As Congress and White House Debate Repurposing of Funds
On Saturday, July 4, 2020, following a surprise vote by the U.S. Senate earlier in the week and quick passage in the House of Representatives, a bill extending the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan application deadline from June 30, 2020 to August 8, 2020 was signed into law by the President. However, with a recently reported $130 billion out of the $669 billion in total funding allocated to this stimulus program still unspent, policymakers in Washington are considering whether these monies should be repurposed.
U.S. Senate Unexpectedly Passes Bill Extending PPP Application Deadline
On the evening of June 30, 2020, a few hours before the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan application deadline was set to expire, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill amending the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) to extend the deadline from June 30 2020 to August 8, 2020.
Brian Cromer elected to Kentucky Chamber Board of Directors
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce has elected Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Brian Cromer to its Board of Directors.