Paul Davis Fancher advises clients on a variety of transactional, corporate governance and disclosure matters. His securities experience includes leading roles in initial public offerings, secondary public offerings and private offerings. He also has significant experience in the areas of dividend reinvestment plans, executive compensation, 1934 Act reporting, and issues related to the Investment Company Act of 1940. In addition, Paul regularly represents clients in mergers and acquisitions and general corporate law, including corporate governance, Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank compliance and corporate restructuring transactions.
Representative Experience
Representation of financial services company in holding company reorganization.
Representation of Chinese issuer in alternative public offering (PIPE offering in conjunction with reverse merger with public shell company).
Representation of Chinese issuer in reverse merger.
Representation of two major Bermuda reinsurers in their initial public offerings.
Representation of lead underwriters in several initial public offerings.
Representation of financial services company in its purchase of the stock of a major insurer.
Representation of investor groups in the purchase of a controlling interest in a major financial services company.
Advise numerous clients on 1934 Act reporting, including the filing of Form 10-Ks, Form 10-Qs and Form 8-Ks.
Advise numerous clients on preparation of proxy statements and planning for annual shareholder meetings.
Representation of companies in numerous industries in merger and acquisition transactions.
Ongoing representation of major nonprofit corporation in its corporate governance matters.
Presentations and Speaking Engagements
Speaker, "ABC's of an IPO," American Bar Association 2010 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, August 2010.
Speaker, "Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance Provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act," Troutman Sanders CLE Program, September 2010.
Speaker, "Managing Legal, Financial & Accounting Developments in 2010," Troutman Sanders Public Company Symposium, December 2009.
Speaker, "Legal Responsibilities of Nonprofit Board Members," United Way VIP Program, July 2009.
Moderator, "Managing Legal, Financial & Accounting Developments in 2009," Troutman Sanders Public Company Symposium, November 2008.
Speaker, "Due Diligence in Corporate Transactions," Troutman Sanders CLE Program, August 2010, October 2008 and October 2007.
Moderator, "New Guidelines for Internal Control over Financial Reporting," Troutman Sanders CLE Program, February 2008.
Moderator, "Options Backdating," Troutman Sanders CLE Program, August 2006.
Speaker, "Nonprofit Corporate Governance: Sarbanes-Oxley and Beyond," The Foundation Center, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2006.
Publications
Author, Going Public in the United States: An Overview for Chinese Companies, January 2008.
Co-Author, Bulletproof Your Special Committees in Interested Fiduciary Transactions, ACC Docket, April 2001.
Author, To Have and Not Hold; Applying the Discovery Rule to Loss of Consortium Claims Stemming from Premarital, Latent Injuries, Vanderbilt Law Review, March 2000.
Public Service
Board and Finance Committee Member, Atlanta Children's Shelter (2012).