Tim Kahler has broad experience in securities offerings, acquisitions, corporate finance, private equity and general corporate representation. He has represented clients in the fields of finance and capital markets, entertainment, health care, telecommunications, technology, apparel, automotive parts, natural resources and real estate.  He regularly represents international clients, including clients in the firm’s Greater China Practice, in securities offerings and ongoing compliance matters, financings and M&A transactions, including cross-border transactions involving Canadian issuers and acquisition targets.  He is a former certified public accountant with an international public accounting firm.

His significant representations have included:

Public offerings representing issuers and underwriters.

Regulation D and Regulation S private placements representing issuers and placement agents, including follow-up SEC registrations.

Investments by private equity funds in acquisitions of minority and controlling interests.

Reverse merger transactions.

License and distribution agreements for a large medical products distributor, and related equity rights arrangements.

Acquisition of a Finra-registered broker/dealer and ongoing compliance.

Media and entertainment industry transactions, including acquisition of a Hollywood talent agency, joint venture to own and develop a celebrity’s name, image and story, acquisitions of magazines, television stations and radio stations, and corporate spokesperson agreement for a sports personality.

Acquisition of Canadian and U.S. entertainment companies in a roll-up transaction.

Acquisition of automotive parts manufacturing companies.

Acquisition of a U.S.-based mining operation and listing on the Canadian TSX Venture Exchange.

Acquisitions of public and private companies in a variety of industries, including health care, telecommunications, internet services, precision instruments, engineering and oil and gas.

Structuring, negotiating and documenting joint ventures for the development of real property, including a historic Manhattan apartment building and a Manhattan office building.

Publications

FINRA Revises Proposed Rule on Private Placements, October 11, 2011

Higher Listing Standards for Reverse Merger Companies, August 11, 2011.

China Reverse Merger Companies at Risk, April 25, 2011.

PCAOB Focuses on Audits of Chinese Reverse Merger Companies, March 28, 2011.

FINRA Proposes New Private Placement Requirements, February 4, 2011.

Financial Reform Bill Limits “Accredited Investors” Under Regulation D, July 19, 2010.