Watkins Securities Lawyers

Mr. Williams' experience includes both trial and transactional work. Mr. Williams has appeared in Federal and State courts, representing individuals and businesses in various matters, including claims involving Employment Discrimination, Bankruptcy Adversarial Proceedings, Breach of Contract, Real Estate Disputes, Real Estate Partition, Real Estate Litigation, Shareholder Disputes, and Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP). On the transactional side of his practice, Mr. Williams focuses on Private Placement Memorandum (PPM), Choice of Entities issues, Partnership Dissolution, Post-and-pre-nuptial Agreements, and Trusts and Estate Planning.

In my 40+ years' experience as a transaction attorney, I have formed and counseled numerous public and private companies in diverse industries. I have negotiated, drafted and reviewed thousands of commercial agreements. As a trained mediator, I have learned how to ascertain what is most important to another party to a transaction or dispute and then craft resolutions that meet the needs of both parties.

I have been an instructor for Continuing Education of the Bar courses on Organizing and Advising Businesses, a lecturer for courses at the University of Colorado/Anschutz Medical Center on Entity...

Mr. McDonald's practice consists of business, corporate and securities representation, as well as securities and commercial litigation and securities and corporate transactions. He has counseled clients in various financings and securities transactions, including public and private offerings, mergers and acquisitions and tender offers. He has also represented investment advisers and broker-dealers. He also advises public reporting clients regarding corporate governance, disclosure/reporting and compliance matters. In addition, Mr. McDonald regularly advises businesses on choice of entity and formation matters. His securities litigation practice has included representing plaintiffs and defendants in complex class and derivative actions, representing underwriters with respect to county...