In his corporate finance practice, Larry K. Harris concentrates his time on corporate and securities law as well as transactional work such as mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures for many industries, especially the financial services industry. Within the financial services industry, Mr. Harris provides an extensive range of services, including formation, transactional work, capital structure issues, shareholder controversies, regulatory matters, and enforcement issues for community banks and their bank holding companies. Mr. Harris assists bank holding companies in structuring and executing capital growth plans, including the private offerings of securities and issuing trust preferred securities.
On the corporate and securities side of his practice, Mr. Harris advises management on material matters, drafts complex business agreements, negotiates business arrangements, and handles matters concerning corporate controversies at the board of directors and shareholder levels, representing both management and dissident factions. In terms of his securities practice, he handles matters involving the Securities Act (1933 Act) private offerings and public offerings (including IPOs) and the Securities Exchange Act (1934 Act) as well as state securities law matters. Mr. Harris draws on his experience as a former staff member of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Division of Enforcement, when he represents clients subject to SEC and state securities investigations.
A variation in Mr. Harris’ corporate financing practice is his representation of a major brewer in distribution/franchise issues.