Ben Alexander is a corporate and securities attorney representing start-up enterprises, venture-backed companies, family-owned businesses and publicly-traded companies in areas including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, licensing, e-commerce, securities compliance and corporate governance.
Ben's experience includes public offerings and private placements of securities, mergers, acquisitions, reverse mergers, IPOs, PIPEs, '33 Act registration statements, going private transaction, equity compensation plans, contested proxy solicitations, asset based lines of credit, industrial development and revenue bonds, sales of public companies, and '34 Act and blue sky compliance. His experience also includes counseling, medical technology, software, Internet and new media organizations on licensing, joint ventures and strategic alliances, as well as general corporate matters. He is admitted to practice law in California and Rhode Island.
Ben also advises clients on the corporate and securities issues arising in bankruptcy or other distress situations, including SEC compliance during the pendency of a bankruptcy case and the issuance of shares under a Chapter 11 plan. He handles distressed asset transactions and has represented buyers, sellers, secured creditors and assignees in assignments for the benefit of creditors, 363 sales and foreclosure sales.
Previously, as general counsel of a public company trading on the NASDAQ Global Market, Ben advised the company's management team in areas including corporate finance, corporate governance, SEC registrations and reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, employment law, litigation management, intellectual property law, licensing and contracting.
Before entering the legal profession, Ben worked as a systems engineer, specializing in digital circuit design, programming and systems integration.
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Real Estate Firms Test Waters with New Reg A+ Offerings
March 16, 2016
Benjamin Alexander was quoted in a Law360 article that ran March 16, 2016, about smaller companies taking advantage of the new version of Regulation A that went in effect in 2015. The new regulation “Reg A+” allows companies to raise more capital than they previously could and also allows companies to gauge investor interest before formally pursuing an offering. Generation Income Properties Inc. became the first real estate investment trust to file a Regulation A+ public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. “It’s certainly an interesting play and a way to reduce some of the ongoing costs and initial ramp-up costs,” said Alexander of Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP. “I expect to see a fair amount of people trying it out. You can do a lot of things in the real estate with the capital you can raise.” Under Reg A+, companies can raise up to $50 million. The prior cap had been $20 million.
Article
Real Estate Firms Test Waters with New Reg A+ Offerings
March 16, 2016
Benjamin Alexander was quoted in a Law360 article that ran March 16, 2016, about smaller companies taking advantage of the new version of Regulation A that went in effect in 2015. The new regulation “Reg A+” allows companies to raise more capital than they previously could and also allows companies to gauge investor interest before formally pursuing an offering. Generation Income Properties Inc. became the first real estate investment trust to file a Regulation A+ public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. “It’s certainly an interesting play and a way to reduce some of the ongoing costs and initial ramp-up costs,” said Alexander of Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP. “I expect to see a fair amount of people trying it out. You can do a lot of things in the real estate with the capital you can raise.” Under Reg A+, companies can raise up to $50 million. The prior cap had been $20 million.
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