Laura Kirtley is an associate for the Business Law Department with Foley & Lardner LLP. Her practice focuses on capital markets transactions, representing issuers in connection with initial public offerings, secondary offerings, and high yield offerings, advising publicly traded corporations and their executive officers and directors on corporate governance, federal securities law reporting and compliance matters, and mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. Laura is a member of the firm’s Transactions and Capital Markets and Public Company Advisory practices.
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Exxon Mobil Introduces Investor Voting Program to Increase Retail Participation
Exxon Mobil Corporation (Exxon) has begun implementation of its retail voting program, following the receipt of no-action relief from the...
Foley Advises Velocity One in Signing of Merger Agreement with EMCORE
Foley & Lardner LLP served as legal advisor to Velocity One, a newly formed aerospace manufacturing holding company, in its signing of a merger agreement with EMCORE Corporation, a provider of inertial navigation solutions to the aerospace and defense industry. Under the agreement, EMCORE will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Velocity One.
Foley Represents Barnes Group in Sale of Associated Spring™ and Hänggi™ Businesses
Foley & Lardner LLP served as legal advisor to Barnes Group Inc., a global provider of highly engineered products, differentiated industrial technologies, and innovative solutions, in its entering into a definitive agreement to sell its Associated Spring™ and Hänggi™ businesses to One Equity Partners.
Foley Represents nVent in Agreement to Acquire ECM Industries
Foley & Lardner LLP represented nVent Electric plc, a global leader in electrical connection and protection solutions, in its agreement to acquire ECM Investors, LLC, the parent of ECM Industries, LLC, for a purchase price of $1.1 billion, subject to customary adjustments.