Stradling has been deeply involved in the public marketplace for more than 30 years and offers an unsurpassed breadth and depth of knowledge and expertise to public companies, from the pre-IPO stage onward.

Our attorneys are expert in the preparation and execution of initial public offerings and other offerings of equity securities, as well as public debt financings. We have a premier mergers and acquisitions practice. We also advise public companies on the full array of governance issues, including SEC reporting and compliance, directors and officers liability, shareholder relations, executive compensation, and tax issues.

On the operations side, we offer experienced advice and assistance in employment policies and procedures, the lease or purchase of facilities and other real estate matters, negotiation and drafting of all types of contracts, protection and exploitation of intellectual property, and industry-specific regulatory compliance.

All the while, our experienced litigators stand ready to aggressively defend our clients' rights and interests, should disputes arise. Our attorneys have deep expertise in all types of litigation that may threaten public companies, including shareholder class action and derivative suits, antitrust actions, workplace-related litigation, contract disputes, real estate disputes, and environmental litigation. We also represent clients in federal and state administrative hearings, and counsel on SEC and other agency investigations and on white-collar criminal matters.