Gary S. Eaton
Gary Eaton's practice involves representing and advising privately held and publicly traded companies in their formation, mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, security offerings, and general corporate matters. Gary also assists clients with Regulation D private placement offerings and state Blue Sky filings. Further, Gary assists clients in the Form 15c-211 process to obtain stock quotations on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB) and Pink Sheets, and with national exchange listing applications and regulations. While in law school Gary interned at the New Jersey Bureau of Securities.
Representative Experience
Represented a Chinese tourism and mass media company in its alternative public offering consisting of a reverse merger with a U.S. publicly-traded operating company and subsequent $14 million PIPE financing.
Represented a publicly traded courier service company in its issuance of $1 million convertible debenture issuance.
Represented a publicly traded film production, finance, and distribution company in its acquisition of a privately held direct response entertainment marketing company.
- Represented various issuers filing registration statements with the Securities & Exchange Commission.
Prior to attending Rutgers-Newark School of Law, Gary worked in the securities industry for ten years. Gary last worked as an equity trader for Goldman Sachs, where he executed transactions for hedge funds and other large institutional clients. Gary has experience trading Over the Counter Bulletin Board stocks, equity options, and Treasury Bonds.
Eric M. Stein
Eric M. Stein practices in the area of corporate and securities transactions. Mr. Stein's practice includes representing private and public companies, as well as, investment funds. He assists private companies in going public through reverse mergers, direct public offerings, underwritten IPOs and self-filings. Mr. Stein also advises public companies regarding compliance with its 1934 Exchange Act requirements, including all periodic filings on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, as well as, other regulatory and national exchange filing requirements with the SEC, FINRA, NASDAQ and AMEX. In addition, Mr. Stein counsels public companies in connection with raising capital through the use of Private Investment in Public Entity (PIPE) transactions, equity lines and Regulation D and S offerings.
Mr. Stein also represents investment funds and placement agents in PIPE transactions.
Prior to joining Anslow & Jaclin, Mr. Stein focused his practice on Corporate Restructuring representing debtors and unsecured creditors' committees in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. After graduating from law school, Mr. Stein was law clerk to the Honorable Thomas B. Bennett of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
Mr. Stein obtained his Juris Doctor from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and is a member of both the New York and New Jersey bars.
Publications:
2008 Representative Experience
- Represented lead investor in a $18,600,000 PIPE consisting of Common Stock and Warrants of a NASDAQ listed life sciences company.
- Represented lead investor in a $15,000,000 PIPE consisting of preferred convertible stock and warrants in connection with an APO between a Chinese electronics company and a Form 10 shell company to be listed on a Senior Exchange.
- Represented a Chinese tourism company in a $14,000,000 PIPE financing that included the sale of common stock and warrants.
- Represented an environmentally-friendly garbage bag manufacturer in a $5,000,000 PIPE that included convertible debentures and warrants.
- Represented an investment fund in a $5,000,000 PIPE financing to a clean tech company which consisted of convertible debentures and warrants.
- Represented an investment fund in a $4,500,000 PIPE financing to a Nasdaq listed company which consisted of a note, convertible secured debentures and warrants.
- Represented an investment fund in a $3,500,000 PIPE financing to an AMEX listed company which consisted of a senior secured debenture and warrants.
- Represented an investment fund in a $1,500,000 PIPE financing which consisted of common stock and warrants and included a pledge agreement of shares as secured collateral.
- Advised on a reverse merger between a reporting Bulletin Board company and a Chinese fitness and spa company.
- Advised on the reverse merger between a reporting Bulletin Board company and a Chinese shipping company.
- Advised on the reverse merger between a reporting Bulletin Board company and a financial information publisher.
Kristina L. Trauger
Kristina L. Trauger’s practice focuses on the representation of publicly-traded corporations, emerging and development stage companies, and closely-held businesses in their formation, capital raising, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and spin-offs, including reverse mergers and cross-border transactions in China, going public, 1933 and 1934 Act matters, security offerings, corporate governance and compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and other strategic business ventures and general corporate and securities matters.
Ms. Trauger’s experience includes negotiating, structuring and drafting a wide range of corporate and securities transactional agreements, including merger agreements, stock and asset purchase agreements, private placement memoranda, both debt and equity financing documents such as subscription agreements, registration rights agreements, security agreements, intellectual property security agreements, warrants and convertible debentures, stockholder agreements, employment agreements, and limited liability company operating agreements. Ms. Trauger has also represented numerous issuers in Alternative Public Offerings, PIPEs, Regulation D private placements, SEC compliance and S-1 registration statements. Her expertise also includes counseling corporate clients in corporate planning and structuring, contract negotiations and public company compliance matters.
Her representation also includes advising both investors and placement agents in evaluating and negotiating investments of debt and equity in public companies.
Ms. Trauger obtained her joint degree with a Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University School of Law and a Masters in Business Administration with a major in Finance from Seton Hall University’s Stillman School of Business. She is a member of the New Jersey Bar.
Representative Experience
- Represented a Chinese construction company in a reverse merger with a publicly traded Bulletin Board company and a simultaneous $7,000,000 APO financing that included the sale of convertible preferred stock and warrants.
- Represented a company involved in remote monitoring in the GPS industry in a $4,000,000 PIPE that included convertible preferred stock.
- Represented a Chinese pharmaceutical company in a reverse merger with a publicly traded Bulletin Board company and a simultaneous $12,000,000 APO financing that included the sale of common stock and warrants, as well as in a subsequent financing of $7,560,000 that included convertible promissory notes and warrants.
- Represented an international publication company in a $10,000,000 structured equity line.
- Represented a placement agent in a $7,000,000 PIPE financing to a Bulletin Board company which consisted of common stock and warrants.
- Represented a surgical assistant placement company in a $2,715,000 PIPE that included promissory notes and warrants.
- Represented a precious metals company in a reverse merger with a publicly traded Bulletin Board company and a simultaneous $2,400,000 APO financing that included the sale of common stock and warrants.
- Represented a company in the business of developing technology for the diagnosis of cardiac disease in a reverse merger with a publicly traded Bulletin Board company.
- Advised on a reverse merger between a reporting Bulletin Board company and a Chinese international shipping company.
Joseph M. Lucosky
Joseph M. Lucosky is Counsel in Anslow + Jaclin's New York and New Jersey offices. His practice focuses on counseling both public and private corporations, investors (private equity, hedge and venture capital funds), underwriters, placement agents, and entrepreneurs in a variety of corporate, securities and financial transactions. His experience has spanned a wide variety of industries, from core manufacturing to biotech, high-tech and clean-tech, and has been both national and international in scope.
He has particular experience with the following:
- private investments in public equity financings (PIPEs)
- initial public offerings, alternative public offerings, reverse mergers and self-filings
- bridge loans and other debt and equity investments
- control acquisitions and minority investments
- angel and venture capital backed private offerings
Mr. Lucosky has extensive experience with each stage of the corporate life cycle: start-up, expansion, management transition and exit. He advises publicly traded companies on a broad range of activities including, listing applications, stock trading issues, corporate governance and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Mr. Lucosky also regularly assists public company management in compliance with Securities Act and Exchange Act regulations, including with their periodic corporate filings (on Forms 10K, 10Q, 8K and Proxies), as well as, other regulatory and national exchange filing requirements with the SEC, FINRA, NASDAQ and AMEX. He also counsels companies on the Form 15c-211 process to obtain quotations on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board and Pink Sheets (including the OTCQX).
On the investor side, Mr. Lucosky regularly represents hedge funds in evaluating, structuring and negotiating both debt and equity investments for companies in all phases of the corporate life cycle (from start-up through exit). A significant portion of his practice is dedicated to advising investors regarding resales of restricted securities (under Sections 4(1), 4(1)1/2 and Rules 144 and 144A), the removal of restricted legends, and the like.
Mr. Lucosky is well known in the small cap industry and uses his extensive relationships in the investment community to introduce clients to sources of capital and placement agents, and likewise investors and placement agents to companies in need of funding.
Mr. Lucosky works closely with his clients as both a lawyer and business advisor, helping them find both cost effective and practical solutions to complex business law issues. He believes that a strong understanding of his client's business, goals and objectives, coupled with regular communication and a fast turnaround are the hallmarks of a successful attorney-client relationship.
Prior to working with Anslow & Jaclin, Mr. Lucosky was an attorney at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP where he represented Fortune 500 companies and bulge bracket investment banks in a wide array of equity and debt securities transactions, bank financings and mergers and acquisitions, and at Seward & Kissel LLP where he represented dozens of companies, hedge funds and private equity funds in various public and private corporate finance transactions.
He graduated from Rutgers University with a B.S. degree in Accounting and received his Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School where he graduated cum laude and was the Senior Notes and Comments Editor of the Brooklyn Law Review, a member of the Moot Court Honor Society and a Carswell Scholar. He is a member of both the New York and New Jersey bars.
Representative Experience
During the past several years, Mr. Lucosky has successfully closed over 100 corporate and finance transactions assisting companies, placement agents and investors in deals ranging in size from $500,000 to $ over $1.0 billion, including:
- Represented lead investor in a $18,600,000 PIPE consisting of Common Stock and Warrants for a NASDAQ listed life sciences company.
- Represented lead investor in a $15,000,000 PIPE consisting of preferred convertible stock and warrants in connection with an APO between a Chinese electronics company and a Form 10 shell company to be listed on a Senior Exchange.
- Represented various hedge funds and venture capital funds, publicly-traded companies and underwriters/placement agents in over $2.0 billion in public equity and debt (including 144A, convertible debt and PIPE offerings).
- Represented numerous "bulge bracket" investment banks in their capacity as underwriters/initial purchasers in over $5.0 billion in numerous debt and equity offerings including initial public offerings, high yield debt offerings and convertible note offerings.
- Represented a Chinese metals company in its alternative public offering consisting of a reverse merger with a U.S. publicly-traded operating company and subsequent $8 million PIPE financing.
- Represented the U.S. subsidiary of a publicly-traded Indian manufacturing company in connection with a (i) $73 million purchase of an 80% interest in a U.S. manufacturing company and (ii) a $36.5 million stock purchase of a manufacturing company.
- Represented a publicly traded cruise line in its $100 million purchase of a cruise ship division from a NYSE listed company.
- Represented various issuers in connection with NASDAQ and AMEX listing applications.
- Represented a publicly-traded media company in connection with two asset and stock acquisitions in excess of $36 million.
- Represented various hedge and private equity funds in various private debt and equity investments, including several in Latin America, Europe and Australia including:
- $4 million senior term loan (and warrants) to a NASDAQ traded company
- $14 million equity investment in a European luxury watch manufacturer
- $8 million convertible note investment in a European sports memorabilia company
- $500,000 convertible note investment in a South American technology company
- $2 million equity investment in a domestic water filtration company
- $40 million equity investment in a South American natural gas company
- $5 million equity investment in connection with a minority investment and related shareholders' agreement
- $25 million Series B Preferred Stock investment in an ethanol company
- $50 million Series D Preferred Stock investment in a clean-tech company
- $5 million Series C Preferred Stock investment in a Chinese internet company.
Gregg E. Jaclin
Gregg E. Jaclin is a partner at Anslow & Jaclin, LLP. Mr. Jaclin is a securities and corporate lawyer whose practice focuses on securities, financings, mergers and acquisitions and corporate representation. He is experienced in a wide variety of capital raising transactions representing issuers, investors and investment banks, as well as various parties in a variety of corporate, securities and financial transactions. His experience has spanned a wide variety of industries, from core manufacturing to biotech, high-tech and clean-tech, and has been both national and international in scope.
Specifically, he focuses his practice in the following areas: (i) Securities ? Reverse Mergers (domestic United States companies and foreign domiciled or operations based companies, including Canadian and Chinese companies); PIPE transactions and other corporate financings; SEC registration statements and other 1933 Securities Act filings; 1934 Exchange Act filings; Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, private placement offerings and blue sky filings; venture capital investments(ii) Corporate ? mergers and acquisitions; drafting and review of corporate documents; corporate formations and corporate restructurings.
His practice includes representation of issuers in connection with venture capital transactions, shareholder and other equity holder agreements, private placements and public offerings of equity and debt securities, and secured and unsecured loan transactions. He also represents various companies in the process of self filings including: (i) filing registration statements with SEC; (ii) assisting NASD registered broker/dealers in the Form 15c-211 process to obtain quotations on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board and Pink Sheets (including the OTCQX); and (ii) listing on United States based exchanges such as the American Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.
He graduated from University of Maryland with a B.A. degree in government and politics and received his Juris Doctor from Cardozo Law School and was the Production Editor of the Cardozo Women's Law Journal. He is a member of both the New York and New Jersey bars.
Representative Experience
During the past several years, Mr. Jaclin has successfully closed over 100 corporate and finance transactions assisting companies, placement agents and investors in deals ranging in size from $500,000 to $25 million, including:
- Represented various hedge funds and venture capital funds, publicly-traded companies and underwriters/placement agents in public equity and debt (including 144A, convertible debt and PIPE offerings).
- Represented numerous Chinese and domestic companies in their alternative public offering consisting of a reverse merger with a U.S. publicly-traded operating company and subsequent PIPE financing.
- Represented various issuers in connection with NASDAQ and AMEX listing applications.
- Represented numerous companies in the process of going public through a self-filing.
Speaking Engagements
Mr. Jaclin has spoken at the both the Alternative Public Strategies Conference: 2007 (Washington, D.C.) and Alternative Public Strategies Conference: 2008 (NY)
Member
American Bar Association, New Jersey State Bar Association
Richard I. Anslow
Richard I. Anslow is the managing partner of Anslow & Jaclin, LLP. Mr. Anslow is a securities and corporate lawyer whose practice focuses on securities, financings, mergers and acquisitions and corporate representation. He is experienced in a wide variety of capital raising transactions representing issuers, investors and investment banks, as well as various parties in mergers and acquisitions.
Specifically, he focuses his practice in the following areas: (i) Securities ? Reverse Mergers (domestic United States companies and foreign domiciled or operations based companies, including Canadian and Chinese companies); PIPE transactions and other corporate financings; SEC registration statements and other 1933 Securities Act filings; 1934 Exchange Act filings; Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, private placement offerings and blue sky filings; venture capital investments; and (ii) Corporate ? mergers and acquisitions; drafting and review of corporate documents; corporate formations and corporate restructurings.
His practice includes representation of issuers in connection with venture capital transactions, shareholder and other equity holder agreements, private placements and public offerings of equity and debt securities, and secured and unsecured loan transactions. He also represents various companies in the process of: (i) listing on United States based exchanges such as the American Stock Exchange and NASDAQ; and (ii) assisting NASD registered broker/dealers in the Form 15c211 process to obtain quotations on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board and Pink Sheets (including the OTCQX).
He uses his extensive relationships in the investment community to introduce clients to sources of capital.
Prior to establishing the firm in 1993, Mr. Anslow worked as a tax attorney for Ernst & Young (formerly known as Arthur Young & Co.) in New York City. He also worked as a senior associate for Stark & Stark, a large New Jersey based law firm. Mr. Anslow is a member of several American Bar Association and New York State Bar Association committees on various areas of securities law.
Mr. Anslow is a frequent lecturer in the areas of: (i) going public through Reverse Mergers (including Alternative Public Offerings) and Self Filings; and (ii) PIPE transactions. He has also been a frequent contributor to articles included in industry publications such as the Reverse Merger Report and the PIPEs Report.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- ABA Section of Business Law
- Committee on Corporate Governance
- Subcommittee on Uniform Securities Act
- Subcommittee on Corporate Governance Guidelines
- Subcommittee on Governing Documents and Corporate Process
- New York State Bar Association
- Committee on Securities Regulation
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- March of Dimes, Executive Board-Central Jersey Chapter, 1992 - 1995
- JCC of Western Monmouth County, Secretary; Executive Board, 1998 - 2001
Speaking Engagements
- Moderator, "Investing in Reverse Merger Companies: Navigating Rule 144" at DealFlow Media PIPEs Conference 2008, New York, New York, November 12-13, 2008
- Moderator, "Focus on China, Legal Issues in China: MOFCOM, SAFE and Rules Pertaining to Offshore Transactions" at DealFlow Media Reverse Merger Conference 2008, Los Angeles, California, June 18-19, 2008
- Panelist, "Reverse Mergers ? Through the Eyes of Industry Players" at Alternative Public Strategies Conference 2008, New York, New York, May 8, 2008
- Panelist, "Financing Alternatives: PIPEs" at The 10th China Venture Capital and Private Equity Forum, Shenzhen Wuzhou National Guest House, Shenzhen, China, April 10-12, 2008
- Moderator, "Understanding the Legal & Regulatory Framework: MOFCOM, SAFE, Regulatory Approvals, and Rules Pertaining to Offshore Transactions" at DealFlow Media International PIPEs Conference, Hong Kong, April 8-10, 2008
- Panelist, "Workarounds to Solve the "Chinese Reverse Merger Dilemma": A Practical Point of View" at DealFlow Media International PIPEs Conference, Hong Kong, April 8-10, 2008
- Webinar Panelist, "Do You Know What You Need to Know About D&O? Directors and Officers Insurance De-Mystified!" presented by Alternative Public Strategies, March 27, 2008
- Panelist, "Reverse Mergers & PIPEs: Executing an Alternative Public Offering" at DealFlow Media PIPEs Conference 2007, New York, New York, October 18-19, 2007
- Webinar Panelist, "Proposed Changes Affecting SEC Rule 415 and the Collective Impact" presented by Alternative Public Strategies, August 22, 2007
- Panelist, "SEC Activities: Update on Rule 415/How to Do Business in the Era 415" at 3rd PIPEs Summit, New York, New York, July 17-19, 2007
- Workshop Leader, "Going Public through Self Filings and Other Going Public Alternatives" at 3rd PIPEs Summit, New York, New York, July 17-19, 2007
- Panelist, "Current Landscape of the Reverse Merger Market, Deal Structure and Sources of Capital" at Alternative Public Strategies Conference 2007, Washington, D.C. June 27, 2007
- Speaker, "Self-Filing: How You Can Conduct Your Own Public Offering" at DealFlow Media Reverse Merger Conference 2007, San Francisco, California, June 13-14, 2007
- Panelist, "The Pros & Cons of Form 10-SB Shells" at DealFlow Media Reverse Merger Conference 2006, New York, New York, July 20, 2006
Publications
- Investor's Business Daily, "Toast Your Foreign Hosts, December 16, 2008
- Forbes Magazine, Outlook New Jersey Legal, "Skilled Legal Technicians in Securities, Reverse Mergers, Self-Filings and PIPEs," September 15, 2008 Issue
- Financier Worldwide, Alternative Public Offerings Roundtable, May 2008 Issue
Reverse Merger Report and PIPEs Report Appearances
- Quoted, "Year in Review: Investors, Dealmakers Look to China for Second-Quarter Rebound," January 2009 Reverse Merger Report Issue
- Quoted, "In Tight Market, Mergers Are Falling Through, " December 2008 Reverse Merger Report Issue
- Quoted, "Structures to Bypass Bulletin Board Gain Popularity," November 2008 Reverse Merger Report Issue
- Quoted, "Third Quarter Review: Dealmakers, Investors Brace for Rough Year-end," October 2008 Reverse Merger Report Issue
- Quoted, "PIPE Boutique Privatizes Via Spin-Off in Reverse Merger," May 2008 Reverse Merger Report Issue
- Quoted, "Rule 415 Threatens APO Market," March 4, 2008 PIPEs Report Issue
- Quoted, "Making Good: Performance-based Escrows Now Standard but Not Uniform," February 2008 Reverse Merger Report Issue
- Quoted, "Court Overturns Reverse Merger by Movie Distributors," October 2007 Reverse Merger Report Issue
- Quoted, "Self-Filing Shaves Costs in Risky Shell Market," September 2007 Reverse Merger Report Issue
- Quoted, "SEC Leniency Paves Road for Possible Reverse Merger Innovation," July 2007 Reverse Merger Report Issue
- Quoted, "Bankrupt Shells Offer Clean Alternative," June 2007 Reverse Merger Report Issue
- Quoted, "Rule 415 Impact on Recent APOs Unclear: Delay in 2006 Deal Registrations Evident," May 2007 Reverse Merger Report Issue
- Quoted, "No Rule 415 Issues with APOs: SEC Views RTOs cum PIPEs as ‘Class of One'," December 15, 2006 PIPEs Report Issue
- Quoted, "SEC Curveball: Commission's Comments on Rule 415 Put Micro PIPEs in Flux," August 1, 2006 PIPEs Report Issue
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