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November 16 2009
Merit Times International Limited announced the completion of their reverse merger/share exchange with Emerald Acquisition Corp. and a simultaneous PIPE with $17 million in proceeds. Grandview Capital, Inc. acted as lead placement agent and Rodman & Renshaw, LLC acted as co-placement agent. EG&S was counsel to the placement agents.
November 12 2009
Costco opened its first Manhattan store in the shopping center known as East River Plaza located at 116th Street and the FDR Drive. EG&S represented the landlord, Tiago Holdings, LLC, in connection with the negotiation of the lease.
October 29 2009
Based in New Jersey, Black Opal is a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that has raised an initial $500,000. The firm plans to raise further capital to invest in US companies with an EBITDA of $2.5m to $20m.
October 27 2009
Park National Corporation announced the completion of their registered direct offering of common stock in the amount of $30,795,000. EG&S acted as counsel to the placement agent.*
*Transaction was closed while members of the Firm were with Weinstein Smith LLP.
October 22 2009
Douglas S. Ellenoff, a member of the Firm, was invited by SMH Capital to speak at ACG’s 2nd Annual State of the Capital Markets Seminar. Mr. Ellenoff spoke on Capital for Non-U.S. Issuers – Capitalizing on Financing Opportunities in a Growing Global Market.
October 22 2009
Triplecrown Acquisition Corp. completed its business combination with Cullen Agricultural Technologies, Inc. Pursuant to the agreement, Triplecrown merged with and into Cullen Agricultural Holding Corp. EG&S acted as counsel to Cullen.
October 20 2009
Zoom Technologies, Inc. announced the closing of a PIPE transaction in the amount of $10,000,000. EG&S acted as counsel to Zoom.
October 20 2009
We are pleased to announce that Adrienne M. Ward has joined our Firm’s broker-dealer practice group as Partner. She joins the Firm from Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP.