- Practices
- Areas of Law
- General corporate counsel
- Mergers and acquisitions, divestitures
- Taxable and tax-free exchanges, mergers and consolidations
- Banking, finance, debt and equity financings, commercial loans, mezzanine financing
- Complex business valuation
- Joint ventures, strategic alliances, leveraged buyouts
- Convertible, hybrid securities
- Private equity fund formation, private investment in public equity (PIPE)
- Syndicated revolving and term credit facilities
- Technology and intellectual property financing
- Asset purchasers in bankruptcies
- 1940 Act
- Anti-takeover defenses
- Capitalization transactions, recapitalizations, asset-based and cash flow lending transactions
- Audit committee representation
- IPO's, private offerings, hostile takeovers
- Proxy contests, annual shareholder meetings
- Hart-Scott-Rodino analysis and notification
- Spin-offs of subsidiaries and divisions, start-up and emerging growth companies
- Tender offers, venture capital, angel investments
- Preferred and common stock placements
- Going-private transactions
- Securities, shareholder agreements, stockholder, partner, LLC disputes
- D & O responsibilities
- Investment company act issues, investor relations
- Stock option plans and restricted stock agreements
- Executive compensation, employment contracts, independent contractors
- Strategic planning, succession issues, syndications, exit strategies, ESOPS, reverse ESOPS
- IP issues in business transactions
- Section 13(d) reports
- Hotels/resort properties, private and public financing
- International trade, e-commerce, franchise, distribution arrangements, UFOC, territorial agreements
- Book publishing, agreements, entertainment
- Operating structures for medical companies, medical supply marketing agreements
- Articles
Dale focuses his practice on clients' corporate and securities matters, bringing value to a wide array of commercial transactions. Experienced in all aspects of business transactions, he has represented acquirers and acquirees in both the private and public markets including companies and buy-out funds in the acquisition and disposition of businesses through mergers and stock and asset transactions.
In the securities industry, Dale has been retained as legal counsel to issuers and investment bankers in private and public securities offerings, venture capitalists and investment firms in minority investments, public companies in ongoing SEC compliance, and boards of directors and board committees in fulfilling their legal and fiduciary obligations.
Dale is a strategic legal advisor to his clients in deals and negotiations related to structuring joint ventures, alliances, leveraged buyouts, loan agreements, partnership agreements, distributorship agreements, licensing agreements and other commercial transactions.
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Education
- Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1979
- Columbia College, B.A.., cum laude, 1976
Bar Admissions & Memberships
- New York, 1980
- Florida, 1986
- U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1980
Noteworthy
- Top Lawyers in South Florida, South Florida Legal Guide 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007
- Top Lawyers by Practice Area - Corporate and Business & Securities, South Florida Legal Guide 2007
- Fluent in Hebrew
Professional Affiliations
- The Florida Bar
Community/Civic Involvement
- Samuel Scheck Hill Community Day School, Board of Directors
- Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.-Southeast Florida Chapter
