Securities & Securities Litigation Archives - The BTI Consulting Group

Kerry Shannon Burke

tthorp — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:17:12 +0000

Kerry Shannon Burke has been helping public and private companies structure and execute capital markets and finance transactions and navigate the pitfalls of public company reporting and governance for over 25 years. Kerry regularly represents issuers, ranging from development stage ventures to large public companies, as well as underwriters and other institutional investors, with private and public debt and equity financings. She also has assisted public and private companies in structuring and negotiating financing transactions, including term loan and revolving credit facilities and acquisition financing.

Kerry is a “go-to” advisor for large public companies and their boards on corporate governance, SEC reporting, ESG, cybersecurity disclosure, succession planning and compliance program design. Kerry also assists private companies on governance and IPO readiness matters, including with respect to board and committee independence, internal and disclosure controls and similar matters.

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Cynthia M. Mabry

tthorp — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:17:10 +0000

Cynthia Mabry is a partner in the Houston office of Gibson Dunn where she is a member of the firm’s Capital Markets Practice Group. She represents public and private entities, investors and underwriters in capital markets and finance transactions, including offerings of equity and debt securities.

Cynthia also provides counsel on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and compliance matters, and joint ventures. She is particularly experienced with clients engaged in the energy industry, including utilities, oil and gas exploration and production, midstream, oilfield services, and other related sectors. Cynthia advises clients on governance structures and rapidly evolving legal and compliance issues related to climate change, environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG), and sustainability reporting.

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Mary Weeks

tthorp — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:17:07 +0000

Mary leads the firm’s Securities Litigation Practice Group. She vigorously defends and resolves high-stakes securities litigation and shareholder disputes and manages internal investigations for corporations, officers, and directors. Mary’s efficient approach and lengthy track record of early-stage resolutions in key jurisdictions help clients effectively manage and mitigate risk.

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Matthew P. Bosher

tthorp — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:17:06 +0000

Matthew advises and defends clients in matters relating to financial reporting, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance, and has been involved in some of the most significant financial and accounting matters of the last 20 years. Matthew’s clients say that “he is our trusted counsel,” “thoughtful, effective and well respected.” (Chambers USA 2024 and 2025)

He represents public companies, officers and directors, accounting firms, and others in SEC investigations and enforcement actions, private securities fraud suits, and other complex commercial litigation. He also conducts internal investigations concerning allegations of accounting fraud, alleged breaches of fiduciary duties, violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and other alleged regulatory compliance failures. Matthew regularly advises audit committees on ethics and compliance matters and internal controls.

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J. Timothy Mast

tthorp — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:16:30 +0000

Tim has more than 25 years of experience litigating complex business disputes in state and federal courts across the U.S. He regularly represents companies and their officers and directors in litigation arising out of public disclosures, securities offerings, financing transactions and mergers and acquisitions, including securities class actions, shareholder derivative litigation, ERISA class actions, and post-closing disputes related to working capital adjustments, earn-outs, and breaches of representations and warranties.

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Byron B. Kirkland

tthorp — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:16:30 +0000

A corporate lawyer for over 35 years, Byron Kirkland has extensive experience in private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate law and securities matters. He represents emerging and established companies, both privately and publicly held, across diverse industry sectors including pharmaceutical services, information technology, software, clean technology, medical device, biotechnology, communications and manufacturing. Byron regularly advises clients with regard to general business, capital-raising financing and corporate law matters. Clients say Byron is “…incredibly practical and business-minded. He can help me find ways to think about issues that allow us to be able to achieve the things we want to as a company” (Chambers USA 2022).

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Richard F. Mattern

tthorp — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:16:29 +0000

Richard Mattern represents both public and private companies in a variety of corporate and securities law matters, helping clients achieve goals that support their overall strategic initiatives.

As primary corporate and securities counsel to several NYSE- and Nasdaq-listed companies, he has represented clients in transactions ranging from $10 million to $1.4 billion as well as securities offerings ranging from $4 million to $6 billion. He also counsels private companies on capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, and other corporate matters related to their business objectives.

Richard works within a range of industries, with a particular focus in medical device, real estate investment trust (REIT) and manufacturing.

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George D. Sullivan

tthorp — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:16:26 +0000

George D. Sullivan, Co-Managing Shareholder of the Westchester County office, has wide-ranging trial and regulatory experience in the broker-dealer and investment arenas. He focuses his practice on representing financial institutions and individuals in securities enforcement and regulatory matters, complex commercial litigation, securities litigation and arbitration, internal corporate investigations and broker-dealer compliance issues.

Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, George was managing director & head of litigation for the Retail Brokerage and Investment Management businesses at Morgan Stanley. He also served as the head of Morgan Stanley’s West Coast Law Department in San Francisco and Southeast Law Department in Florida.

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Coleman Wombwell

tthorp — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:16:25 +0000

Coleman Wombwell is a partner in the Public Companies group. His practice covers a wide variety of general corporate and securities matters. He advises publicly-traded companies regarding periodic reporting with the Securities and Exchange Commission, corporate governance practices, and compliance issues such as Section 16 reporting and insider trading, stock exchange rules, and stockholder meetings. Coleman also represents clients in securities offerings, including initial public offerings, underwritten debt and equity offerings, at-the-market offering programs, and private placements. In addition, he has assisted both public and private clients in mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate restructurings. Coleman’s experience covers a wide variety of industries, including life sciences, technology, and energy.

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Craig M. Fischer

BTIConsulting — Wed, 29 May 2024 14:01:36 +0000

Craig is a member of the firm’s Corporate & Business and Securities Regulation & Corporate Compliance Practices. He has represented domestic and international clients in a range of industries on a variety of business transactions and general corporate issues, with a particular focus on representing issuers as well as underwriters in a range of securities offerings, including equity offerings, registered and non-registered high-yield and investment-grade debt offerings, exchange offers and tender offers. He also advises publicly traded companies on compliance with their obligations under the U.S. securities laws and stock exchange listing requirements in preparation of their Exchange Act reports and on corporate governance matters.

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