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Stephen V. Burger

Partner

Wall Street Office
2 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
burger@clm.com
phone: 212-732-3200
fax: 212-732-3232 download v-card

Practice Areas

Corporate, Securities

Practice Description

Corporate, including general corporate and securities, public offerings, private placements, mergers and acquisitions, public company reporting, and U.S. securities laws regulation of offshore securities transactions and foreign companies.

Education

  • A.B., 1975 Rutgers College (history major with highest honors; Phi Beta Kappa junior year)
  • J.D., 1980 Rutgers School of Law/Newark

Admissions

1981 New York

Affiliations

  • The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
  • American Bar Association (Section of Business Law)

Publications Available on this website...

"SEC Amends Rules 144 and 145 under the Securities Act of 1933," Client Advisory, February 7, 2008; "Smaller Reporting Company Regulatory Relief and Simplification," Client Advisory, February 7, 2008; "Revisions to the Eligibility Requirements for Primary Securities Offerings on Forms S-3 and F-3," Client Advisory, February 7, 2008; "SEC Reforms the Public Offering Process," Client Advisory, August 15, 2005; "Additional Form 8-K Disclosure Requirements and Acceleration of Filing Dates," Client Advisory, May 21, 2004; "Acceleration of SEC Periodic Reporting Deadlines and Disclosure of Website Access to Reports," Client Advisory, October 24, 2002

Additional Publications

"The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: Form of Memorandum to Section 16(a) Reporting Persons," Client Advisory, September 2002; "New Developments in the Law: Amendments to the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York," New York State Bar Journal, March/April 1998; "New SEC Safe Harbor Protection for Offshore Press Conferences and Press Materials," Review of Securities and Commodities Regulation, March 4, 1998 (co-authored)

Illustrative Matters

 
Client
Description
Canadian Issuers
Numerous Regulation S/Rule 144A offerings.
Danisco A/S
Rule 12g3-2(b) submission to claim a foreign private issuer exemption from registration under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Orient-Express Hotels Ltd.
$217,000,000 primary and secondary underwritten public offering (March 2005).
Orient-Express Hotels Ltd.
$275,500,000 secondary underwritten public offering (November 2005).
Orient-Express Hotels Ltd.
Major role in preparation of 2001-2008 Forms 10-K and management proxy statements for 2001 through 2008 annual meetings.
Pengrowth Energy Trust
$144,000,000 (Canadian) U.S. and Canadian underwritten public offering under the SEC’s Multijurisdictional System.
Sea Containers Ltd.
Two registered exchange offers of senior notes.
Walton Red Rock LLC
$16,500,000 private placement in 2006 for entity formed to purchase undeveloped land in Arizona.