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Andris J. Vizbaras

Andris J. Vizbaras

Partner
Partner, Financial Institutions Practice Group; Member, Corporate Opinions Committee

Wall Street Office
2 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
vizbaras@clm.com
phone: 212-238-8698
fax: 212-732-3232 download v-card

Practice Areas

Corporate, Securities

Practice Description

Counsels financial institutions on the formation and regulation of broker-dealers, investment advisors and commodity trading advisors. Counsels hedge fund managers on all aspects of launching hedge funds and forming, building and selling their investment management businesses. Represents purchasers and sellers in mergers, acquisitions and tender offers. Counsels issuers on public and private securities offerings, reporting requirements, and anti-takeover defenses.

Education

  • B.A., 1983 Washington University
  • J.D., 1989 New York University School of Law

Admissions

1990 New York

Affiliations

The Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Publications Available on this website...

"Exemption from Registration for Foreign Private Issuers: SEC Amends Rule 12g3-2(b)," Client Advisory, September 16, 2008

Additional Publications

"The Patriot Act's Anti-Money Laundering Rules: What Private Funds and Investment Advisers Need to Know," Client Advisory, May 14, 2003 (co-authored); "Hot IPOs: When the Fund Manager is Connected to Everybody, Hedge Fund News, February 2000 (co-authored)

Illustrative Matters

  • Represented one of the world’s largest producers of food ingredients on all SEC aspects of a going-private tender offer to buy out the balance of a minority-owned affiliate.
  • Obtained favorable interpretive letter from CFTC staff re whether client’s software product requires client to register as an introducing broker
  • Advised the world’s largest inter-dealer broker in numerous acquisitions and new ventures
  • Represent broker dealers on state and federal registration and advise them on compliance; advise unregistered foreign broker dealers on permitted U.S. activities
  • Represented the world’s largest manufacturer of newspaper pulp, and the world’s largest manufacturer of fluids filters, in two offerings of debt securities for resale under Rule 144A
  • Represented and advised a major London-based media enterprise in a series of public acquisitions, including two cash tender offers and a merger solicitation; represented and advised the controlling stockholders of a leading Nasdaq-listed Israeli retailer in a going-private transaction
  • Provide a comprehensive range of services in connection with investment funds, including advice on structuring the funds and their management firms, preparation of offering and subscription documents and registrations under federal and state investment adviser, securities broker-dealer and commodity futures