Katherine M. Koops concentrates in securities and corporate law, with a focus on assisting clients in the financial services industry. She regularly counsels boards of directors on strategic initiatives and manages a wide variety of general corporate transactions, including:

• public offerings
• private placements
• mergers and acquisitions
• "going private" transactions
• Subchapter S conversions
• recapitalizations

She also advises clients on an array of securities and corporate law issues, including corporate governance, insider trading and disclosure issues, the preparation and filing of annual and quarterly reports, proxy solicitation requirements and registration requirements and exemptions.

Ms. Koops has spoken at numerous trade and industry conferences on a variety of topics, including securities law, strategic planning, going-private transactions and corporate governance.