Doug Long focuses primarily in the areas of securities reporting and regulation, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, general corporate counseling to a variety of publicly and privately held clients, and public and private financings.

Securities Regulation and Corporate Counseling

Through Doug's general corporate representation of a number of publicly held companies he has significant experience in the areas of SEC reporting, trading and disclosure practices, proxy regulations, resales of restricted securities, executive compensation and stock-based compensation plans, dealing with activist shareholders and corporate governance matters.

Doug also has represented public and private companies, as well as underwriters, venture capital firms and placement agents, in connection with securities offerings of both equity and debt, including initial public offerings.

Mergers and Acquisitions

Doug has participated in the representation of sellers and buyers in a variety of public and private transactions. These transactions have involved both strategic and private equity sellers and buyers and various forms of consideration, including cash, equity and debt. In addition, Doug has significant experience representing special committees of boards of directors in connection with their consideration of sale transactions.

Representative transactions in which Doug has had significant responsibility include the following:

• Nortek, Inc. in its acquisition of TV One
• Sale of InnoWare Plastic, Inc. to Solo Cup Company
• Woodstream Corporation in its acquisition of Zareba Systems, Inc.
• BUCA, Inc. in its sale by tender offer to Planet Hollywood International, Inc.
• Representation of the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of KMG America Corporation in its sale to Humana Inc.
• Aurafin LLC in its sale of assets to Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.
• BUCA, Inc. in the sale of its Vinny Testa's restaurant chain
• Entegris, Inc. in its merger with MyKrolis Corporation
• Norwest Equity Partners in a number of private equity investments/acquisitions
• Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison in a number of private equity investments/acquisitions
• Representation of the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Community First Bankshares, Inc. in its sale to BancWest Corporation
• American Express in its acquisition by tender offer of SierraCities.com Inc.
• FSI International, Inc. in its registered stock-for-stock acquisition of YieldUp International Corporation
• Buffets, Inc. in its sale to a private equity buyer
• Buffets, Inc. and FSI International, Inc. in a number of registered stock-for-stock acquisitions
• Honeywell Inc. in its acquisition of Environmental Air Control, Inc.
• Leslie Paper Co. in the registered stock-for-stock acquisition by International Paper Company
• Carlson Companies, Inc., in the going-private transaction involving the acquisition of all the publicly held stock of TGI Friday's, Inc.