Avinash (Avi) Ganatra Joins Hahn & Hessen Law Firm As Partner in the Securities and Tax Group
NEW YORK, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- New York law firm Hahn & Hessen LLP is proud to announce that Avinash (Avi) Ganatra has joined the Firm as a partner, effective January 19, 2010.
"We are pleased to welcome Avi as a member of the Firm," said Managing Partner, Steven J. Seif. "Avi has high-level experience representing clients in a wide range of equity and debt capital markets transactions and providing them sophisticated securities law advice. In addition to his strengths in the Firm's traditional areas of service, Avi brings the sort of creative thinking that our clients need in a changing economy."
Mr. Ganatra's practice focuses on the representation of companies and financial institutions in initial public offerings, shelf registrations, registered direct transactions, private investments in public entities (PIPEs), private equity transactions, high yield debt transactions, debt tender offers and consent solicitations, and secured lending arrangements. Mr. Ganatra counsels companies, investors and financial institutions on the public disclosure and compliance requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Mr. Ganatra was one of the founding members of the South Asian Bar Association of New York and served as the organization's president from 1998 to 2000. Prior to joining Hahn & Hessen, Mr. Ganatra was a partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP and before that practiced at Skadden Arps.
Mr. Ganatra is the creator of The Irreverent Indenture (©2002 Avinash Ganatra, all rights reserved), a multimedia presentation on high yield debt structuring and covenants, and has led workshops for financial institutions and companies in New York, London and Amsterdam.
Mr. Ganatra is a graduate of New York University School of Law (1994, LL.M.), the University of Mumbai, Government Law College (1993, LL.B.), and the University of Mumbai, Sydenham College of Commerce & Economics (1990, B.Com.), and is admitted to practice in New York and India.
About Hahn & Hessen
Founded in 1931, Hahn & Hessen LLP is a full service commercial firm serving primarily financial institutions and creditors holding distressed debt. The Firm has received substantial recognition for its unique capabilities in those situations where the creditworthiness of a client's existing or potential borrower, counterparty or customer is of concern. For more information about Hahn & Hessen LLP, please visit the Firm's website at http://www.hahnhessen.com.
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