Walter Van Dorn focuses his practice on corporate securities law and capital markets, advising issuers, underwriters, broker-dealers and other financial institutions and intermediaries on all facets of securities and capital market transactions, including IPOs, public and private offerings of equity, debt (including sovereign debt) and asset-backed securities, and exchange offers, tender offers and rights offerings. With seven years of experience at the SEC, his keen understanding of U.S. securities laws and regulations helps him guide clients worldwide through complex compliance matters and transactions involving all aspects of the U.S. securities laws, including the Securities Act, Exchange Act, Investment Company Act, Investment Advisers Act, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Dodd-Frank Act, JOBS Act and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Having practiced in London, Hong Kong and Washington, D.C., Walter’s clients include financial services, industrial and technology companies from around the world.

Prior to entering private practice, Walter was Special Counsel in the Division of Corporation Finance at the SEC in Washington, D.C. His areas of responsibility there included offerings of equity securities and ADRs, offerings of debt securities by both corporate and government issuers, offerings under the multijurisdictional disclosure system (MJDS) with Canada, mergers and acquisitions, and tender and exchange offers. He also participated in rule-making initiatives such as those amending Regulation S, as well as those exempting certain cross-border tender and exchange offers and rights offerings from Securities Act registration requirements and from Exchange Act tender offer rules.