Yariv Katz is a partner in the Corporate practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Katz practices primarily in the area of securities and capital markets representing issuers, underwriters, placement agents and investors in public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, including IPOs, follow-on offerings, Rule 144A offerings, PIPEs and other private placements.

Mr. Katz regularly counsels public companies and their boards with respect to ongoing disclosure and securities compliance matters, including compliance with Dodd-Frank, Sarbanes-Oxley and the corporate governance rules of the NYSE and Nasdaq. Mr. Katz also has substantial experience in mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and joint ventures involving public and private companies. From 2007 until 2008, Mr. Katz served as general counsel of a Nasdaq-listed specialty consumer finance company.