AMANDA J. BUCKLEY | Of Counsel

Practice Areas

Corporate & Business Entities

Summary

Ms. Buckley advises clients on the selection, formation, organization and management of new business entities including corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships and counsels companies on various matters including corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructuring, federal and state securities laws, and employment, consulting and shareholder agreements. Her securities experience includes preparing proxy statements, annual and periodic filings, and public and private securities offerings.

Education

• University of Cincinnati College of Law, J.D., Order of the Coif (2000)
• University of Kentucky, B.S. in Accounting, summa cum laude (1997)

Publications

• Editor, University of Cincinnati Law Review
• Author of the Comment You’d Better Watch What They Say: An Examination of Primary Liability For Secondary Actors Under Section 10(b), 68 U. Cin. L. Rev. 835 (2000)

Memberships

• State Bar of Georgia
• Ohio State Bar Association

Representative Experience

• Represented many joint venture relationships created to acquire, develop, lease and dispose of commercial real property
• Represented owners of closely-held private companies with governance matters and buy-out transactions
• Corporate associate at the Cincinnati, Ohio firm of Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Cincinnati, Ohio

Specific Deals

• Lead counsel to borrower in $8 million debt facility to purchase assets
• Lead counsel to corporation in $7 million private placement
• Represented sponsors in the formation of a $25 million private equity fund