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Brenda Hamilton l Securities Attorney

Brenda Hamilton is the Founder and Partner of Hamilton & Associates Law Group, P.A., an international corporate finance, securities, business and transactional law firm with offices in Boca Raton, Florida. The firm represents issuers on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange, NYSE Stock Exchange and OTC Markets in securities and corporate finance matters, including underwritten and direct public offerings, equity and debt offerings, corporate legal and compliance matters and restructurings.  Ms. Hamilton assists clients in all aspects of the going public direct process, including the filing of Form S-1 and other Registration Statements, Form 211 with FINRA, and electronic trading applications with the DTC.

Notable Experience and Engagements

Ms. Hamilton’s notable experience and engagements include:

  • Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) and Direct Public Offerings (DPOs)
  • Listing of Issuers on NASDAQ and NYSE
  • Securities law disclosures and compliance for issuers on NASDAQ, NYSE and OTC Markets
  • Outside general counsel for domestic and international issuers
  • Securities offerings and/or going public transactions ranging from less than $1,000,000 to more than $300,000,000 involving individual investors, banks and investment banking firms
  • Representation of hedge funds and accredited investors
  • Drafting of Registration Statements and other disclosures required under U.S. securities laws for multiple domestic and international issuers listed on the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ and the OTC markets
  • Forensic and investigative counsel in connection with violations of state and federal securities laws
  • Forensic and investigative counsel in connection with violations by a foreign issuer of U.S. sanctions and trade embargoes of certain foreign countries

Media and Interviews

  • Forbes: Multiple Articles
  • Radio Free Europe: Multiple Articles
  • New York Business Daily, Topic: The Dark Side of the Marijuana Boom
  • Free Lance Investigative Journalist Topic: Securities Penny Stock Fraud Schemes and Reverse Mergers
  • South Florida Business Journal Topic: Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement action against Bank Atlantic
  • Quicken Small Business: Options for Capital Raising for Small Businesses

Bar Memberships, Professional Memberships and Awards

  • Admitted to practice – State of Florida
  • Admitted to practice – Washington, D.C.
  • Admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
  • Florida State Bar
  • American Bar Association
  • International Law Committee of the American Bar Association
  • Business Law Committee of the American Bar Association
  • Palm Beach County Bar Association
  • International Bar Association

Education

  • University of Miami School of Law, Miami, Florida, and
  • University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, J.D.

Civil Membership and Associations

  • Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce
  • Benefactor, Boca Raton Community Hospital Foundation Sponsor
  • The Haven Benefactor
  • Boca Raton Historical Society
  • Underwriter, Junior League of Boca Raton
  • Patron of the Arts, Boca Raton Museum of Art

Brenda Lee Hamilton may be contacted by e-mail at BHamilton@SecuritiesLawyer101.com or telephone at 561-416-8956.