People: Blake Hornick, Partner

Blake Hornick

Partner

New York
Direct: (212) 218-3338
Fax: (212) 218-5526
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Biography

Blake Hornick, Chair of the National Securities Practice, is a partner in the New York office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP concentrating his practice on federal securities laws and merger and acquisition transactions.  Mr. Hornick has over thirty years of experience in securities law and is also a frequent author and speaker on securities and capital markets regulatory issues.

Mr. Hornick represents public and private companies in corporate governance matters and in all aspects of securities work in the federal 1933 and 1934 Acts, ranging from registered direct transactions, confidentially marketed underwritten offerings, conventional follow-on underwritten offerings, PIPEs, and other private placements and IPOs, from both the issuer and underwriter side, to the filing of periodic and current reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  He currently represents a major office REIT in the Northeast in all of its securities work and is a member of the NAREIT SEC Subcommittee.  Mr. Hornick has also co-chaired the NACD REIT roundtable from 2010-2011.

Mr. Hornick’s mergers and acquisitions practice includes representing corporate, private equity, and venture capital buyers and sellers in stock and asset acquisition and dispositions, as well as partnership, stockholder, employment and joint venture arrangements related thereto. 

Blake Hornick, Chair of the National Securities Practice, is a partner in the New York office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP concentrating his practice on federal securities laws and merger and acquisition transactions.  Mr. Hornick has over thirty years of experience in securities law and is also a frequent author and speaker on securities and capital markets regulatory issues.

Mr. Hornick represents public and private companies in corporate governance matters and in all aspects of securities work in the federal 1933 and 1934 Acts, ranging from registered direct transactions, confidentially marketed underwritten offerings, conventional follow-on underwritten offerings, PIPEs, and other private placements and IPOs, from both the issuer and underwriter side, to the filing of periodic and current reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  He currently represents a major office REIT in the Northeast in all of its securities work and is a member of the NAREIT SEC Subcommittee.  Mr. Hornick has also co-chaired the NACD REIT roundtable from 2010-2011.

Mr. Hornick’s mergers and acquisitions practice includes representing corporate, private equity, and venture capital buyers and sellers in stock and asset acquisition and dispositions, as well as partnership, stockholder, employment and joint venture arrangements related thereto. 

Education

  • J.D., Boston College Law School (1980)
    Law Review
    Order of the Coif
  • B.A., University of Pennsylvania (1977)
    cum laude

  • The Lawrenceville School, Diploma with Academic Distinction (1973)

Admissions

  • New York

Affiliations

  • New York City Bar Association
  • National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (SEC Subcommittee)
  • Association for Corporate Growth

Representative Engagements

Represented Mack–Cali Realty Corporation in the following transactions:

  • a $250 million offering of 7.75% senior unsecured 10 year notes underwritten by Bank of America, Citigroup, and JP Morgan Securities; and
  • a $287.5 million common stock offering with Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank Securities, and JP Morgan acting as the joint book-running managers of the offering.

Represented Celsion Corporation in the following transactions:

  • a private placement of 3,218,612 shares of stock and warrants to select institutional investors and certain participating insiders;
  • a registered direct offering of $5 million of convertible preferred stock and common stock warrants in addition to negotiating an amendment with a license partner to accelerate the payment to Celsion of $4 million in payments for an aggregate of $9 million in working capital; and
  • a registered direct offering of $7.1 million.

Represented Nanosphere, Inc. in the following transactions:

  • a $32.5 million underwritten public offering with Piper Jaffray acting as sole book-running manager and Roth Capital Partners acting as co-manager for the offering;
  • a $35.3 million underwritten public offering through Piper Jaffray which was a takedown offering from the company’s effective $100 million universal shelf registration statement that was declared effective by the SEC on September 15th, 2009.

Represented Nastech Pharmaceutical Company, Inc. in their public offerings of common stock in three separate transactions underwritten by Citigroup, Needham & Co., and USB, respectively.

Represented The Briad Group in its acquisition of Main Street, a $150 million transaction.

Represented Phat Farm in their $140 million sale to Kellwood Corporation.

Represented Salant Corporation in their $90 million sale to Perry Ellis International.

Represented SOBE Beverage in their $370 million sale to Pepsico.

Represented Pioneer Electronic Corporation in the restructuring of Carolco Pictures, Inc.

Presentations

  • “ACG New York Capital Markets Forum: The New Normal - Credit Crisis Redux,” presented by ACG, (October 2011)
  • “Directorship REIT Rountable Seminar,” presented by NACD, (July 2011)
  • “Directorship REIT Rountable Seminar,” presented by NACD, (November 2010)
  • “Listing Options in Troubled Markets,” presented by SMH Captial, Webinar (March 2009)
  • “State of the Capital Markets Seminar,” presented by ACG, (2008 - 2010)

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