Education
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, J.D.
- summa cum laude
- Hofstra Law Review, Senior Notes and Comments Editor
University of Michigan, B.A.
- Economics and Program in the Environment
- with high distinction
Admissions
- Michigan
- New York
Overview
Experience
Recognition
News & Resources
Overview
Meredith Ervine is a corporate attorney focusing her practice on securities and corporate governance matters. Over the course of her career, she has worked on more than 65 securities offerings involving more than $11.3 billion. She has experience representing clients across many industries on securities issues, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters, focusing primarily on public and pre-IPO companies.
- Advises clients regarding compliance with the securities laws, including the reporting requirements of the SEC and the national securities exchanges
- Assists clients in connection with annual and special stockholder meetings, including preparation of proxy statements
- Counsels clients in public and private offerings of both debt and equity securities
- Advises clients on corporate governance best practices
- Counsels clients on transactional matters, including corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions
- Assists clients with general contract and planning matters
Experience
Representative Matters
Representative Clients
- Represents a Midwest-based medical device company listed on Nasdaq
- Represents a Midwest-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company listed on Nasdaq
- Represents a Midwest-based, development stage medical device company on the OTC Pink Sheets
- Represents a retail chain specializing in home décor products headquartered in Texas and listed on the NYSE
- Serves as secondary counsel to a media and entertainment company that is headquartered in Connecticut and listed on the NYSE
- Serves as special or secondary counsel to three Northeast-based unaffiliated controlled companies (wholesale/retail fashion, wholesale/retail consumer goods, and manufacturer of advanced materials) listed on the NYSE
- Advised a Northeast-based plastic packaging films manufacturer listed on Nasdaq
Recent Transactions
- $145 million sale of electronics division of NYSE-listed company to a buyer headquartered in Japan
- Reverse merger of a development-stage medical device company into the wholly-owned subsidiary of an OTC Pink Sheets reporting company
- Public offering of Class A and Class B Units for a Nasdaq-listed medical device company
- PIPE transaction of common stock and warrants for a Nasdaq-listed clinical stage biopharmaceutical company
- Establishment of a $50 million at-the-market equity program for a Nasdaq-listed biopharmaceutical company
- Co-lead counsel on $785 million sale of plastic packaging films manufacturer (Nasdaq) through merger to an NYSE-listed company
- $65 million common stock rights offering and backstop commitment (NYSE) for leading contemporary fashion brand (represented the independent directors)
- $30 million initial public offering of common stock (Nasdaq) for a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company
- Registered direct offerings of preferred stock and warrants for a Nasdaq-listed medical device company
Prior Experience
- Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Senior Associate, 2008-2015
Recognition
Awards
Michigan Super Lawyers, Recognized as a Rising Star, 2019
Professional & Community Involvement
American Bar Association
- Business Law, Member
State Bar of Michigan
Association for Corporate Growth Western Michigan
- Women in Finance Committee, Member
Grand Rapids Ballet
- Board Member, 2017
- Development Committee Member, 2017