John Newell, a senior counsel in the firm’s Business Law Department, works on a variety of securities, financing and corporate matters for financial institutions and industrial companies. He is a member of the firm’s Securities & Corporate Finance, M&A/Corporate Governance and Private Equity Practices.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Mr. Newell has chaired and served as a panelist for various Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education programs on federal securities laws. He is a member of the Boston and American Bar Associations.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Mr. Newell’s most recent article is “Shelf Registration Statements Begin Expiring,” which was published in the August 2008 edition of Insights: The Corporate and Securities Law Advisor. Other published articles include “Dealing with the Public Availability of SEC Comment Letters,” which appeared in the February 2006 edition of Insights; and “Operating Under the New Form 8-K Accelerated and Expanded Reporting Requirements” and “The New Form 8-K: Interpretive Issues for REITs and REOCs,” co-authored with Ettore Santucci, which appeared in the Winter, 2004 edition of The Real Estate Finance Journal.
BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS
Mr. Newell is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and Maine.