Weston J. Gaines
Counsel Corporate & Finance
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Legal 500 US 2023Weston Gaines is a senior associate whose diverse workload includes shifts in corporate governance, securities law compliance, and SEC reporting.
Weston Gaines advises clients on a broad range of corporate and securities matters, with a focus on public company advisory and corporate governance.
Weston helps public company clients navigate numerous corporate issues involving the changing landscape of corporate governance, securities law compliance, and SEC reporting. His clients benefit from his understanding of matters relating to SEC disclosure and the corporate secretary, including board and committee structure and composition, annual meetings, Section 16 and beneficial ownership reporting, shareholder proposals, and executive compensation disclosure and stock trading issues. He serves as regular or special advisor to numerous NYSE and NASDAQ-listed companies and their boards.
Weston also has experience advising public companies on a variety of capital markets transactions, including underwritten follow-on offerings and private placements.
Weston is currently recognized as an Up and Coming securities advisory lawyer by Chambers USA. While in law school, Weston served on the editorial board of the Duke Law Journal.
Legal 500 US 2023Weston Gaines is a senior associate whose diverse workload includes shifts in corporate governance, securities law compliance, and SEC reporting.
Representative experience
Regular corporate and securities advice to a wide variety of public companies, including emerging growth companies and numerous members of the S&P 100.
Papa John's International Inc. and its independent directors in a feud with its founder and US$250m investment by Starboard Value LP, named The Deal's Activist Campaign of the Year.
Credentials
- J.D., Duke University School of Law, Order of the Coif, 2015
- B.A., University of Wisconsin, Phi Beta Kappa, 2012
- District of Columbia
- Illinois