Maria L. Sasinoski
Maria counsels companies of all sizes on a broad range of US federal securities law and corporate governance matters, including Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting and disclosure obligations, proxy statements, NYSE and Nasdaq listing requirements, board composition and director independence, Section 16 reporting, Rule 10b5-1 plans, SEC comment letters, and other public company compliance matters. Maria also advises private equity sponsors on public company investment reporting and compliance.
Maria’s capital markets practice includes public and private offerings of debt, equity, and hybrid securities, including investment-grade debt, utility first mortgage bond offerings, convertible notes, equity-linked offerings, at-the-market (ATM) programs, private investment in public equity (PIPE) financings, private placements, warrant issuances, consent solicitations, tender offers, and other corporate transactions. She also advises issuers on shelf and resale registration statements, secondary offerings by selling stockholders, Rule 144 compliance, dividend reinvestment and direct stock purchase programs, share repurchase programs, and other ongoing public company and capital markets matters. Maria has also represented public company clients in spinoffs, mergers and acquisitions, de-SPAC transactions, digital asset treasury initiatives, and other strategic transactions.
Prior to becoming a lawyer, Maria gained more than a decade of asset servicing operations experience at a Fortune 500 custodial bank, providing her with a unique perspective on challenges faced by market participants in adopting securities tokenization and digital asset transformation initiatives. In that role, Maria managed global corporate actions operations teams, led back-office outsourcing initiatives and investment manager platform lift-out projects, and reengineered operational and technical workflows to support the integration of DTC transformation initiatives into the bank’s proprietary systems.
Maria’s pro bono work includes the representation of children in obtaining Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) and supporting the Name Change Project and voters’ rights initiatives.
