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Experience:
Eric Finseth practices corporate and securities law. His broad securities and transactional experience extends to (i) corporate governance, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and SEC reporting obligations and other securities laws applicable to publicly traded companies; (ii) mergers and acquisitions; (iii) registered and unregistered offerings of equity, debt and complex securities; (iv) the formation and subsequent representation of real estate investment funds and venture capital funds; and (v) venture capital financings and the formation of technology startup companies.
Prior to joining Mayer Brown, Eric served as an Attorney Fellow in the Securities and Exchange Commission�s Division of Corporation Finance, Office of Chief Counsel, and was detailed to work directly with Division Director John White. During the 2006 proxy season, he oversaw and administered the agency�s Rule 14a-8 shareholder proposal no-action review program, during the course of which he led a team of 16 other attorneys over several months and authorized the issuance of hundreds of no-action responses on behalf of the Division. His work with the agency included attention to a variety of interpretive, enforcement, appellate litigation, legislative and rulemaking matters, including the Commission�s recently issued executive compensation and option grant disclosure rules. Prior to working for the SEC, Eric was a partner at a prominent Silicon Valley corporate law firm.
Eric speaks fluent German and reads French, having received a Magister Artium (MA) in Modern History from the Freie Universit�t Berlin on a scholarship from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) and a Certificat d�Etudes Politiques from the Institut d�Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). In addition to having studied in Europe, Eric worked as an intern in the Directorate-General for External Relations of the European Commission in Brussels.
Education:
Columbia University Law School, JD, 1994, Freie Universit�t Berlin, Magister Artium (MA), 1991, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), Certificat d'Etudes Politiques, 1986, Harvard University, BA, magna cum laude, 1988. | 