Stuart Sinai is experienced in taking corporations public, SEC litigation, proxy contests, compliance work under ‘33 and ‘34 Acts, municipal bond offerings and representation of clients in SEC and various exchange proceedings, including insider trading charges, NYSE and NASD rule violations and fraud investigations.
He has participated in numerous mergers and acquisitions involving business, tax, securities, “pooling” and antitrust issues and has handled the various Hart-Scott-Rodino filings required by the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division.
Mr. Sinai has also been engaged as an expert witness in various securities litigation matters. He has acted as an arbitrator for securities matters for both the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and the American Arbitration Association.
He has a Certified Public Accountant Certificate and worked with Ernst and Young for three years immediately upon graduation from law school.
Mr. Sinai maintains an “AV” peer review rating with Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, the highest peer review rating for attorneys. He was also selected for inclusion in the 2007 through 2011 issues of Michigan Super Lawyers magazine featuring the top 5% of attorneys in Michigan. He was also listed in the Corporate Counsel Edition, Super Lawyers 2009. In addition, he has lectured before various legal and accounting groups concerning taxation and securities regulation matters and frequently writes on these subjects for national magazines.
Education:
J.D., University of Michigan Law School, 1965
B.S. (accounting), Ferris State University, 1963
Bar and Court Admissions:
State Bar of Michigan, 1966
U.S. Tax Court
U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of the United States
Memberships:
State Bar of Michigan
Member of the Business Law and Tax Sections
Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association
Former chair of the Securities and Commodities Committee
American Bar Association
Member of the Federal Regulation of Securities Committee
He has served in the past on both the Subcommittee on Proxy Solicitations
and Tender Offers and on the Committee on (writing model agreements
for) “Negotiated Acquisitions.”
Articles:
Investment losses – arbitration may work for you;
Commentator, Summer 2011
Remain wary of Wall Street pirates;
Commentator, Summer 2010
“Stoneridge – Escape From Securities Liability Notwithstanding Active, Intentional,
Deceptive Conduct;” Michigan State University College of Law,
Journal of Business & Securities Law, Spring 2008
Just Ask Martha;
Commentator, Summer 2004
Insider Trading Compliance;
Commentator, Spring 2003
“Challenge to the Validity of Rule 10b5-1;” (the SEC’s recently promulgated rule
regarding insider trading); Securities Regulation Law Journal, Fall 2002
“Rumors, Possession v. Use, Fiduciary Duty and Other Current Insider Trading
Considerations;” The Business Lawyer, February 2000
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Stuart Sinai