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Alan Wovsaniker
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Roseland
Tel: 973.597.2564 | Fax: 973.597.2565


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Alan Wovsaniker has 25 years' experience in matters involving mergers and acquisitions, business planning, securities regulation and banking and corporate finance. Mr. Wovsaniker has been featured in the Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business since the inception of the guide.  He is also listed among The Best Lawyers in America in the corporate, mergers & acquisitions and securities law sections.  In addition, Mr. Wovsaniker was featured in the 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 issues of New Jersey Super Lawyers.

In 1997, Mr. Wovsaniker successfully consolidated seven private companies into Vestcom International, Inc. and consummated the initial public offering. In 1995, he successfully consolidated 11 private companies into Consolidated Delivery & Logistics, Inc. and consummated the initial public offering.

Mr. Wovsaniker has extensive experience in connection with:
  • Business law
    • Planning and negotiating mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, as well as debt and equity financings to support acquisitions
    • Initial funding and structuring of business organizations
    • Structuring employment relationships and equity-based compensation plans
  • Securities law, representing issuers and underwriters
    • Public securities offerings
    • Venture capital and other private securities offerings
    • Periodic reporting requirements
  • Banking and financial transactions
    • Lending transactions
    • Restructurings and workouts of troubled loans

Recent Speaking Engagements
  • "New Jersey Organization and Sale of Small Businesses," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Skills and Methods Course, Robert D. Frawley, Esq., Alan Wovsaniker, Esq., Marie T. DeFalco, Esq., and Brian A. Silikovitz, Esq. March 29, 2005
  • "28th Annual Institute on Proxy Statements, Annual Meetings & Critical Corporate Disclosures and Governance Practices", West Legalworks, Alan Wovsaniker, Esq., December 12, 2006





  • New SEC Proposals Would Greatly Streamline Capital Formation For Smaller Public Companies
    The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, July 2007
    Alan Wovsaniker, Steven Siesser, John Hogoboom

  • New SEC Proposals Would Greatly Streamline Capital Formation For Smaller Public Companies
    Specialty Finance, Corporate and Securities Group Alert, May 24, 2007
    John Hogoboom, Steven Siesser, Steven Skolnick, Alan Wovsaniker, Anita Chapdelaine

  • The Year Of The Compensation Committee?
    The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, May 2005
    Alan Wovsaniker

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  • Alan Wovsaniker discusses deal challenges and rival bidders to JP Morgan's purchase of Bear Stearns., Reuters, March 19, 2008

  • Alan Wovsaniker comments on the quick litigation filed against NRG Energy by Mirant Corp. after Mirant's bid for NRG., Reuters, May 31, 2006






  • October 7, 2008
    Maxim Group Growth Conference



    Impressed interviewees report:  
    'The lawyers really care about our business
    and
    are truly dedicated to helping us succeed'
    – 2008 Chambers USA Guide




    Corporate
    Corporate Finance & Securities
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    PIPEs & Registered Direct Offerings
    Private Equity & Mezzanine Financing


    Education

    Harvard Law School (J.D., 1977), magna cum laude
    Brown University (A.B., 1974), magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa




    New Jersey




    • Adjunct Faculty, Rutgers University Law School (1989-1995)
    • Adjunct Faculty, Seton Hall University Law School (1988-1991)
    • District V-C Ethics Committee, Supreme Court (1994-1998)
      • Chair (1997-1998)
    • Essex County Bar Association
      • Trustee (1996-1999)
      • Chair, Corporate Law Committee (1999-2003)
      • Chair, Banking Law Committee (1994-1997)
    • New Jersey State Bar Association
    • American Bar Association



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