Former Scarsdale Resident Martha Flanders Joins Dorf & Nelson LLP in Rye

On November 5th, 2012, Martha J. Flanders, Esq. joined Dorf & Nelson LLP in Rye, New York, as Partner in the Corporate Law Practice Department. She brings valuable experience to the firm as she has been practicing Corporate and Business Law for over 30 years at several prestigious New York City firms. Most recently, Ms. Flanders was a partner at Cozen O'Conner where she practiced in the Corporate Law Group focusing on mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities offerings, venture capital investments, joint ventures and strategic alliances and corporate finance transactions, including premium finance, life settlement and related capital markets and securitization transactions. Prior to joining Cozen, Ms. Flanders was a partner at WolfBlock LLP in New York.

Some of the recent complex transactions in which Ms. Flanders has been involved include representation of:

1. An internet information aggregator in its $25 million recapitalization which includes the sale of preferred securities and a tender offer for outstanding securities.

2. Private equity funds in their $20-$25 million acquisitions of portfolios of life settlements.

3. A leading social media advertiser in a two-step sale of the company to a foreign public advertising conglomerate.

4. A corporate investment advisor in the sale of the company to a private bank.

5. A technology company in the $55 million sale of its business to a Fortune 500 company.

6. A technology company in multiple private placements of equity and convertible debt securities in several rounds of financings, including initial financing, bridge financings and up and down rounds of financings with angel, venture capital and strategic investors.

7. A storage company in a $10 million recapitalization which included the take out of one investor group by another investor group.

8. An asset management company with approximately $1 billion of assets under management in connection with its acquistions of related businesses and management life-outs Banks, financial institutions and corporate borrowers in secured and unsecured lending transactions ranging in size from $2 million to $80 million, including premium financial transactions.

Degrees and Qualifications

Ms. Flanders received her Juris Doctorate degree from New York University School of Law and her Bachelors degree in English from Barnard College where she graduated cum laude. She is admitted to practice law in the State of New York.

Bar Memberships and Affiliations

Ms. Flanders's professional affiliations include membership in the American Bar Association and New York State Bar Association, and as an advocate of community service, Ms. Flanders is active in the governance and community outreach of Hitchcock Presbyterian Church in Scarsdale, New York.

Dorf & Nelson LLP, Rye, NY, was founded in 1992. Its attorneys serve as legal counsel and trusted strategic business advisers of leading Fortune 1000 corporations as well as mid-market and emerging businesses. Their commitment to a high level of excellence, client-centered relationships as well as their breadth of experience lead to excellent results in the practice areas of Corporate Law, Commercial and Financial Services Litigation, Life Sciences, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, and Tax-Exempt Not-For-Profit Organizations.