Andrew Ledbetter brings a wide range of experience to the corporate and securities practice group in the Seattle office. He regularly represents public companies in SEC periodic and current reporting, proxy statements, and related corporate and disclosure advice. Mr. Ledbetter has advised in dozens of initial public offerings, stock exchange listings, secondary offerings, public and private M&A deals, international transactions, PIPEs, spin-offs, going private transactions, and other transactions. He has also represented numerous private companies, VC funds and other investors, and placement agents in venture transactions, as well as private funds and investment advisers in formation and organizational issues, Form ADV and securities compliance, and related matters.

Prior to joining DLA Piper, Mr. Ledbetter was Associate General Counsel for the Securities Division of the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions. His responsibilities included reviewing registered offerings and private placements by emerging businesses, public companies and direct participation programs such as REITs, as well as no-action letters, policy initiatives, and internal legal advice on registration and exemption, broker-dealer, investment adviser, franchise, and other matters. He also clerked for the Washington State Court of Appeals and interned with the NASD (now FINRA).

Mr. Ledbetter was named as a "Rising Star" by Washington Law & Politics in 2009 and 2010.

Representative Transactions

• The underwriters in a ~$90M initial public offering of Erickson Air-Crane (pending)
• LPath (OTCBB:LPTN) in a ~$10M public offering and a ~$5M PIPE transaction
• China Dredging in its initial public offering and selling shareholder registration statement
• Teavana in its ~$140M initial public offering
• Intellipeer in its initial public offering (withdrawn)
• Coupons.com in an acquisition of worldwide licensing rights and restructuring
• OCZ Technology (Nasdaq:OCZ) in a ~$23M PIPE, ~$15M PIPE, ~$17M block resale transaction, and ~$35M acquisition of Indilinx
• The underwriters in a ~$5M public offering of China Metro-Rural (Amex:CNR)
• Kingold Jewelry (Nasdaq:KGJI) in a ~$23M initial public offering
• HomeAway in its ~$216M initial public offering
• AsiaInfo-Linkage (Nasdaq:ASIA) in a ~$770M merger with Linkage Technologies
• Feihe International (NYSE:ADY) in a ~$60M private placement to Sequoia Capital, selling shareholder registration statements, and structured share repurchase
• GLG Life Tech (Nasdaq:GLGL, TSX:GLG) in a ~$32M US initial public offering and Nasdaq listing
• Nimbic (f/k/a Physware) in its Series A, Series A-1, bridge note, and Series B financing
• The underwriters in a ~$7M follow-on public offering by NeoStem (Amex:NBS)
• Investor group in a Series B and Series B-1 financing and recapitalization of CoCo Communications
• Ruslan Investments in a SPAC offering on Euronext (withdrawn)
• Northstar Neuroscience (Nasdaq:NSTR) in a public company liquidation
• FinAnalytica in a Series A transaction, recapitalization, and convertible note offering
• FLO Corporation (OTCBB:FLRP) in a spin-out transaction and ~$7M PIPE
• Artes Medical (Nasdaq:ARTE) in a ~$2.4M PIPE transaction
• Starbucks (Nasdaq:SBUX) $550M public debt offering
• Imperium Renewables in its initial public offering (withdrawn)

Representative '34 Act Clients

• AsiaInfo-Linkage
• China Dredging
• Velti
• GLG Life Tech
• SciClone Pharmaceuticals
• Extreme Networks
• QUALCOMM
• OCZ Technology
• Feihe International
• Kingold Jewelry
• DragonWave
• W. P. Carey
• Fuer International
• F5 Networks
• Starbucks