Harry S. Pangas


Partner
Washington, P: 202.383.0805
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Harry regularly advises operating and investment companies on all aspects of the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including disclosure, Rule 144A, Regulation G, short-swing profit rules, the Investment Company Act, Regulation FD, shareholder proposals under Rule 14a-8 and insider trading plans.  He also has represented clients in connection with a variety of corporate transactional matters, including public and private equity and debt offerings, mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, and other strategic transactions.

In particular, Harry has developed a niche practice representing close-end investment companies that have elected to be regulated as business development companies under the Investment Company Act.  His practice also includes representing special purpose acqusition companies ("SPACs") and other public vehicles for private equity investing.

During the last several years, Harry has advised clients in connection with the following transactions:
  • $930 million initial public offering of Apollo Investment Corporation;
  • $300 million initial public offering of Marathon Acqusition Corporation;
  • $105 million initial public offering of Prospect Energy Corporation;
  • $100 million initial public offering of Patriot Capital Funding, Inc.;
  • $75 million shelf offering of Allied Capital Corporation;
  • $56 million shelf offering of MCG Capital Corporation;
  • $86 million non-transferable rights of Allied Capital Corporation;
  • $30 million shelf offering by Patriot Capital Funding, Inc.; and
  • $10 million shelf offering by UTEK Corporation.
Harry has extensive corporate governance-related experience and regularly advises operating and investment companies on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the corporate governance listing standards of the NYSE, AMEX and Nasdaq.  He has also authored several articles on securities and corporate governance matters, including a chapter of a book entitled "The Past, Present and Future Roles of the Key Players"  in The Roles and Motivations of Key Players in Corporate Governance Cases.

Harry worked in the Division of Corporation Finance at the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. and was a member of the Division of Corporation Finance's Shareholder Proposal Task Force.
Education

J.D., cum laude, Tulane University Law School, 1996

B.S., cum laude, Syracuse University, 1993

Bar Admissions

District of Columbia, Massachusetts, New York