Harry Pangas is a member of Sutherland’s Corporate Practice Group and regularly advises operating and investment companies on all aspects of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 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, dispositions and other strategic transactions.

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

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 New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. Harry previously worked in the Division of Corporation Finance at the SEC in Washington, D.C., and was a member of the Division of Corporation Finance’s Shareholder Proposal Task Force.