The Law Offices of Edward A. Friedman operate primarily as a business  law firm that helps entrepreneurs and other individuals, and various  types of business entities, create, grow and maintain their  businesses and interests.

Mr. Friedman is an experienced business attorney dedicated to  delivering meaningful value to the firm’s clients. His goals are to  provide effective and dynamic legal services to clients served by the  firm to enhance their opportunities, prospects and operations in the industries and markets in which clients operate.

The Core Values of the firm are: 

•     dedication                        
•     loyalty
•     high-quality service
•     understanding
•     vision
•     creativity
•     innovation
•     connectedness
•     vigor
•     care                              

When you work with the Law Offices of Edward A. Friedman you work with the owner and principal of the firm.  

Mr. Friedman practiced law in New York City with the law firms of  Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Parker Chapin, as well  as the Law Offices of Edward A. Friedman, and in the Washington, D.C.  area with the law firms of Arnold & Porter and Ruben & Aronson.

Mr. Friedman is a graduate of the Tel Aviv University Law School and the George Washington University Law School.

• Formation and start-up of various forms of partnerships, limited  liability companies and corporations (including for profit and not for  profit).
• Licensing and permit applications and renewals involving state regulatory agencies in various industries.
• Secured and unsecured credit transactions representing borrowers.
• Purchase and sale transactions involving various businesses, including real property, and related financing.
• Investments by venture capital firms involving various rounds of financing.
• Joint ventures and teaming agreements between various government  contractors (and application for participation in SBA programs).
• Barter transactions.
• Countertrade and offset transactions included in certain industrial cooperation and development projects.
• Grants of various stock options under employee benefit plans and employment contracts by publicly-traded companies.
• Grants of Restricted Stock Units under employee benefit plans by a publicly-traded company.
• Various employment, licensing, leasing, service, non-compete, confidentiality and other agreements.
• Alternative dispute resolution, arbitration and litigation.
• Corporate governance and operational matters including but not  limited to advising management and boards of directors, and audit,  compensation, nominating and special committees, with respect to various  matters including strategic transactions, executive compensation,  conflicts of interest, director nominations, director independence,  whistleblower complaints and procedures, Code of Ethics and Business  Conduct, regulatory compliance, Foreign Corrupt Practices, contractual  obligations, continuing education, board and committee evaluations,  change of control, takeover and other considerations.
• Private placement of unsecured notes by a Canadian oil, gas and petrochemical company to institutional investors.
• Listing of common shares of a Canadian oil and gas company on the New York Stock Exchange.
• Private placement of Units including common shares and warrants by a  Bermudan holding company with South African subsidiaries and  manufacturing operations (representing the Issuer).
• Initial public offering of Units of a Bermudan company (see above)  and listing of common shares on Nasdaq (representing the Issuer).
• Initial public offering of ordinary shares by an Israeli real estate  development company to fund certain residential construction in Israel  and Europe and listing of the shares on Nasdaq (representing the  Issuer).
• Initial public offering of common shares by a pharmaceutical company (representing the Issuer).
• Public offering of Units (common shares and warrants) by a computer design and manufacturing company (representing the Issuer).
• Public offering of common shares by an oil and gas company (representing the Issuer).
• Private placement of Class A Limited Liability Company Interests by a cosmetic company (representing the issuer).
• Private placement of Senior Secured Notes by a gaming company to institutional investors (representing the Issuer).
• Registered exchange offering of Senior Secured Notes by a gaming company (representing the Issuer).
• Private placement of Senior Subordinated Notes by a gaming company to institutional investors (representing the Issuer).
• Registered exchange offering of Senior Subordinated Notes by a gaming company (representing the Issuer).
• Registered shelf offering of common stock by a gaming company (representing the Issuer).
• Acquisition of the assets of certain radio stations by a communications company (representing the purchaser).
• Going-private transaction by a publicly-traded company following its acquisition by a casino company.
• Compliance with Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange rules.
• Acquisition of all the issued and outstanding shares of a pen and  pencil manufacturing company, with extensive international operations,  by a private equity firm (representing the purchaser).
• Merger of two publicly-traded manufacturers of insulation and other construction materials.
• Sale of all the common shares of a subsidiary of a publicly-traded healthcare company for cash (representing the seller).
• Acquisition of a publicly-traded company that owned a harness horse  racing facility and related merger into a gaming company (representing  the purchaser).
• Acquisition of all the issued and outstanding shares of a company  owning two restaurant chains by a multimedia conglomerate (representing  the purchaser).
• Compliance and disclosure under the Securities Act of 1933, as  amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended  (preparation of periodic, quarterly and annual reports, proxy materials,  changes in ownership and other matters).
• Compliance with the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.
• SEC investigations (represented clients in related interaction with the SEC).