Recognizing the growing need in the region for a comprehensive securities law practice, Mackenzie Hughes represents a broad range of companies seeking to raise equity capital or private debt financing from investors through private securities offerings.
Mackenzie Hughes has experience in all phases of economic development, municipal bonds and public finance. And we have worked as bond counsel in both tax-exempt and taxable bond issues.
The firm further represents clients in all aspects of securities fraud litigation and arbitration before FINRA, AAA and state and federal courts.
Services include:
Arbitration
- Representing clients in FINRA arbitration proceedings
Compliance
- Counseling investment advisors, corporations and national bank directors in complying with SEC, FINRA, Sarbanes-Oxley and new corporate governance rules and regulations
Financing
- Helping mature and emerging businesses secure financing through private placements and other initiatives
- Preparing and filing reports including disclosure forms for corporate officers and directors
- Providing advice and counsel on all aspects of initial offerings of corporate stock
Attorneys
Deven D. Desai
Associate (Pending Admission to Bar)
Richard C. Engel
Managing Partner
Clayton H. Hale, Jr.
Partner and Co General Counsel
Frederick W. Marty
Partner
James H. Nicoll
Partner
News
Mackenzie Hughes Adds Three Attorneys
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Mackenzie Hughes LLP’s Managing Partner Richard Engel announces the recent addition of attorneys Robb P. Barrett, Rebecca E. Alesi and Robert R. Hojnacki to the team. Robb P. Barrett joined the firm in January as a partner in the Business Department. He focuses on business and corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, securities […]
Mackenzie Hughes Thanks Anne B. Ruffer for her leadership role, Elects Richard C. Engel Managing Partner, Appoints James H. Nicoll Business Department Chair
Attorney Anne B. Ruffer electively stepped down as the firm’s Managing Partner effective December 31, 2023, after serving in that role for six years. During that time, she oversaw the day-to-day firm operations, worked in supporting the firm’s various practice areas, managed its fiscal responsibility, encouraged attorneys’ community involvement, and advanced the firm’s positive culture. […]
Nine Mackenzie Hughes Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers
Nine attorneys from Mackenzie Hughes LLP were recognized in the 2023 edition of Super Lawyers. Those recognized as “Super Lawyers” include: Clayton H. Hale, Jr., tax; Stephen T. Helmer, business litigation, personal injury – medical malpractice, civil litigation; Ami S. Longstreet, elder law, estate planning & probate; Jillian L. McGuire, family law; Edward J. Moses, […]