Joel H. Trotter is the Deputy Chair of the Corporate Department in the Washington, D.C. office. His practice focuses on capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, securities regulation and general corporate matters.
Mr. Trotter was named one of the "10 Most Admired Securities Attorneys" from more than 1,000 nominations in a Law360 survey that identified him as "one of the firm's go-to sources for advice" and noted his "deep expertise and excellent judgment" on sophisticated securities matters. The survey described him as a "smart, creative and responsive" counselor who "knows how to listen" and is "always available and never seems stressed."
A leader in the firm's SEC practice, Mr. Trotter represents major NYSE and Nasdaq companies and counsels both issuers and underwriters in the public offering process and in corporate compliance matters involving SEC reporting and disclosure requirements. He has represented clients in dozens of initial public offerings and hundreds of other securities offerings and SEC-related matters. Mr. Trotter also serves as special counsel for boards of directors, audit committees and special committees on governance issues, corporate crises and business combination proposals.
He is the co-author of chapters in The Practitioner's Guide to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (American Bar Association) and a contributor to Securities Law Techniques (Matthew Bender). Mr. Trotter has also published articles on securities law issues in Insights and The Corporate Governance Advisor and frequently authors publications on capital markets topics.