Blake Hornick, Chair of the national Capital Markets group, is a partner in the New York office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP concentrating his practice on federal securities laws and merger and acquisition transactions. Mr. Hornick has over 30 years of experience in securities law and is also a frequent author and speaker on securities and capital markets regulatory issues.

Mr. Hornick represents public and private companies in corporate governance matters and in all aspects of securities work in the federal 1933 and 1934 Acts, ranging from registered direct transactions, confidentially marketed underwritten offerings, conventional follow-on underwritten offerings, PIPEs, and other private placements and IPOs, from both the issuer and underwriter side, to the filing of periodic and current reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission. He currently represents a major office REIT in the Northeast in all of its securities work and is a member of the NAREIT SEC Subcommittee. Mr. Hornick has also co-chaired the NACD REIT roundtable from 2010-2011.

Mr. Hornick’s mergers and acquisitions practice includes representing corporate, private equity, and venture capital buyers and sellers in stock and asset acquisition and dispositions, as well as partnership, stockholder, employment and joint venture arrangements related thereto.