What I most enjoy about working with startups is finding ways to get the complicated securities laws to work for them.
Meredith Cross is a partner in the Transactional and Securities Departments, and a member of the Corporate Practice and Strategic Response Group. Ms. Cross joined WilmerHale in 1998 after serving as Chief Counsel and Deputy Director of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance. She later served as Director of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance from 2009 to 2013 before rejoining the firm. Ms. Cross advises public companies and their boards on disclosure and other corporate finance securities law and corporate governance matters. She handles matters for companies with the SEC, including no-action letters, financial statement waiver requests, and disclosure and financial statement reviews by staff of the Division of Corporation Finance, as well as SEC enforcement matters involving corporate finance issues. Representing clients in corporate and securities matters, she has experience with the full range of issues faced by public and private companies in capital raising and public reporting.
Favorite App: Shuffle Cats.
Daily Reads: I read The Wall Street Journal every day.
Favorite Book: Charlotte's Web
Off the Clock: My favorite activities are to visit our son and his family in Connecticut, and to eat in outdoor cafes with my husband and our adorable dog, Daisy.
Funny Story: I signed us up to get email notifications for our neighborhood through the Nextdoor online community. There is a family that posts frequently about their turtle that keeps running away, and then is captured, and then runs away again. We are all on the lookout for this crazy, speedy turtle. That’s what email notifications are meant for!
Corporate, Securities