Overview
Nazia Khan is an associate in the Corporate Practice Group in the firm's Washington D.C. office.
Areas of Practice
Ms. Khan’s practice focuses on corporate finance and securities laws. Ms. Khan represents underwriters and companies in various industries including technology, cannabis, life sciences, healthcare, food and beverage, transportation and REITs in capital markets transactions. Her experience includes leading both underwriters as well as domestic and foreign companies in public and private corporate finance transactions, including initial public offerings, shelf registrations, registered direct transactions, private investments in public equity (PIPEs), private placements and other securities offerings. In addition, Ms. Khan’s experience includes initial public offerings of SPACs as well as de-SPAC transactions. She also represents publicly held companies with their reporting obligations under the Exchange Act and with NASDAQ, NYSE and other exchange listing and compliance matters including matters involving FINRA.
Experience
Experience
Traditional IPOs:
- Represented Syra Health Corp. in its initial public offering and listing on Nasdaq
- Represented Immix Biopharma, Inc. in its initial public offering and listing on Nasdaq
- Represented Greenwich LifeSciences, Inc. in its initial public offering and listing on Nasdaq
- Represented Hoth Therapeutics, Inc. in its initial public offering and listing on Nasdaq
- Represented Immuron Limited in its initial public offering and listing on Nasdaq
- Represented Aridis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., in its initial public offering and listing on Nasdaq
- Represented underwriters in an initial public offering and listing on Nasdaq of a company in the rideshare industry
- Represented underwriters in an initial public offering of and listing on Nasdaq of a biotechnology company focused on early cancer screening and detection
SPACs:
- Represented A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners in an initial public offering and listing on NYSE American of Ault Disruptive Technologies Corporation
- Represented A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners in an initial public offering and listing on Nasdaq of Digital Health Acquisition Corp.
Other Transactions:
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Represented LKQ Corp. (Nasdaq: LKQ) in a 144A offering of senior unsecured notes in the aggregate principal amount of $1.4 billion
- Represented Majesco in sale to private equity firm for $729 million
Honors
Honors
New York Metro Rising Stars, Super Lawyers, 2017-2022
Ones to Watch — Corporate Law, Best Lawyers, 2021, 2022
Who's Who in America, 2019
Insights
Articles
Corporate and Securities Law Blog Posts
- "SEC Adopts Amendments Regarding Insider Trading Plans and Related Disclosures," January 10, 2023
- "SEC Releases Pay Versus Performance Disclosure Requirements For Public Companies," September 19, 2022
- "SEC Proposes Amendments to Schedule 13 Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements," February 24, 2022
- "SEC Administrative Proceedings Against Public Companies for Failure to Remediate Material Weaknesses in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting," February 5, 2019
- "Expansion of Regulation A to Reporting Companies: Increased Alternatives Now Available to Public Companies Seeking to Raise Capital or for Mergers and Acquisitions," February 1, 2019
- "The Effects of the SEC Shutdown on the Capital Markets," January 18, 2019
- "SEC Expands the Definition of 'Smaller Reporting Company,'" July 12, 2018
Cannabis Law Blog Posts
- "Reclassifying Cannabis as a Schedule III Substance – Will the DEA Agree?," August 31, 2023
Media Mentions
Speaking Engagements
- Panelist, “IPO, SPAC or Reverse Merger and At-The-Market, Registered Direct Offerings or a PIPE,” Planet Microcap Showcase, Las Vegas, NV, 2023
- Panelist, “Key Considerations for Deal Flow and Corporate Transactions in 2023,” South Asian Bar Association of North America, The Next Revolution, Boston, MA, 2023
Events
Memberships
Memberships
- Board Member, Ms. JD, Mentor
- Leadership Counsel on Legal Diversity
Practices
Education
J.D., California Western School of Law, 2013, with honors
B.S., George Mason University, 2010, cum laude
Admissions
- Texas
- New York
- New Jersey
- District of Columbia
Languages
- Hindi
- Urdu