EDITORIAL REVIEW
A leader of the securities regulation and corporate governance bar, Bostelman bustles to keep the nation's business elite knowledgeable about hot topics like executive compensation.
— Lawdragon,
January 2008
Bostleman brings great enforcement, investigation and restatement experience for banking, entertainment, natural gas, publishing, retailing and steel-industry clients.
— Lawdragon, July 2007
If you're looking for a higher authority on corporate-governance law, you should consult John Bostelman. The New York lawyer is the author of the Sarbanes-Oxley Deskbook, a two-volume guide hailed as "the bible for securities lawyers" by Fortune magazine. He also advises companies and directors on corporate-governance matters. In addition to this work, Bostelman handles major corporate deals. In 2004, he advised the underwriters on a $5 billion debt offering by SBC Communications, and in the same year he represented the underwriters in a $766 million initial public offering by water-treatment company Nalco Holding. He also advised Cingular Wireless on a $2 billion debt offering in 2001. Bostelman, who leads his firm's securities practice, also is a frequent speaker at industry conferences.
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John T. Bostelman
Partner
New York
Phone +1-212-558-4000
Fax +1-212-558-3588
John Bostelman joined Sullivan & Cromwell in 1979 and has been a partner in the New York office since 1986. He has a broad financial and corporate practice, including the areas of public and private securities offerings, corporate governance, investment management, commodities and derivatives and broker-dealer regulation. He is coordinator of the securities law practice throughout the firm and a member of the firm's
Corporate & Finance,
Financial Institutions,
Investment Management and
Commodities, Futures and Derivatives Groups.
Mr. Bostelman's wide securities experience includes SEC-registered public offerings, unregistered Rule 144A offerings and Regulation S offerings. These offerings have involved issuers in a variety of businesses, including those in banking, computers, electronics and entertainment, investment companies, natural gas, publishing, radio broadcasting, retailing, telecommunications, securities brokerage and steel.
Mr. Bostelman is the author of
The Sarbanes-Oxley Deskbook (2003,
Practising Law Institute), a comprehensive, three-volume treatise on the governance and disclosure reforms for legal and accounting professionals. Mr. Bostelman is past Chair of the Securities Registration subcommittee of the
ABA Federal Regulation of Securities Committee. He is a regular faculty member and speaker at conferences of the Practising Law Institute, the
American Bar Association, the
Northwestern University-San Diego Securities Institute and the
American Law Institute-American Bar Association.
He is named as a leading lawyer in
Guide to the World's Leading Capital Markets Lawyers (Euromoney),
Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business and
Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (Chambers and Partners),
Global Counsel Equity Capital Markets Handbook (Practical Law Company),
PLC Cross-border Capital Markets Handbook (Practical Law Company, 2009),
IFLR 1000 (International Financial Law Review),
The Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers (2007),
The Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America (2007) and
New York Super Lawyers (Securities & Corporate Finance, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007,2006).
Practices
- Financial Institutions
- Broker-Dealer Regulation
- Commodities, Futures and Derivatives
- Intellectual Property and Technology
- Investment Management
- Securities
- Corporate Governance
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