Mr. Cushing, a partner in the K&L Gates Corporate department, counsels entrepreneurs and emerging growth and mature private and public companies on a wide spectrum of strategic and tactical matters at every stage of the business life cycle. His practice focuses on corporate and securities law, including business planning, entity selection and formation, private equity and venture capital financing, joint ventures and strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, private placements and public offerings of debt and equity securities, technology licensing, SEC compliance, corporate governance, recapitalizations and general corporate matters.
The clients Mr. Cushing represents span a variety of industries, including alternative energy, consumer products, digital and print media, high technology, e-commerce and e-solutions, software development and information technology, life sciences, medical devices, polymer science, manufacturing, and professional and financial services.
Mr. Cushing's background in finance and operations affords him an advantage in understanding his clients' business and financial objectives and he works directly with his clients to implement tailored solutions to their complex business problems.
Mr. Cushing has been advising clients on corporate and securities matters for nearly ten years. Before law school, he served in various positions of financial planning and analysis, cost and budget control and internal audit, including as Divisional Controller of The Timberland Company's Dominican Republic manufacturing group and Corporate Cost and Budget Manager. He is a graduate of the Lockheed-Sanders, Inc. Financial Management Program.