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Alan L. Dye
Partner, Washington, D.C.

Alan Dye's practice is focused on advising public companies and their boards of directors regarding compliance with the federal securities laws, particularly SEC reporting requirements, annual meeting and proxy-related issues, executive compensation disclosures, and insider trading restrictions. Alan also counsels public companies on corporate governance practices, compliance with the listing standards of the national stock exchanges, and state fiduciary duty law.

Following law school, Alan was appointed to serve as a law clerk for The Honorable Ellsworth A. Van Graafeiland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Upon completing his clerkship in 1979, he entered private practice in Atlanta, where he was engaged primarily in securities and other commercial litigation. In 1982, Alan joined the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, where he served for two years in the Division of Corporation Finance and then for two years as special counsel to the Chairman of the agency. He left the commission to join Hogan & Hartson in 1986.

Alan is a frequent lecturer at professional seminars and is a former adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center. He has written extensively on various issues under the federal securities laws, including his co-authorship (with Hogan & Hartson partner Peter J. Romeo) of the Section 16 Treatise and Reporting Guide (Executive Press, Inc. 2004), the Section 16 Deskbook (Executive Press, Inc., 2006), the Section 16 Forms and Filings Handbook (Executive Press, Inc., 2005), and The SEC's New Insider Trading Rules, 34 Rev. Sec. & Comm. Reg 1 (January 10, 2001). Alan also moderates a discussion forum on Section16.net, a Web site devoted to developments under and compliance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

RECENT PRESENTATIONS
2007
Speaker, "The Latest Developments: Your Upcoming Proxy Disclosures on Executive Compensation." The CorporateCounsel.net and CompensationStandards.com Webcast

2007
Speaker, "New Rule 144: Everything You Need to Know--and Do Now." The Corporate Counsel Conference

2007
Presenter, "Sixteenth Annual - Section 16 Compliance Update." National Association of Stock Plan Professionals Webcast

Hogan & Hartson Publications
10.10.2008 "Third Circuit Reverses Controversial Section 16(b) Decision." SEC Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP

12.14.2007 "SEC Eases Rule 144 and Rule 145 Restrictions." SEC Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP

10.19.2007 "SEC Staff Provides Guidance on Compensation Disclosures." SEC Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP

07.18.2007 "SEC Proposes to Reduce Rule 144 and Rule 145 Resale Restrictions." SEC Update, Hogan & Hartson

PRACTICES/INDUSTRIES
Corporate, Finance, and Tax
Capital Markets
Corporate Governance
Private Equity
Mergers and Acquisitions
Life Sciences
AREAS OF FOCUS
  • Insider Trading
  • Stock Exchange Listing Requirements
  • Public Offerings
  • SEC Reporting Requirements
EDUCATION
J.D., salutatorian, Order of the Coif, University of Georgia, 1978 B.A., with high honors, Emory University, 1975
MEMBERSHIPS
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Chairman, Securities, Commodities and Exchange Committee, Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section, American Bar Association
  • Member, Securities Law Committee of American Society of Corporate Secretaries
  • Member, Advisory Board, National Association of Stock Plan Professionals
AWARDS/RANKINGS
  • International Who's Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers, 2009
  • The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law and Securities Law, 2008
  • Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers, 2008
  • Chambers USA, Securities Regulation: Advisory, 2006-2009; Corporate/M&A and Private Equity, 2007-2008
BAR ADMISSIONS District of Columbia Georgia New York
COURT ADMISSIONS Georgia Court of Appeals Supreme Court of Georgia U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia