Mr. Gilden practices corporate and securities law, concentrating on corporate finance, merger and acquisition transactions and general corporate advice.

Mr. Gilden represents companies from initial funding, through venture financing rounds and their initial and follow-on public offerings. Thereafter, he counsels public companies on their disclosure obligations and their boards of directors regarding their fiduciary and other duties. He also has extensive experience in representing technology and other clients in cross border financings and acquisitions. Mr. Gilden’s practice encompasses representation of a number of publicly traded companies based in Israel, as well as representation of major investment banks that have led public offerings of companies based in Israel and other countries. He also represents placement agents in private placements of public company securities.  Mr. Gilden has represented companies in the medical devices, advertising, public relations and market research industries in merger and acquisition, joint venture and other strategic transactions.

Recent transactions include:

• Represented RiskMetrics Group Inc. in its $245 million initial public offering and listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
• Represented Ceragon Networks Ltd. in its $89 million follow-on offering.
• Represented Globecomm Systems Inc. in its $34 million follow-on offering
• Represented Plaza Centers N.V. in the 144A tranche of its $160 million initial public offering and listing on the London Stock Exchange.
• Represented Panmure Gordon plc in its acquisition of ThinkEquity Partners LLC.
• Represented C.E. Unterberg Towbin in its sale to Collins Stewart plc.

J.D. Cornell Law School

• Managing Editor, The Cornell Law Review

B.A., cum laude Lafayette College

New York, 1972

Federal District Court for the Northern District of New York, 1972

American Bar Association
Association of the Bar of the City of New York