Shane N. Segarra

Shane Segarra is a business attorney in Holland & Knight's Miami office. Mr. Segarra focuses his practice on corporate law, including capital markets and securities matters, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and corporate governance.

Mr. Segarra counsels clients regarding public and private securities transactions and other public and private corporate transactions. He has experience representing real estate investment trusts (REITs) and special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), as well as companies in the financial, technology, real estate, banking, aerospace, engineering, media and beverage industries.

Mr. Segarra also advises the boards of directors and senior management teams of public and private companies regarding corporate governance and general corporate matters. He is well versed in disclosure and compliance matters arising out of federal securities laws, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) regulations, as well as New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq rules.

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Segarra practiced securities and corporate law at a large Miami law firm. During law school, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Jay Garcia-Gregory of the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

Mr. Segarra's representative engagements include:

• Served as counsel to BurgerFi International Inc. in its $156.6 million acquisition of Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza and Wings
• Served as counsel to International Money Express Inc., an omnichannel money remittances services company, in its $65.5 million secondary offering of common stock
• Served as counsel to MasTec Inc., a telecommunications and energy infrastructure construction company, in its $600 million offering of senior notes offered under Rule 144A
• Served as counsel to Castle Brands Inc., a distributor of alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages formerly listed on the NYSE American, in its $223 million sale to a global French wines and spirits producer, through a cash tender offer followed by a short-form merger
• Served as underwriter’s counsel to Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., an investment banking firm and registered broker-dealer, in a $115 million initial public offering (IPO) by a SPAC focused on Latin America
• Served as underwriters' counsel to Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and several other representative banks, in a $115 million IPO by a SPAC focused on the healthcare industry
• Served as counsel to ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc., a REIT listed on the NYSE that invests primarily in agency and non-agency mortgage-backed securities, in its tender offer for the common stock of JAVELIN Mortgage Investment Corp., a REIT formerly listed on the NYSE and which invested primarily in agency and non-agency mortgage-backed securities
• Served as counsel in ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc.'s acquisition of JAVELIN Mortgage Investment Corp. in a second-step merger
• Served as counsel to Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. – a firm formerly listed on the NYSE American that provides independent brokerage and advisory services, investment banking, equity research, institutional sales and trading, and asset management services – in at-the-market offerings of cumulative redeemable preferred stock totaling $300 million
• Served as counsel to Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. in underwritten public offerings of senior notes totaling approximately $176 million
• Served as counsel to FriendFinder Networks Inc. in its consent solicitation and offer to exchange approximately $206 million principal amount of senior secured notes for new senior secured notes and common stock
• Served as counsel to ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc. in follow-on, underwritten public offerings of common stock and cumulative redeemable preferred stock totaling approximately $2.5 billion
• Served as counsel to ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc. in at-the-market offerings of common stock and cumulative redeemable preferred stock
• Served as counsel to JAVELIN Mortgage Investment Corp. in an at-the-market offering of common stock
• Served as counsel to Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. in an underwritten public offering of cumulative redeemable preferred stock for $132.5 million
• Served as counsel to JAVELIN Mortgage Investment Corp. in a follow-on, underwritten public offering for $113.3 million
• Served as counsel to JAVELIN Mortgage Investment Corp. in an IPO of common stock for $150 million
• Served as counsel to FriendFinder Networks Inc. in an IPO for $50 million