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Sandy Smith Discusses Facebook Stock Offering with Atlanta Business Chronicle
January 25, 2011
ATLANTA—Womble Carlyle Corporate and Securities attorney Sandy Smith talks about the upcoming Facebook stock offering in the current issue of the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Smith frequently advises Silicon Valley clients and private equity investors on major deals.
Smith says the decision by Goldman Sachs to sell the Facebook stock via a private offering, instead of through an IPO, may be copied by other companies.
“They can attract better talent by offering new employees stock options at below market prices,” Smith told Atlanta Business Chronicle columnist Andy Peters.
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