The Firm

A boutique built for the capital markets

Costaldo Law Group P.C. is a corporate and securities law firm on Wall Street, built around a simple idea: sophisticated companies deserve senior counsel who is genuinely close to their business.

Our Approach

Educational, candid, and confidence-building

The firm's job is to make a complex process feel navigable. Our clients are often sophisticated — principals, intermediaries, and investors — but not always fluent in U.S. securities law, so we explain as we go, define terms plainly, and lay out both the benefits and the risks of every path. We would rather build your confidence with a clear-eyed picture than win the work with an overpromise.

The practice covers corporate and securities law; private and public company representation; serving as outside general counsel; SEC regulatory compliance under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “’33 Act”) and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “’34 Act”); private and public offerings; mergers and acquisitions; registration statements; reverse mergers; corporate financings; Nasdaq and NYSE listings; SPACs; and corporate governance.

Deal counsel

The firm leads transactions end to end — structuring, documenting, and driving them to a close — with the commercial instincts to keep a deal moving, not just the legal ones.

Outside general counsel

For many clients the firm serves as standing counsel and quasi-executive — the team they call first, that knows the company well enough to give an answer, not just an analysis.

Connector of capital

We work closely with funding sources across the public-markets community to help private and public companies raise the capital they need to grow.

Cross-Border Practice

Bringing global businesses into U.S. public vehicles

The firm frequently handles cross-border matters — most often a foreign principal who wants to bring an asset or operating business into a U.S. public company. A typical structure forms a Nevada “Newco” to acquire the asset, then reverse-merges it into an OTC Markets pubco, with a future Nasdaq uplisting as the goal.

Where the facts warrant it, we flag regulatory considerations — for example, a matter that may, depending on the facts, warrant a CFIUS analysis — as diligence items to be worked through, not alarms.

  • Foreign principals & foreign private issuers
  • Nevada “Newco” formation & asset acquisition
  • Reverse merger into an OTC Markets pubco
  • Nasdaq uplisting strategy
  • Cross-border diligence & regulatory review
Relationships

Long-standing relationships across the public markets

Decades in this community mean we can pick up the phone. The firm maintains relationships with the accountants, auditors, edgarizers, transfer agents, market makers, investor-relations firms, investment banks, broker-dealers, hedge funds, family offices, and strategic and high-net-worth investors who make transactions happen — and we put that network to work for every client.

Industries

Industry-agnostic by design

Over two decades, the firm has represented companies in virtually every industry under the sun — and new ones are added all the time. Because our focus is the transaction and the securities laws that govern it, we serve issuers in essentially any sector. A few representative examples, among many others:

Technology & Software Artificial Intelligence Life Sciences & Biotech Healthcare Financial Services PayTech & Payments Blockchain & Digital Assets Manufacturing & Industrials Energy & Clean-Tech Natural Resources & Mining Consumer & Retail Hospitality & Restaurants Real Estate Transportation & Logistics Telecommunications Media & Entertainment … and many more
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Considering a transaction, or thinking about going public?

Most engagements begin with a short introductory call. We'll listen to where you are, sketch the likely path, and be candid about the benefits, the trade-offs, and what it takes.

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