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4 Va. L. & Bus. Rev. 1 (2009)

handle is hein.journals/valbr4 and id is 1 raw text is: VIRGINIA LAW & BUSINESS REVIEW
VOLUME            SPRING 2009       NUMBER 1

GET SHORTY: TOWARD RESURRECTING THE
SEC'S ILL-FATED PURSUIT OF PIPE ARBITRAGEURS
Michael C. Macchiarolat
IN TRO D U CTIO N   ...................................................................................................... 2
I. A BRIEF HISTORY OF SECTION 5 .................................................................... 4
I . P IPE   T RAN SA CTIO N S  .......................................................................................... 7
A . T ypes  of  PIPE s .........................................................................................  10
B . Short  Sales  ...................................................................................................  14
C. Regulation S Abuses and Rule 905 .................................................. 15
III. A  SERIES OF  SETTLEMENTS ......................................................................... 23
Adjunct Professor, Seton Hall University School of Law. A.B. 1994, College of the Holy
Cross; J.D. 1997, New York University School of Law; M.B.A. 2001, Columbia Business
School. The author is also a member of the adjunct faculty at St. Francis College in
Brooklyn, New York. He currently practices law in New York City in the areas of
derivatives and structured products, and has been an equities and synthetics trader at a
major investment bank in New York City. This Article is a private publication of the
author, expresses only the author's views and does not necessarily represent the views of
his firm or any client of his firm. The author would like to thank Chris Burke, Roger
Dennis, Frank J. Macchiarola, Jerry Russello, and David Sims for their advice and wise
counsel; and Jennifer, Erin, Maggie, and Brian for putting up with an absent-minded
professor at home.
Copyright © 2009 Virginia Law & Business Review Association

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