The Corporations, Securities & Financial Services Committee, also known as the CSFS Committee, includes pre-eminent attorneys and scholars in corporate, securities, mergers and acquisitions, financial services and transactional law. All members of The Florida Bar, including in-house counsel, regulatory attorneys, academics, and private practitioners, as well as law school students, are welcome to participate. The practices of Committee members typically involve advising and representing business entities (including for profit and not-for-profit corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies), investors and entrepreneurs, and financial institutions (including banks, savings institutions, credit unions, mortgage companies and insurance companies). Committee members include authors of principal legal reference materials, professors at Florida’s law schools, and many of Florida’s most widely recognized private practitioners.
The centerpiece of the Committee’s activities for over two decades has been its legislative and regulatory initiatives, including restatements and major amendments of Florida’s laws governing corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and proposals to amend securities laws. The Committee continues to monitor federal and state legislation, regulations, and judicial decisions and to advise on and develop legislative proposals.
Members of the Committee led the efforts to compile the “Report on Standards for Opinions of Florida Counsel” issued by the Business Law Section in 1991 and continue to update and expand upon the Report. The Committee also sponsors seminars each year, including the Federal Southern Securities Institute, among the preeminent securities law forums in the Southeastern United States.
The Committee meets three times per year. The Committee’s meetings typically include intense discussion of current and emerging issues in business, securities, mergers and acquisitions, financial services and transactional law, and frequently include seminars for Florida Continuing Legal Education credit to attendees.
We welcome your participation and input. If you have any questions about the Committee, or would like more information on how to become involved with the Committee, feel free to contact the Committee Chair or Vice-Chair whose e-mail addresses are above.
We welcome your participation and input. If you have any questions about the Committee, or would like more information on how to become involved with the Committee, feel free to contact the Committee Chair or Vice-Chair whose e-mail addresses are above.
10/08/2021
To all CSFS Members, below you’ll find a compilation of the Results of Florida Bar Business Law Section Survey Regarding Choice of State of Incorporation prepared and compiled by the Task Force with commentary. This will also be disseminated to all BLS Members shortly. Bar Survey BLS Memo
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Dear CSFS,
Happy new year!
Looking forward to seeing you next Thursday, January 23 for our Corporations, Securities and Financial Services Winter Meeting, which will take place in Orlando, at the Rosen Shingle Creek, in Sebastian 12.
We will also have a CLE prior to our meeting, starting at 1pm: The Direct-Derivative Divide in Florida Corporate Law presented by Itai Fiegenbaum, an Assistant Professor of Law at St. Thomas University Benjamin L. Crump College of Law. This is a topic which has also been discussed in some of our prior meetings, so we are sure this CLE would be very interesting for all (and you may want to tell your business litigation colleagues too!).
Please find enclosed our Agenda, which also includes some information regarding the CLE.
Hope to see everyone there!
CSFS Agenda – 2025 Winter Meeting
CSFS Zoom Fall Meeting November 2024 Agenda
Florida Business Entity Statutes
Florida Securities and Investor Protection Act
Florida Division of Corporations
Florida Secured Transaction Registry
Online Sunshine (Official Internet Site of the Florida Legislature)
Official Portal of the State of Florida
Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation
Florida Office of Financial Regulation
Florida Office of Financial Regulation – Division of Securities
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Federal Securities Laws (via Cornell University Law School)
American Bar Association – Business Law Section
U.S. Small Business Administration
ABA Commercial Finance Committee
ABA LLCs, Partnerships and Other Unincorporated Entities