Taavi Annus focuses on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters. He has represented companies in registered and Rule 144A/Regulation S debt offerings, registered follow-on equity offerings and in private sales of debt and equity securities. He regularly advises publicly held companies with respect to securities law matters, including preparation of Exchange Act reports and proxy materials, as well as corporate governance issues. He has also represented clients in connection with mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and corporate restructurings, including in acquisitions of publicly held companies for both cash and stock. He has been involved in drafting and negotiating various corporate documents, including merger, stock and asset purchase and commercial agreements and securities offering documents.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Annus taught public law at the University of Tartu, Estonia, served as an advisor to the Estonian Supreme Court and as the Estonian representative at the European Commission for Democracy through Law.

Bar and Court Admissions

Missouri, 2008

Education

University of Missouri-Columbia, J.D., 2008

University of Tartu, Ph.D., 2004

University of Marburg, LL.M., magna cum laude, 1999

University of Tartu, B.A., 1998

Languages

Estonian

Finnish

German

Russian

Publications

• “Scheme Liability Under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,” 72 Mo. L. Rev. 855, 2007.
• “Regulating Contractors in War Zones: A Preemptive Strike on Problems in Government Contracts,” Briefing Papers No. 07-3 (Thomson/West), February 2007 (with C. Douglas Goins, Jr. and Gregory L. Fowler).
• “Comparative Constitutional Reasoning: The Law and Strategy of Selecting the Right Arguments,” 14 Duke J. of Comp. & Int'l L. 301, 2004.
• “Judicial Behavior After a Change of Regime: The Effects of Judge and Defendant Characteristics,” 38 Law & Soc’y Rev. 711, 2004 (with Margit Tavits).