Adamson Brothers Corp. is an exchange listing advisory firm with Wall Street roots — founded in New York in 1998 as a FINRA-registered broker-dealer, and today an advisor guiding companies onto NYSE and NASDAQ through direct listings, conventional listings, Regulation A+ offerings, SPACs, and uplistings. A second segment, the international cross-border law practice of our founder, carries transactions across every border they touch.
The firm runs two disciplines under one name. The first — and the heart of the practice — is exchange listing advisory: taking companies onto the world's two most demanding stock exchanges. The second is the international cross-border law practice of our founder, which structures the corporate and legal side of transactions that cross oceans.
End-to-end preparation for a NYSE or NASDAQ listing — readiness assessment, exchange qualification strategy, SEC-style documentation, and coordination through the first day of trading.
The international legal practice of Andy Altahawi — since 1988 — for the corporate structuring, contracts, arbitration, and governance behind cross-border transactions, in co-counsel with U.S.-admitted, European, and other admitted attorneys in every seat.
There is more than one way onto a national exchange, and the right one depends on the company — its capital needs, its shareholder base, and its timetable. Adamson Brothers advises on all of them, and the engagement begins by choosing honestly among them.
Register existing shares and let the market set the opening price — no underwriting discount, no lock-up, no forced dilution. The decisive path for companies that need liquidity more than new capital.
How direct listings work →The traditional route onto the exchange — qualification against NYSE or NASDAQ standards, governance build-out, and registration coordination with U.S.-admitted counsel, prepared to institutional standards by a firm that spent a decade inside the system.
Conventional listings →A public raise up to $75 million from accredited and non-accredited investors alike, SEC-qualified on Form 1-A, and pairable with a NASDAQ or NYSE listing in one coordinated process.
Regulation A+ →Special purpose acquisition companies — formation, the business combination, and the de-SPAC listing, with post-merger compliance built in from the first structure chart.
SPAC advisory →From the OTC markets to a national exchange — gap analysis against NASDAQ and NYSE quantitative and governance standards, then a managed campaign to close every gap.
Uplisting advisory →For companies headquartered outside the United States, the listing is the visible half of the work; the structuring beneath it is the other. This is where the firm's two segments meet.
Cross-border structuring →Every listing engagement follows the same disciplined sequence — the one the firm has refined over hundreds of issuer engagements since 1998.
A candid readiness assessment against the target exchange's current standards — financials, float, governance, and structure — including, where it is the honest answer, "not yet, and here is what would change that."
Corporate housekeeping, audited financials, governance build-out, and the disclosure document — an S-1, F-1, or Regulation A+ Form 1-A — prepared in coordination with U.S.-admitted securities counsel and auditors.
The SEC review to qualification or effectiveness, run in parallel with the exchange application and the dialogue with NASDAQ or NYSE listing qualifications staff.
Listing approval, the opening trade, and the transition to life as a public company — reporting calendars, governance routines, and investor communication that sustain the listing long after the bell.
“Adamson Brothers was built inside the U.S. securities industry — not next to it.”
Founded in New York in 1998 by Andy Altahawi — formerly a Senior Vice President in the Investment Banking division of Prudential Securities — Adamson Brothers operated for a decade as a multi-office SEC- and FINRA-registered broker-dealer active in trading, market making, and corporate finance. That registered history is public at FINRA BrokerCheck (CRD #46684). After the post-2008 restructuring of the industry, the firm became the specialized listing advisory house it is today.
The firm publishes its complete record — including a full, factual account of the one regulatory matter in its founder's career, the 2018–2019 SEC Longfin matter, resolved by consent without admitting or denying the allegations.
Consultations are confidential and without obligation — by email, WhatsApp, or the contact form. International issuers and law firm co-counsel inquiries are equally welcome.
