EXHIBIT 5.1
GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
MetLife Building
200 Park Avenue, 15th Floor
New York, New York 10166
November 23, 2011
Vu1 Corporation
469 Seventh Avenue, Suite 356
New York, New York 10018
Dear Sirs:
We are acting as counsel to Vu1 Corporation, a California corporation (the “Company”), in connection with (a) the Registration Statement on Form S-1, originally filed on October 19, 2011 (as it may be amended, the “Registration Statement”), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), covering 3,277,500 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, no par value (the “Common Stock”), including an over-allotment option of up to 15% of the Shares, and (b) the Underwriting Agreement between the Company and Rodman & Renshaw, LLC and Roth Capital Partners, LLC, as representatives of the several Underwriters, relating to the Shares (the “Underwriting Agreement”).
We have examined the originals, or certified, conformed or reproduction copies, of all such records, agreements, instruments and documents as we have deemed relevant or necessary as the basis for the opinion hereinafter expressed. In all such examinations, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures on originals or certified copies and the conformity to original or certified copies of all copies submitted to us as conformed or reproduction copies. As to various questions of fact relevant to such opinion, we have relied upon, and assumed the accuracy of, certificates and oral or written statements and other information of or from public officials, officers or representatives of the Company, and others.
Based upon the foregoing, and the laws of the State of California, we are of the opinion that the Shares, when issued, delivered and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, will be legally issued, fully paid, non-assessable and binding obligations of the Company under the laws of the State of California.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act.
| | Very truly yours, |
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| | /s/ Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
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| | GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP |
