Exhibit 5.1

 

 

 

September 1, 2020

 

AYRO, Inc.

900 E. Old Settlers Boulevard

Suite 100

Round Rock, TX 78664

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as counsel to AYRO, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on the date hereof, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of a registration statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) by the Company, which registers the resale by the holder thereof of 276,667 shares (the “Securities”) of common stock of the Company, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), issued to Palladium Capital Advisors, LLC (“Palladium”) as part of Palladium’s compensation for serving as the financial advisor of DropCar, Inc., a Delaware corporation, in connection with the merger that occurred on May 28, 2020, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated December 19, 2019, by and among the Company, ABC Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), and AYRO Operating Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation previously known as AYRO, Inc. (“AYRO Operating”), in which Merger Sub was merged with and into AYRO Operating, with AYRO Operating continuing after the merger as the surviving entity and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”), and which Securities have been transferred to Palladium Holdings, LLC.

 

In rendering the opinion set forth herein, we have examined the originals, or photostatic or certified copies, of (i) the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company, each as amended and/or restated as of the date hereof (“Company Charter Documents”); (ii) certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company related to the filing of the Registration Statement, the authorization and issuance of the Securities and related matters; (iii) the Registration Statement and all exhibits thereto; (iv) the specimen of the Common Stock certificate; and (v) such other records, documents and instruments as we deemed relevant and necessary for purposes of the opinion stated herein.

 

In making the foregoing examination we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as photostatic or certified copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. As to all questions of fact material to this opinion, where such facts have not been independently established, we have relied, to the extent we have deemed reasonably appropriate, upon representations or certificates of officers of the Company or governmental officials.

 

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the assumptions and qualifications stated herein, we are of the opinion that the Securities are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

We have not considered, and express no opinion herein as to, the laws of any state or jurisdiction other than the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as currently in effect.

 

Haynes and Boone, LLP

Attorneys and Counselors

30 Rockefeller Plaza, 26th Floor

New York, New York 10112

Phone: 212.659.7300

Fax: 212.918.8989

 

 

 

 

 

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Legal Matters” in the prospectus constituting part of such Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  /s/ Haynes and Boone, LLP
  HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP