Experience Real Estate Transactions Represented buyers, sellers and developers in numerous commercial real estate transactions, such as purchase of $20 million apartment complex, sale of $40 commercial complex and sale of $25 million retail center. Served as counsel for acquirer in connection with the financing of commercial real property acquisitions, construction financing and refinancing. Represented landlords and tenants in numerous lease and ground lease transactions. General Corporate Counsel Served as outside general counsel to various companies including manufacturing, e-commerce, service, professional practice, and real estate firms. Represented numerous corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies from formation, financing, operations, and exit strategies through liquidation and dissolution. Counseled corporate boards, officers and management on day-to-day and strategic business decisions, including advice regarding fiduciary duties, employment matters, leasing, contract review and representation, shareholder rights, and stock option plans. Banking Represented banking clients on mergers, branch sales, trust preferred securities transactions, vendor contracts, organization of de novo banks, and related regulatory issues. Mergers and Acquisitions Represented buyers and sellers in numerous business transfers, including stock purchases, asset purchases and mergers, such as $50 million bank merger, $35 million acquisition of East Coast nursery company and sale of a $30 million medical transcription business. Corporate Finance Represented lenders and borrowers in negotiating bank financing facilities, construction financing, conduit financing and venture capital financing. MEMBERSHIPS Sacramento County Bar Association, Member State Bar of California, Business Law Section, UCC Committee, Appointed Member Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Economic Development Committee, Member; Leadership Sacramento Advisory Committee, Member Rotary Club of Sacramento, Member Los Angeles County Bar Delegate to State Bar Conference of Delegates, Former Delegate EDUCATION J.D. Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1996) Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (B.A., magna cum laude, 1990) CHARITABLE Leadership Sacramento, Sacramento Chamber of Commerce, Graduate.
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