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Mr. Oberdorf is a shareholder in the Firm�s Corporate Group. He focuses his practice on counseling clients in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, securities, general corporate, commercial and tax matters and financings. He represents numerous publicly and privately held entities. Mr. Oberdorf formerly served as General Counsel to one of the largest banks in New Jersey, devoting much of his efforts to the bank�s acquisition strategy. He also served as a director of Party City Corporation having assisted the Company in its start-up, mezzanine and IPO financing. Legal Experience LeClairRyan, Newark, New Jersey, December 2007-Present Seiden Wayne, Newark, New Jersey, 1983 2007 (merged with LeClairRyan) First National Bank of New Jersey, General Counsel, 1981-1983 Murphy Ellis & McBride, 1980 1983 Cummis & Oberdorf, 1975 - 1980 Education New York University School of Law, LL.M., Taxation, 1975 Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 1973 Georgetown University, A.B., 1968 Extended Information Representative Clients SEIKO Corporation of America SEIKO Optical Corporation Viecore, Inc. Frank A. McBride Corp. Carl Zeiss, Inc. Saddle River Valley Bank Novitas Capital Citibank Bank of America Deutsche Bank Bank of America (formerly Fleet National Bank N.A.) Party City Corporation Representative Matters Represented a professional service company in a merger with a public company in exchange for cash and stock with the merger consideration valued in excess of $120 million. Represented a company engaged in producing intellectual property for its customers in the mortgage industry which transaction was at a value in excess of $90 million Represented various banks in connection with the implementation of their acquisition programs, merger strategy and the issuance of adjustable preferred stock, and public debt. Represented the shareholders of an intellectual property company in connection with the merger of the Company, including its Singapore Venture Capital Partner, into a United States public company. Represented a Company engaged in the production of printing ink varnishes in connection with the sale of the Company to the largest worldwide producer of inks. Represented sub-prime mortgage originator in connection its organization, negotiation of its sale for a purchase price in excess of $400,000,000 Represents an American subsidiary of a Japanese watch manufacturer in all of its United States based ventures, including anti-trust issues, dealer- distributor issues, Robinson Patman issues. Classes and Seminars Taught Adjunct professor, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Taxation Business Law 1976-1979 The American College 1975-1980 Honors and Awards 2007 Recipient New Jersey Super Lawyers published by Law & Politics magazine Professional Memberships New Jersey State Bar Association American Bar Association Admissions New Jersey Place of Birth New York, New York | 