Reviewed and advised physician regarding potential revenue sharing agreement with other physicians sharing the office space.
Type
Advisory
Area of Law
Real Estate
Case Study Tag: Business
Exclusive sell side counsel to likely the largest pain management practice in the Bay Area at that time, in its sale to private equity-backed consolidator.
Type
Sale Transaction
Transaction Value
~$15,000,000 to $20,000,000 with earn-outs
Area of Law
Health Care
Represented female surgeon, shareholder and employee in claims against fellow shareholders in medical group alleging fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and defamation.
Result
Settled mid 5 figures
Time to Resolution
2 months
How was case resolved?
Attorney to attorney negotiation
Represented
Plaintiff
Area of Law
Employment
Buy-side counsel for private-equity acquirer of pain management practice and assignment of associated commercial lease.
Type
Acquisition
Transaction Value
$1.3 M
Area of Law
Business/Corporate
Represented customers of major national insurance carrier in claims for rescission of policies alleged to have been fraudulently marketed and sold by parties not licensed to sell those products.
Result
Full recovery of 6-figure premium payment and rescission of policies at issue
Time to Resolution
5 months
How was case resolved?
Attorney to Attorney (in house counsel) negotiation
Represented
Plaintiff
Area of Law
Contracts
Advised significant minority ownership group, and coordinated legal strategy including identifying counsel in jurisdiction of company headquarters, leading to removal of CEO/owner of very successful privately held entity. CEO was alleged to have engaged in serial, serious acts placing his personal interest ahead of his fellow owners, and the company’s interest.
Result
Settled
Represented
Owners seeking removal of CEO
Area of Law
Business
Represented Acquiring Company in breach of warranty and representation suit against Seller.
Result
Settled low six figures
Time to Resolution
14 months
How was case resolved?
Attorney to attorney negotiation during litigation
Represented
Plaintiff
Area of Law
Business
Represented our clients in the re-purchase of their medical practice approximately 5 years after they sold it to a private equity consortium. Transaction was concluded on very favorable terms, after clients employment contracts had expired.
Type
Acquisition
Transaction Value
Not disclosed
Represented
Buyer
Area of Law
Business
Represented and advised the Board of Directors of Pioneer Magnetics, Inc. a Santa Monica, California based company that specializes in the design, engineering, development, testing and manufacture of state-of-the-art switching power supplies for commercial telecommunications and Defense platforms, in an asset sale to UST-Aldetec.
Type
M&A Asset Sale
Transaction Value
Not disclosed
Represented
Seller
Area of Law
Business
Represent Japan-based Welcome Co., Ltd., in formation of U.S. based subsidiary to operate at Japan House Los Angeles, a global initiative of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) to promote Japanese culture, art, food, technology, fashion and more ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Type
Entity Formation
Represented
Owner
Area of Law
Real Estate