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J.D., Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School, 2009, 

A.B., Harvard University, 2003, 

Los Angeles

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<li>Represented a leading HVAC register and grille manufacturer in a sale of all equity interests to a Nasdaq-listed industrial growth company.</li>
<li>Represented a private equity fund client in its acquisition of all equity interests of one of the largest produce and dairy distributors in Southern California and subsequent add-on acquisitions to the platform, and advised the portfolio company on general corporate matters.</li>
<li>Represented a manufacturer of engineered flex and rigid flex circuit solutions for the medical, aerospace, semiconductor and electronics industries in a sale of all equity interests to a private equity fund portfolio company.</li>
<li>Represented a producer and distributor of nutritional supplements in a sale of all equity to a private equity fund.</li>
<li>Represented a designer and producer of laboratory devices and system components, including microwave test and calibration equipment, in its acquisition by a private equity fund.</li>
<li>Represented an artificial intelligence software company in a debt/preferred equity financing by a private equity fund.</li>
<li>Represented a leading provider of Internet, voice and video services to the greater Los Angeles area, Southern California and Las Vegas, in a sale of all equity interests to a private equity fund portfolio company.</li>
<li>Represented a private equity fund client in its debt and equity investment and subsequent follow-on investment in a company which develops, owns and operates a collection of leading restaurant venues.</li>
<li>Represented a specialty healthcare management company in a sale of all equity interests to a private equity fund.</li>
<li>Represented a private equity fund client in its preferred equity investment in a company providing physicians to acute care hospitals, post-acute care facilities and payors for the purpose of managing the patient&#8217;s facility-based episode of care in a more efficient, cost-effective and clinically integrated way.</li>
<li>Represented a private equity fund client in a recapitalization of a physical therapy practice with multiple locations.</li>
<li>Represented a provider of addiction treatment and recovery services throughout the U.S. in a sale of all equity interests to a private equity fund buyer.</li>
<li>Represented a private equity fund client in a convertible debt investment in a company providing clinical studies, safety and efficacy testing to the cosmetic, beauty products, personal care and pharmaceutical industries, a subsequent acquisition of substantially all assets of such company and the sale of the acquired business to a worldwide leader in pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing.</li>
<li>Represented an alcoholic beverage company in a growth capital raise involving institutional and individual investors.</li>
<li>Represented a private equity fund client in its equity investment in an umbrella company that owns and operates a number of companies providing charter services, school buses, employee shuttles, campus shuttles, casino shuttles and other transportation services, and subsequently represented such umbrella company in a sale of all equity interests to a private equity fund buyer.</li>
<li>Represented a private equity fund client in a convertible debt investment in a company providing large-scale reverse logistics services to the consumer products industry and a subsequent acquisition of such company through an assignment for the benefit of creditors.</li>
<li>Represented a private equity fund client in a convertible debt investment in a company providing production payroll and accounting services to the film and television industries.</li>
<li>Represented a private equity fund client in a debt/equity financing of a Cayman Islands cable company, a subsequent down-round financing and the sale of such company to a Bermuda public company.</li>
<li>Represented various early-stage life science/bio-tech companies in venture capital/private equity debt and equity financings.</li>
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