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Anne Senti-Willis Shareholder Employment Law and Business Group asenti-willis@thoits.com (650) 330-4715 Direct dial Download vCard As a shareholder in the Employment Law and Business Group of Thoits, Love, Hershberger & McLean, Anne focuses on business and corporate matters, with an emphasis on income tax and employee benefits. She started her legal career at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP working on corporate and international tax structuring and planning issues. Anne works with business clients during all stages of their lives - from formation and operation to acquisition or liquidation. At formation, she assists for-profit and non-profit business owners select the proper form, including choices between corporations and limited liability companies (LLC's) and negotiation of buy-sell agreements among owners. She works with business clients on a wide variety of equity and incentive compensation issues, including adoption of stock option plans for corporations and alternative plans for LLCs. As a business matures, Anne negotiates equity and debt financing agreements, along with employment, distribution and other contracts. She has represented her clients as they have been acquired, and as they have acquired other businesses. With her tax background, Anne is also involved in many real estate related transactions, from formation of entities to invest in and develop real estate to negotiation of relevant joint venture agreements and Section 1031 exchange transactions. Anne speaks frequently on legal and tax issues facing businesses. Representative      Transactions:      Lead counsel for developers negotiating an aggregate of $27,500,000 equity financing of real estate development in Mexico, involving individual and two separate institutional investments in both U.S. LLC and Mexican limited liability entity. Lead counsel in leveraged purchase of aviation business in Northeastern Oregon, involving private equity and USDA loan funding. Lead counsel to internet media business and recent $10,000,000 financing transaction, involving tender offer and buy-out of early investors and equity investment in ongoing business. Counsel to real estate investment corporation in short form merger transaction to eliminate minority, dissenting shareholders to permit Subchapter S election. Lead counsel in spin out of software business from existing financial consulting business to facilitate equity financing of software business and ownership transition of consulting business. Negotiated subsequent $3,000,000 angel financing of software business to fund research and development operations. Established equity incentive plan for employees of both software business and consulting business. Community Activities:      All Stars Helping Kids Anne currently serves on the board of directors of All Stars Helping Kids (www.allstarshelpingkids.com), a nonprofit organization that seeks to break the cycle of poverty by supporting educational opportunities for disadvantaged youth. Palo Alto Downtown Business & Professional Association Anne has volunteered for many years as counsel to Palo Alto Downtown Business & Professional Association (PAD), the business improvement district in downtown Palo Alto Education:      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.S. Actuarial Science, 1991 University of California, Hastings College of Law, J.D. 1998    Magna cum laude    Thurston Honor Society    Order of the Coif    Hastings Law Journal Real Estate      Co-Ownership Briefs:      Buy-Sell Provisions of Co-Tenancy Agreements By Anne E.Senti-Willis (PDF) (HTML) Thoits, Love Hershberger & McLean 285 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 300 Palo Alto, CA 94301 Email: asenti-willis@thoits.com Telephone (650) 327-4200 Facsimile (650) 325-5572