PRACTICES
BusinessMergers, Acquisitions and Sales of Businesses
Taxation
Executive Compensation
Technology Licensing
Intellectual Property Protection
Business Counseling
Equity and Debt Financing
Formation of Business Entities
EDUCATION
- Santa Clara University Law School, J.D., 1983
Magna cum laude - University of San Diego, B.A., 1979
Magna cum laude
Stephen A. Dennis
Shareholder
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Representative Matters for Stephen A. Dennis:
- Lead counsel for founders and their privately-held company in negotiation of technology transfer and development agreements with Applied Materials for ion implant technology.
- Represented privately held swimming pool and spa control automation systems business in its acquisition by Pac-Fab, Inc. a publicly-held corporation.
- Lead counsel for air cargo handling services company in its successful stock sale to Menzies Aviation, plc, a publicly-held U.K. company and its U.S. subsidiary, Menzies Aviation, Inc.
- Lead counsel for airport-to-airport expedited freight network operator in its sale for cash and stock to publicly-traded Kitty Hawk, Inc.
- Counsel for acquiror in merger of large regional property and casualty insurance brokerage and merger of their respective employee stock ownership plans.
- Counsel for majority shareholders of real estate management and holding company in short form merger facilitating the acquisition of minority shareholders’ interests and the company’s S election to avoid built-in gains tax.
- General outside counsel for San Francisco Bay Area based television station.