FIRM:
Shareholder
PRACTICE FOCUS:
EXPERTISE:
Assists businesses with mergers and acquisitions, securities law (such as private offerings of equity and convertible debt, on-going reporting and corporate governance), venture capital, business formation and funding, compensation, employment agreements, intellectual property licensing, commercial contracts and general corporate matters.
Represents companies in a broad range of industries, including technology, life sciences, software, banking, real estate, energy, publishing, resorts, health supplements, telecommunications, crafts, pharmaceuticals, sanitation, food, lead generation, outdoors, investment, arts, not-for-profit, chemicals, sports, and utilities.
CAREER:
Associate in the Global Corporate Finance and Securities Department at the New York and London offices of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, prior to joining Jones Waldo.
EDUCATION:
Brigham Young University, J.D., cum laude, 2001
University of Utah, B.A., History/Political Science, 1998
Associate Editor, Journal of Public Law, 1999-2000
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Utah State Bar, Securities Law and Business Law Sections,
American Bar Association, Business Law Section
Mountain West Capital Network
Wayne Brown Institute
PERSONAL:
Born, Walnut Creek, California, 1973
Alex considers himself a Utahan, having completed most of his schooling here, though he has also lived in England, New York, Brazil, Idaho, Alaska, California and Florida.
When Alex is not working, he enjoys spending time with his wife Elizabeth and their three children. Alex also enjoys fly-fishing, snow-skiing, hunting, shooting, reading, traveling, playing video games, watching movies and gardening.
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS:
Mergers & Acquisitions
Represented public medical device company in its $83.5 million merger with a New York company.
Represented an agricultural cooperative in its $53 million merger.
Represented public telecommunications company in its merger with a California buyer.
Represented lead generation company in its $9.7 million divisional sale to a media company.
Represented a New York investment bank in the sale of its assets to another investment bank.
Represented two people in their $2.4 million acquisition of a hearing aid company.
Represented a medical device company in its $1.7 million acquisition of the assets of a French and Israeli medical device company.
Represented a cleaning company in the $1.5 million sale of its assets.
Represented a software company in its $1.2 million of a Massachusetts company.
Represented the founders of a technology company in their separation one from another.
Represented a real estate developer in its joint venture.
Securities Law (including venture capital and private equity)
Represented private equity fund in $8.5 million investment in craft products company.
Represented a start-up medical device company in its $3 million Series A equity financing.
Represented a public telecommunications company in its SEC reporting.
Represented an internet marketing company in its $5.5 million Series C equity financing and in its sales and services agreement.
Represented a computer company in its $3.5 million Series C equity financing.
Represented an online publisher of business information and news in its $650,000 bridge financings with investors.
Represented a Brazilian sanitation company in its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange.
Represented a publishing company in its tender offer to shareholders and spin-off of a division.
Represented a public Mexican homebuilder in its SEC reporting.
Commercial Contracts and Technology Licensing
Drafted the end-user license agreement for an internet security company.
Represented a software training, testing and certification company in its software development and license agreement with a provider.
Represented an internet search company in establishing its distribution network.
Drafted and negotiated a collocation agreement on behalf of a software, training and support company.
Represented a software company in its software support and development agreement.
Represented a hearing aid design and manufacturing company in its development and manufacturing agreement.
Drafted a non-disclosure agreement for a telecommunications company.
Drafted a sales representative agreement for an internet search company.
Drafted a reseller agreement for a transportation company.
Drafted a confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation, and invention assignment agreement for a technology company.
Drafted a consulting agreement for a medical device company.
Represented a home entertainment system company in its employment agreement with an executive.
Represented a communications company in its trade licensing agreement with a newspaper.
NEWS ITEMS/PUBLICATIONS:
"Dana Corporation v. United States: The Deductibility of Legal Retainer Fees Used to Acquire a Corporation," 17 Akron Tax Journal 43, 2002
"New Audit Committee Charter Requirements," Wall Street Lawyer, RealCorporateLawyer.Com, November, 2003
“Buyer Beware! Avoid the Land Mines in Corporate Acquisition”, Utah Business Magazine, May 2007.
"C? S? LLC?: Choosing the Right Legal Entity Is Among Your First Big Business Decisions," Utah CEO, 2010.
"What I Wish I Had Known about M&A Negotiations in the Beginning," in M&A Negotiations: Leading Lawyers on Structuring Transactions, Negotiating Agreements, and Addressing Management Concerns (2010 edition).
Jones Waldo Assists With Closing of Green Dot Corporation, Bonneville Bancorp Merger, February 2012
