Leslie A. Keil, Associate

Practice Areas/Industries
Business; Real Estate; Sustainable Business

Firm Leadership
Pro Bono Committee

Based in our San Francisco Office
415-995-5125 Direct Phone
415-995-3565 Fax
lkeil@hansonbridgett.com
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Leslie A. Keil's practice focuses on corporate law and business transactions, including corporate formation, private equity and debt financing, contracts, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property licenses, and the review and negotiation of primary and secondary investments in private equity, real estate, mezzanine debt and a variety of other investment funds, as well as commercial real estate acquisition, sale, financing, and leasing. Leslie regularly advises a broad range of clients, from private emerging growth companies to large institutional investors in connection with all of their transactional legal needs.

In 2004, while at the University of San Francisco School of Law, Leslie spent a summer in Paris, interning with a French law firm and studying European Union law at the Paris Institute of European Legal Studies.

Academic Distinctions
Editor in Chief, Journal of Law and Social Challenges (2003 - 2004)
President, International Law Society (2003-2004)

Notable Engagements

• Provided on-site strategic and transactional support during a six-month engagement with a publicly held corporation in the Bay Area listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market
• Assisted with the close of several private equity financing transactions including revising stock purchase, right of first refusal and co-sale, investor rights, and voting agreements
• Assisted with the close of multiple asset sales, including conducting due diligence, counseling executive management on deal structure, and drafting and negotiating the asset purchase agreement and related ancillary agreements
• Assisted with the close of a $40 million real estate construction loan, including drafting and negotiating related agreements for the property developer, property manager, previous property owner, and adjoining property owners
• While working in-house at a publicly held staffing services corporation, closed approximately 600 independent high-revenue deals for recruiting sales team during a year of continuous record growth for the company (revenues exceeding $1 billion per quarter)
• While working in-house at a publicly held corporation providing business software and hardware systems to Fortune 100 customers, drafted, reviewed, and negotiated approximately 300 transactional and master implementation services agreements (values up to $5 million) in time-sensitive, sales-driven environment, for software consulting services line of business

Presentations

• Know Your Rights When Doing Business, Women Connected Workshop (July 20, 2010)
• Client Contracts and Business Negotiation for Entrepreneurs (co-presenter), Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center (March 10, 2010)
• Business Law Basics (co-presenter), U.S. Small Business Administration, Legal Services for Entrepreneurs / Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights (November 2009)
• Business Law Basics (co-presenter), Women's Initiative for Self-Employment, Legal Services for Entrepreneurs / Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights (June 2009)
• Trends in Private Equity (co-author), Hanson Bridgett Seminar (May 2009)
• Business Law Basics (co-presenter), West Contra Costa County Business Development Center, Legal Services for Entrepreneurs / Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights (January 2009)

Education
J.D., University of San Francisco School of Law (2004)
B.A., magna cum laude, Seattle University (2001)

Admissions and Courts
California (2004)

Languages
French (proficient)