Corporate
Corporate
Our diverse and experienced corporate attorneys partner with business leaders on a wide variety of strategic and legal issues. By providing sophisticated, astute, and practical legal advice, we guide our clients on the benefits and risks of their transactions and provide creative solutions to meet their objectives efficiently and effectively.
Representative Experience
- Mergers & acquisitions
- Emerging companies and venture financing
- Entity formation
- Fund formation
- Governance and compliance
- Securities offerings
- Securities reporting and regulation
- International and cross-border transactions
- Tax services
- Foreign account disclosures
- Shareholder disputes
- Succession planning
- Intra-family planning issues
Representative Industries
Our clients include public and private corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, entrepreneurs, and nonprofit institutions from diverse industry sectors, including:
- Technology
- Hospital/health care
- Senior living and managed care
- Wealth advisory
- Transportation
- Venture capital
- Agriculture
- Entertainment
- Manufacturing
- Restaurant and hospitality
- Retail and design
- Trade and professional associations
- Higher education
- Government and other public agency
- Construction
- Commercial real estate
Key Contacts
News & Resources
Corporate Transparency Act: Is Your Company Exempt From Reporting?
The Corporate Transparency Act will require at least 32.6 million companies to register the company and its beneficial owners with FinCEN in 2025. This article discusses in brief the Act’s requirements and the qualifications of certain available exemptions from registration.
Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Ruling Regarding Multi-Class Votes
Delaware Supreme Court held that where a company has a multi-class capital structure, a separate class stockholder vote is not required to amend the corporate charter to adopt officer exculpation provisions because such an amendment does not “alter or change the powers, preferences, or special rights” of such classes adversely.
Understanding the Corporate Transparency Act
The Corporate Transparency Act requires reporting companies to disclose and file company information and that of its beneficial owners to the federal government (FinCEN). Fines and imprisonment apply for failure to comply.
California Law Nudges Businesses to Report Sustainability Efforts
Partner Jonathan Storper explains how AB 1305 – California’s new carbon reporting law – will reshape voluntary corporate environmental strategies.
California Governor Signs Two Groundbreaking Climate-Related Laws
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed two ground breaking climate related laws but he intends to modify them over concern of implementation and financial impact.
Hanson Bridgett Spearheads LOCH Technologies' Acquisition of Avirtek, Inc.
October 3, 2023 (San Francisco, CA) – A deal team from Hanson Bridgett recently represented client LOCH Technologies, a cybersecurity company and global leader of next-generation wireless threat monitoring, in its acquisition of Avirtek, Inc.
Hanson Bridgett Reps OnSight Technology in Seed Financing
September 19, 2023 (Sacramento, CA) – Hanson Bridgett LLP recently represented client OnSight Technology, a leading robotics and computer vision company for the photovoltaics (PV) solar industry, in its Series Seed Financing. Early-stage venture capital firm Moneta Ventures led the round, with Stäubli, the global market leader in solar connections, robotics and industrial automation, joining as a strategic investor and board member. Previous investor Sacramento-based Growth Factory also participated in the round.
California Passes New Landmark Carbon Emission Reporting Laws
California Legislature has approved two landmark climate accountability bills that would require large companies to publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions.
Non-Compete Agreements: The Sale-Of-Business Exception in California and as Proposed in New FTC Rule
Comparing the California’s sale-of-business exception to the general prohibition on non-compete agreements against the FTC’s proposed new rules.
The WGA's Strike Rules Provide Guidance on What is Allowed and Prohibited During the Strike
The basic principle behind these rules is that WGA Members may not meet or negotiate with a struck company; or provide writing services for, or sell or option literary material to, a struck company.