Richard Lee Kintz

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Of Counsel

  Firm Name

  Sheppard Mullin
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Venture Capital - Negotiate
  document venture capital financings, both on behalf of companies
  in representing venture capitalists
  participated in numerous convertible bridge financings.
  Representation of Start Up Companies - Represented many start up companies in structuring
  forming the entities, capital raising, shareholders agreements, founders agreements, stock option plans, phantom stock plans, licensing agreements, partnering arrangements, intellectual property issues, venture capital financing,
  substantial work with foreign venture capitalists
  foreign investors. These start up businesses have been involved in the areas of software, e-commerce, telecommunications, retail, sports,
  consumer. These services also include appropriate introductions to funding sources
  relevant service providers. We took one of these start up companies, Bridgepoint Education, Inc., public in April 2009.
  Representation of Middle Market Companies - This representation has related primarily to liquidity events such as leveraged recapitalizations, minority equity infusions, debt transactions
  majority equity sales.
  Mergers
  Acquisitions - These transactions have involved cash sales
  stock for stock exchanges of both public
  private companies. The industries involved have included companies involved in cemeteries
  mortuaries, restaurants, consumer products, software companies, manufacturing, internet companies, spa companies, mortgage banking, real estate management, sports
  action sports, travel agencies, service providers,
  parts assemblers (including maquiladora companies). These transactions have involved puts, calls, earnouts
  equity rollovers.
  General Corporate Representation - Strategic planning, advisor to the Board of Directors, integration of corporate planning
  structuring with estate
  gift tax issues of the owners.
  Private Wealth Team - Creation of Family Offices
  structuring of the holdings of the
  Family in order to transition the assets to future generations
  work with the
  clients on business succession
  serving as the Trusted Advisor to the Family.