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Mr. Leishman joined the firm in 1995. His practice concentrates in corporate and business law with special emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, including venture capital and other early-stage financing, corporate governance, and securities compliance.
FIRM MANAGEMENT
- Member, Board of Directors (1999 to present)
PRESENTATIONS
- Sarbanes Oxley for Small Public Companies (Securities Section, Utah Bar Association, August 2003);
- Securities Law Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions: Pitfalls & Pointers (Business Section, Utah Bar Association, March 2001)
REPRESENTATIVE RECENT TRANSACTIONS
- Represented Apollo Light Systems, Inc. in acquisition by Respironics, Inc. (October 2007)
- Represented selling shareholders of Crownline Boats, Inc. in private equity sale to Pouschine Cook Capital Management (April 2007)
- Represented Covenant Communications, Inc. and Seagull Book & Tape, Inc. in purchase by Deseret Book Company (December 2006)
- Represented selling shareholder in sale of Neways International to Golden Gate Capital (November 2006)
- Represented BriteSmile, Inc. in sale of assets to Discus Dental, Inc. (March 2006)
RECOGNITION
- Included in The Best Lawyers in America -- Mergers & Acquisitions Law (14th Ed. 2008)
- Listed in Mountain States Super Lawyers (2007)
- Noted in Chambers USA-Corporate/M&A (2007)
- Included in Utah Legal Elite, Utah Business Magazine (2005-2007)
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