Board Member - Anthony Borrego
J. Anthony Borrego is of counsel in firm’s Los Angeles office who focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions.
Mr. Borrego has significant experience representing companies across many industry sectors in mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, project finance, distressed transactions, reorganizations, recapitalizations, joint ventures, and general corporate and securities matters.
His representative transactions include representation of:
major entertainment company in several transactions, including in its bid to acquire rights to a popular comic strip, its acquisition of a game development company, and its bid to acquire a distressed motion picture, television, and theatrical production and distribution company.
A private equity fund in the acquisition of a sporting goods retailer through a plan of reorganization.
· A Taiwanese technology research and development company in its sale to a U.S. wireless device manufacturer.
· An electronic payment processing company in a spin-off transaction in connection with a plan of reorganization.
· A global engineering and construction company in the divestiture of a wireless technology business unit.
· A semiconductor developer in several strategic technology acquisitions.
· A private equity fund in multiple acquisitions of, and investments in, start-up technology companies.
Prior to working at major law firms, Mr. Borrego served as assistant general counsel at American Capital Strategies, a publicly traded private equity and asset management company.
Activities
Mr. Borrego frequently serves as pro bono counsel. His pro bono representations include representation of Holocaust survivors in claims against the German and Hungarian governments, Hurricane Katrina victims with their FEMA-related appeals, an international human rights organization in various cross-border transactional matters, and a public charter school board in various corporate and policy matters.
Mr. Borrego also serves as an adjunct associate professor of law at Southwestern Law School, where he teaches a course on mergers and acquisitions. In addition, he is a member of the American Bar and Hispanic National Bar associations.
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