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19 distinguished corporate and transactional law attorneys in California, each reviewed by the Lawyers of Distinction Selection Committee.

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Angela De La Housaye

Angela De La Housaye

Featured Lawyer

Corporate and Transactional Law

1211 Newell Ave., Suite 210, Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Angela De La Housaye founded the firm of De La Housaye & Associates in 2000 in Los Angeles, California. It has since expanded to two additional cities in California. Ms. De La Housaye began her legal career in business civil litigation and uses this experiential knowledge and her transactional practice as a tactical advantage in managing DLHA’s litigation strategy work. Ms. De La Housaye also specializes in the transactional areas of business law, mergers and acquisitions, liability protection and entity formation, business succession, trade secret and proprietary information protection, employment practice matters and a general business legal oversight for DLHA corporate clients. Ms. De La Housaye oversees the DLHA Walnut Creek, San Francisco and Los Angeles offices. In addition, she sits on and advises several Boards of Directors, at both the city and county levels, including the following: Board of Director, Contra Costa Council and Co-Chair Small Business and Entrepreneurial Task Force, Contra Costa County; Board of Director, Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce; Board of Director, Women’s Initiative for Contra Costa County; Graduate, “Leadership Contra Costa”; Member, National Women’s Chamber of Commerce; Member, National Association of Women Business Owners; Member Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Contra Costa Bar Associations, and Member, Business Law Section.

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Beau Boudreaux

Beau Boudreaux

Distinguished Lawyer

Corporate and Transactional Law

433 N Camden Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, USA

Beau Boudreaux advises clients on high-stakes business transactions, complex corporate matters, commercial disputes, real estate transactions, and multi-jurisdictional matters from his base in Eisner’s Beverly Hills office. Beau’s practice is centered on providing strategic counsel to high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurs, artists, companies, and nonprofits with a focus on navigating sophisticated deals across California and internationally. Known for his meticulous attention to detail and creative approach, Beau structures deals that align with clients’ business objectives. Clients value his ability to address both immediate needs and long-term goals with clarity and precision in every transaction. Beau has a foundational knowledge based in corporate, real estate, and litigation. He is one of few attorneys that can advise, negotiate, and draft deal documents, as well as enforce clients’ rights in court. In addition to his real estate work, Beau advises on a range of corporate, commercial, and entertainment matters, including licensing agreements, leases, construction agreements, publishing agreements, distribution agreements, manufacturing agreements, company formation, mergers, acquisitions, sales, and high-profile executive compensation packages. He brings the same business-minded, strategic approach to these corporate transactions, ensuring that each aligns seamlessly with his clients’ broader objectives. Beau’s clients trust him for his practical solutions and strategic insight, allowing them to confidently pursue opportunities and navigate complex deals.

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Brian Covotta

Corporate and Transactional Law

2765 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA

Brian Covotta advises growth-oriented technology and biotechnology companies on corporate and securities transactions, including initial formation, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities offerings, the periodic reporting requirements of publicly held companies, and general corporate counseling. He works with clients in a variety of industries, including Internet, mobile, gaming, networking, security, semiconductor, software, biotechnology, telecommunications, clean technology, electronic design automation (EDA), flash memory, media, and medical devices. Brian also represents acquirers and targets in a variety of public, public-private, and private-private business combination transactions, as well as issuers and underwriters in public and private securities offerings. In addition, he represents venture capital firms in various corporate and securities transactional matters. Brian helps his clients’ management and boards of directors shape and execute their business strategies. Drawing on his extensive experience, he also provides counsel on legal issues ranging from day-to-day corporate and regulatory matters to corporate governance and other mission-critical initiatives, including acquisitions and capital market strategies.

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Daniel Quintero

Distinguished Lawyer

Corporate and Transactional Law

149 Commonwealth Dr, Ste 1090, Menlo Park, CA 94025

Daniel C. Quintero is a founding and managing partner of Prometheus Partners LLP, with a professional address in Menlo Park listed by the State Bar of California. His California license is active; he was admitted on September 8, 1998. Before law school, Quintero worked in the semiconductor industry. He held plasma engineer and senior systems engineer positions at Integrated Device Technologies and Xicor Inc. His undergraduate degree is from the University of San Francisco. He then earned his law degree at the University of California, Berkeley, whose law school his firm biography identifies as Berkeley Law (Boalt Hall). Two jobs at Sony preceded his role in founding Prometheus. At Sony Optiarc America Inc., Quintero served as general counsel and corporate secretary. At the same time, he was senior managing counsel and director at Sony Electronics Inc. The latter job included running Sony’s Silicon Valley law department operations and counseling its operating divisions. His corporate work has involved both transactions and advice to company leadership. Quintero has counseled executives and boards of multinational corporations, including Fortune 100 companies, and clients in high technology, biotechnology and entertainment. Transactions he has negotiated and structured include multimillion-dollar and multibillion-dollar engagements. His firm biography also lists speaking engagements at universities and law schools, as well as law firms and American Bar Association events.

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James Chapman

Corporate and Transactional Law

800 Oak Grove Ave, Suite 250, Menlo Park, CA 94025

Mr. Chapman focuses his practice on securities law, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, and international business transactions. He counsels publicly traded and privately held clients on public offerings, private placements, debt financings, venture capital transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and related transactions. Mr. Chapman also represents venture capital firms, angels, and private equity groups in their investments. With 30 years of experience in corporate and securities law, he has represented clients in over 300 mergers, acquisitions, and financing transactions. Mr. Chapman has counseled clients ranging from media to pharmaceutical companies on numerous China-United States transactions. His international transactions work includes assisting Chinese companies in both investing and raising capital in the United States. Mr. Chapman also assists U.S. firms in investing and operating in China and has been involved in negotiating resolutions to some of the most high-profile disputes involving US companies operating in China. He is a graduate of Santa Clara University, where he earned his J.D.

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Jennifer L. Keller

Corporate and Transactional Law

18300 Von Karman Ave., Suite 930, Irvine, CA 92612

Area of Practice: Commercial Litigation Jennifer is one of America’s most successful trial attorneys. She represents both plaintiffs and defendants in a broad range of high-stakes commercial litigation and white collar cases. Chambers USA and Chambers Global rank her among the top commercial litigators in the nation, quoting sources who describe Jennifer as “widely regarded as one of the best trial lawyers in California.” “She has uncanny instincts, a wonderful courtroom demeanor and she’s an extremely clear and effective communicator,” and “is absolutely unflappable in court and builds a strong rapport and credibility with judges and decision makers.” She is a Fellow of the invitation-only American College of Trial Lawyers, considered to be among the highest honors a North American trial attorney can receive. The Legal 500, among the most prestigious international legal directories, recommends Jennifer as one of just 63 “leading trial lawyers” in the entire United States. Jennifer is also a 2018 inductee into the California Lawyers Association Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame, one of only 35 attorneys so honored throughout the years. Benchmark Litigation lists her as one of the “Top 100 Trial Attorneys in America” and among the “Top 20 Trial Lawyers in California,” calling her a “National Litigation Star.” In 2020 and in 2021, Super Lawyers ranked Jennifer #1 in Southern California. “Revered for her versatility and ease in front of a jury … the go-to trial attorney for difficult cases” is how Jennifer is described by The Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals, ranking her as a “Top 100 Lawyer in California” for over 10 years in a row. In three separate years (2019, 2018 and 2012), in starkly different subjects, Jennifer’s trial victories have led to California Lawyer Magazine Attorneys of the Year (CLAY) awards for extraordinary achievements in litigation.

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John Chigbu

Corporate and Transactional Law

One Sansome Street Suite 3500, San Francisco, 94104, United States

www.chigbuinternationaltaxlaw.com

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Meng Lai

Meng Lai

Member

Corporate and Transactional Law

4633 Old Ironsides Drive, STE 160, Santa Clara, CA 95054

www.magstonelaw.com

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Rodney R. Peck

Rodney R. Peck

Distinguished Lawyer

Corporate and Transactional Law

Four Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA, USA

A senior partner of Pillsbury’s Financial Institutions group, Rodney Peck has worked with some of the world’s largest financial institutions and other corporations in transactions worth billions of dollars. Rod practices in the areas of corporate, securities, M&A, finance and banking law, with a particular focus on the financial services industry. Rod’s practice regularly includes representation of banks and bank holding companies in connection with federal and state regulatory matters (including bank and bank holding company formations).

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Steven Mirsky

Steven Mirsky

Distinguished Lawyer

Corporate and Transactional Law

901 Dove St ste 120, Newport Beach, CA 92660, USA

Steven Mirsky started his career as an in-house general counsel and senior executive at a financial services company. For over a decade, he worked with many “BigLaw” firms, analyzing the weaknesses in their business models and identifying the roadblocks that prevented clients from realizing the value of fantastic legal representation. Mirsky was disillusioned by the existing business model of law firms and sought to provide something more valuable for the client. As a senior executive, he recognized that businesses must focus on their core strength – and outsource the rest. Time and again, business after business, Mirsky proved his theory correct. Throughout his years of hands-on experience, Mirsky has managed the day-to-day operations of a company with a $1B portfolio, built network infrastructure, designed software and AI and and managed programmers, employees, non-attorneys, and vendor relationships. He has helped his clients increase their revenue (in one case, by 100% within six months), climb out of bankruptcy, achieve cost-effective settlements for employment disputes, and negotiate large acquisitions in the equipment finance industry. Driven by a desire to help more business owners and positively impact more lives, Mirsky made the decision to serve others as outside general counsel. With the launch of MCA, his goal is to modernize and optimize business practices, ultimately boosting cash flow and longevity.

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Steven Teraoka

Corporate and Transactional Law

4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 1400, San Francisco, CA 94111

STEVEN G. TERAOKA is the Managing Partner of Teraoka & Partners LLP, a San Francisco based international corporate law firm specializing in domestic and international transactions. Mr. Teraoka has been practicing law for the past 43 years as both a business transactional and trial attorney. He now serves as a counselor and general counsel to multi national Japan and European based companies. Since 1988, he has been rated as an ?AV? attorney, the highest rating for superior legal competence and ethics issued by the Martindale-Hubbell Directory, a worldwide compilation of attorneys. Mr. Teraoka has been recognized, and featured in the August editions of San Francisco Magazine as one of the Super Lawyers of Northern California annually since 2008. In 2015, he was named an elite attorney in the Forbes Legal Black Book. In 2017, he was selected to be included in the Top 100 Highstakes Litigators for Northern California.

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