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To Help the New Administration Help Your Industry, You Need an Agency Strategy (Real Estate Finance Journal)

Artie McConnell Comments on Upcoming DOJ Data Security Program in Dark Reading Article

IP Intelligence Report

US Patents Set to Issue 33 Percent Faster from the Notification Date

Alexander Reid Presents Update on Nonprofit Legislation, Regulation at Illinois CPA Society Symposium

JR serves as outside counsel to numerous public companies, investment banks and registered investment companies and is experienced in listing and reporting for OTC, Nasdaq and NYSE-listed issuers. He represents strategic and private equity and family office-backed buyers and sellers of businesses and product lines. JR’s clients include publicly traded and privately held companies and investors in a variety of industries, including professional sports, food and beverage, technology, financial services, hospitality, entertainment and life sciences.

In addition to his role as co-leader of the firm’s Capital Markets and Securities and Corporate Governance practice, JR leads the Los Angeles office’s Business practice team and chairs the firm’s West Coast Business Development Committee, which is responsible for client relationship, marketing and branding initiatives among BakerHostetler’s Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco and Seattle offices.

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J.D., The University of Texas School of Law

MBA, Yale University School of Management

A.B., Brown University

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<li>Los Angeles Times, Business of Law magazine: Legal Visionary (2024 to 2025)</li>
<li>Daily Journal: Top 40 Under 40 (2018)</li>
<li>The M&amp;A Advisor
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<li>Emerging Leader Award (2016)</li>
<li>Deal of the Year Finalist (2016)</li>
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Los Angeles

Phil Eskenazi, JR Lanis Earn 2025 Law Firm Visionary Recognition from LA Times Studios

SEC No-Action Letter Streamlines Verification Steps for Rule 506(c) Offerings with Sufficiently Large Minimum Investments

Preparing for the 2025 Proxy and Annual Reporting Season: Key Issues and Considerations

Los Angeles and Orange County Offices Make LA Times Largest Law Firm Lists – JR Lanis, Phil Eskenazi Touted as “Legal Visionaries”

BakerHostetler Represents GameSquare Holdings in FaZe Holdings Acquisition and Subsequent Joint Venture Formation

JR Lanis Shares Five Strategies to Enhance and Reform the Cryptocurrency Industry

Team guides GameSquare through major acquisition

BakerHostetler counsels SurgePE through 2 major deals in 2 weeks

BakerHostetler Expands West Coast Corporate Team, Adding Eight M&A, Private Equity and Securities Attorneys

Law360 Reports on Attorneys Joining BakerHostetler Los Angeles Office

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Securities
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<li>A leading insurance provider in the distribution of shares of a majority-owned subsidiary to its stockholders, resulting in an independent, spun off NYSE-listed entity.</li>
<li>An electric vehicle company in multiple shelf takedown offerings.</li>
<li>A food and beverage company in its at-the-market offering.</li>
<li>A hospitality company in multiple shelf takedown transactions.</li>
<li>A $30 million venture capital round for a growing online banking platform for an up and coming fintech company.</li>
<li>A publicly traded insurance company in a $300 million senior note offering.</li>
<li>An international manufacturing company in its registered equity offering and uplist to the Nasdaq.</li>
<li>A fintech company in maintaining its regulatory compliance before the SEC and other oversight authorities.</li>
<li>An oil and gas exploration company in its $100 million initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange.</li>
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Mergers and Acquisitions
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<li>The structuring, equity financing and acquisition of multiple professional sports franchises.</li>
<li>The merger of two public cross-border eSports and gaming companies.</li>
<li>A Fortune 500 waste management company in a series of rollup M&amp;A acquisitions and complex joint venture transactions spanning the U.S.</li>
<li>An NYSE-listed national restaurant chain in a management-led leveraged buyout and going-private transaction.</li>
<li>A manufacturing company in a $300 million asset sale to a strategic buyer.</li>
<li>An international conglomerate in a more than $1 billion acquisition of a consumer electronics company.</li>
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