JR Lanis

Partner

Los Angeles
T +1.310.442.8828
F +1.310.820.8859

Overview

JR Lanis advises clients on public company securities offerings and reporting, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate transactional needs. He structures and negotiates public stock and debt offerings, tender offers, rights offerings, IPOs, all forms of mergers and acquisitions, licensing deals and other commercial matters.

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 food and beverage, technology, financial services, hospitality and life sciences.

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Securities

  • A food and beverage company in its at-the-market offering.
  • A hospitality company in multiple shelf takedown transactions.

Mergers and Acquisitions

  • The structuring, equity financing and acquisition of multiple professional sports franchises.
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Experience

Securities

  • A food and beverage company in its at-the-market offering.
  • A hospitality company in multiple shelf takedown transactions.
  • 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.
  • A $30 million venture capital round for a growing online banking platform for an up and coming fintech company.
  • A publicly traded insurance company in a $300 million senior note offering.
  • An international manufacturing company in its registered equity offering and uplist to the NASDAQ.
  • A fintech company in maintaining its regulatory compliance before the SEC and other oversight authorities.
  • An oil and gas exploration company in its $100 million initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange.

Mergers and Acquisitions

  • The structuring, equity financing and acquisition of multiple professional sports franchises.
  • The merger of two public cross-border esports and gaming companies.
  • A Fortune 500 waste management company in a series of rollup M&A acquisitions and complex joint venture transactions spanning the U.S.
  • An NYSE-listed national restaurant chain in a management-led leveraged buyout and going-private transaction.
  • A manufacturing company in a $300 million asset sale to a strategic buyer.
  • An international conglomerate in a more than $1 billion acquisition of a consumer electronics company.

Recognitions and Memberships

Recognitions

  • Daily Journal: Top 40 Under 40 (2018)
  • The M&A Advisor
    • Emerging Leader Award (2016)
    • Deal of the Year Finalist (2016)

Admissions

  • California
  • Texas
  • Nevada
  • Arizona

Education

  • J.D., The University of Texas School of Law
  • M.B.A., Yale University School of Management
  • A.B., Brown University