Cross-Border M&A Transactions: Trends, Challenges, Opportunities, Due Diligence, Deal Structures, Risk Mitigation

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. Vargas has more than 34 years of experience in corporate and securities law and has represented and counseled some of the largest and best-known technology companies and venture capital funds in the U.S. He assists and counsels’ enterprises on difficult issues related to structuring, restructuring and obtaining financing, acquisitions and divestitures, and corporate governance. He also spends time making introductions to other contacts and companies to assist clients in building management teams and boards and helping companies with synergistic relationships and potential acquisitions. For the last 30 years, Mr. Vargas has taught a number of CLE seminars on various topics including public offerings, venture capital financings, and private placement of securities and has also been asked to speak at a number of business conferences on diverse business management matters like business valuations, financing companies and planning for the investment exit. Mr. Vargas is also on the adjunct faculty of Santa Clara University Law School where he co-teaches a course on Business Organizations and co-teaches Start-Up Law, on the adjunct faculty of the University of St. Thomas where he taught courses on business ethics and entrepreneurship, Saint Mary’s University where he instructed a masters in international business course on entrepreneurship, and the University of Minnesota where he co-taught a seminar on entrepreneurship.