Petillon, Hiraide, Loomis, Zagzebski & Zagzebski
Petillon Hiraide Loomis Zagzebski & Zagzebski LLP brings together a noteworthy combination of regulatory, litigation and corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions expertise.
ROGER D. LOOMIS, JR.
A transactional attorney with more than 32 years experience, Roger Loomis specializes in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. He honed his skills in a large law firm environment, working on public offerings, including IPOs in the U.S. and abroad, mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, strategic alliances, corporate joint ventures, and related complex corporate transactions. He then went in-house as general counsel, and spearheaded what was, at $300 million, the second largest biotech IPO at that time. In addition to earning an LL.M. in taxation and an M.B.A., he gained hands-on business experience by establishing his own start-up in the document management business.
MR. LOOMIS' PRACTICE INCLUDES:
- Public offerings, including IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, strategic alliances and corporate joint ventures, both domestic and cross-border.
- Private placements of securities, including investments by venture capitalists and private equity funds.
- Preparation and filing of SEC periodic reports, proxy material and related disclosure documents.
- Financing transactions, including secured/unsecured loans, revolving credit facilities, and leveraged buy-outs.
- Employment agreements, severance agreements, and other executive compensation and bonus arrangements.
- Adoption of stock option and restricted stock plans, and other equity and performance-based compensation plans.
- Working with clients ranging from small family-owned businesses to large, publicly held, multinational corporations.
- Advising boards of directors, including special committees and senior management on issues including discharge of fiduciary duties, corporate governance, governmental investigations, management transitions, restructuring, downsizing, and related matters.
Mr. Loomis received his B.A. (with highest honors) from the University of California at Davis in 1971, majoring in economics. While at Davis he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi. He earned his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law in 1974, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and an LL.M. (in Taxation) from New York University School of Law in 1979. He earned his M.B.A. from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business in 1998. He is admitted to practice in California (1974) and New York (1976). He is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of California, and the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and is a member and past Chair of the Executive Committee of the latter's Business and Corporations Law Section.