SANDER C. ZAGZEBSKI
Sander graduated cum laude from Loyola Law School in 1997. Sander was also a member of the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review and is a member of the Order of the Coif, St. Thomas More Law Honors Society and Phi Delta Phi Legal Honors Fraternity. Prior to joining Petillon Hiraide Loomis Zagzebski & Zagzebski LLP, Sander was a founding partner of Zagzebski Brothers LLP, a Los Angeles corporate and securities boutique law firm. Sander was previously associated with the international law firm Latham & Watkins LLP and with the large regional firm Troop Meisinger Steuber & Pasich LLP.
Sander represents strategic and financial buyers and sellers in all types of M&A transactions; issuers and investors in offerings of debt and equity securities; business entities in negotiating and structuring joint ventures and strategic alliances; and early stage, emerging growth and middle market companies and Boards in corporate governance matters.
MR. ZAGZEBSKI'S RECENT MATTERS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
- Representing a venture backed technology company in connection with several rounds of venture capital financing, technology licensing and general corporate matters.
- Acting as mergers and acquisitions counsel to a major health club operator in connection with the acquisition and disposition of several entities and facilities.
- Representing a mezzanine lender and investor in connection with the negotiated restructuring of several different debt investments.
- Representing the promoters of a private equity fund in connection with its formation, private placement to investors and related transactions.
- Representing an internet and new media company in connection with its angel and venture capital financings and related corporate matters.
- Acting as securities co-counsel in connection with a large FINRA arbitration relating to a broker's failure to execute a trade under a written 10b5-1 Plan.
- Represented an independent health and fitness company in connection with its acquisition of the assets of a fitness club operator.
- Representing a beverage company in connection with its initial round of venture capital financing and its related corporate matters.
- Acting as corporate counsel in a litigation matter between two shareholders of a privately held corporation, in which the disputes involved fiduciary duties and corporate governance issues, which ultimately settled for a confidential sum.
- Representing a private equity-backed health and wellness company in connection with multiple acquisitions.
- Representing a technology company in connection with a major joint venture agreement.
- Representing several major real estate investors in connection with private placements of equity interests in several industrial, commercial and office properties.
- Representing a talent and literary agency in connection with several transactions, including the organization and formation of a subsidiary.
- Representing a private equity client in connection with its investment in a manufacturing company, which investment involved a series of related corporate, lending and real estate transactions.
- Representing a major international conglomerate in connection with its spin-off/joint venture of a subsidiary entertainment company to an entity owned by it, management and new investors.
- Representing a publicly traded company in connection with the simultaneous merger of the client and several subsidiaries of another publicly traded company.
- Representing several major investment banks in connection with underwriting of securities offerings valued in excess of $500 million.
Sander is a member of the Board of Trustees of Catholic Charities of Los Angeles, Inc., one of the largest social service providers in Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties and a charity that provides its services to all in need without discrimination due to race, religion, ethnicity or gender.