Ian's practice focuses on public and private securities, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, business start-ups, and representing clients with respect to general corporate law and business matters. He represents clients ranging from individuals and privately held companies to large publicly-traded corporations.

Recent Representative Transactions

  • Represented Fidelity National Financial, Inc. in Combination of LPS and ServiceLink and Issuance of Equity to T.H. Lee Partners as part of FNF's $3.3 billion acquisition of LPS.
  • Represented LegalZoom.com, Inc. in $225 million Tender Offer of Common and Series A Preferred Stock from existing stockholders by LucasZoom, LLC, an affiliate of Permira, a British Private Equity Firm.
  • Represented Adconion Media Group, Ltd. in the $235 million acquisition of Adconion Direct Inc. by Amobee, a subsidiary of SingTel
  • Represented Fidelity National Financial, Inc. in its acquisition of Digital Insurance Inc.
  • Represented textPlus, Inc. (formerly GOGII, Inc.) in connection with its Series D financing.
  • Represented a selling member of game developer Buffalo Studios, LLC, in its acquisition by Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc.
  • Represented Sientra, Inc. in connection with its $65 million Series C financing.
  • Represented NGEN Partners in connection with financings of Solaria Corporation, DirttEnvironmental Solutions, SolFocus, Inc. and Fallbrook Technologies, Inc.
  • Represented Premier Digital Publishing, Inc. in connection with its Series Seed financing.
  • Represented Image Searcher, Inc. in connection with its Series Seed financing.
  • Represented Integrated Media Technologies, Inc. in connection with its Series A financing.
  • Represented Melton Franchise Systems, Inc. in its sale to Coverall North America.
  • Represented Adconion Media Group in its acquisition of certain assets of Joost.
  • Represented Adconion Media Group in its acquisition of Frontline Direct, Inc.
  • Represented Duckhorn Wine Company in the sale of the company to an affiliate of GI Partners, a private equity group.
  • Represented The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) in its $1.7 billion acquisition of Aviall, Inc.
  • Represented Mammoth Mountain Ski Area in its $365 million sale to Starwood Global Capital Group and related transactions.
  • Represented Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF) in its acquisition of ATM Holdings, Inc.
  • Represented Mobile Messenger in the sale of a majority interest to Silver Lake Sumeru.
  • Represented International Rectifier Corporation (NYSE:IRF) in the $290 million sale of its international Power Control Systems business to Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.
  • Represented Advanced Scientific Concepts in its Series A preferred stock financing.
  • Represented The FRS Company in connection with its Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F and Series AA-2 financings.
  • Represented The FRS Company with its acquisition of Nutravail.
  • Represented The FRS Company in a product endorsement deal with Lance Armstrong.
  • Represented Access 360 Media, Inc. in its Series A and Series B preferred stock financings.
  • Represented Gemini Partners, Inc. in its management buy-out of Telscape Communications, Inc.
  • Represented JAMDAT Mobile, Inc. in its $680 million merger with Electronic Arts Inc. (Nasdaq:ERTS)
  • Represented JAMDAT Mobile Inc. in its $137 million acquisition of Blue Lava Wireless.
  • Represented JAMDAT Mobile Inc. in its acquisition of Downtown Wireless, LLC.
  • Represented JAMDAT Mobile Inc. in its initial public offering.
  • Represented International Rectifier Corporation in its acquisition of the assets of Advanced Technology Materials, Inc. and Epitronics Corporation.
  • Represented Advanced Information Management, Inc. in its sale to Authoria.
  • Represented Fastclick, Inc. in its initial public offering.
  • Represented Fastclick, Inc. in its $75 million recapitalization.
  • Represented Vertex Systems, Inc. in its sale to Digital Evolution Corporation.
  • Represented Commerce Capital Group in its Series A preferred stock financing of Nqueue, Inc.
  • Represented Eternal Systems, Inc. in its preferred stock financings.
  • Represented Helinet Aviation Services, LLC in its $20,500,000 financing with Bison Capital Structured Equity Partners.
  • Represented Helinet Aviation Services, LLC in its acquisition of Cineflex, LLC.
  • Represented La Brea Bakery, Inc. in its sale to IAWS Group plc.
  • Represented eLogic Corporation in its sale to Reed Elsevier, Inc.

Credentials

Education
  • University of Southern California Gould School of Law, J.D., 1999
  • Art Center College of Design, B.S., 1990
  • Member, Santa Barbara County Bar Association
  • Former President of the Board of Trustees, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum
  • Board of Directors, Notes for Notes
  • Board of Directors, Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative
  • California