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The attorneys at Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP regularly execute significant M&A and Corporate Finance transactions on behalf of a wide variety of buyers, sellers, borrowers and lenders. We also have extensive experience in debt workouts and capital restructurings. Click here to see some examples of transactions that we have helped our clients complete—please […]
The Cherokee Group, Inc., markets and licenses some of the best-known apparel, footwear, recreational and home product brands to leading retailers around the world—and JMBM facilitates these sophisticated transactions. We structure profitable licensing arrangements for brands that our client owns and manages. JMBM has helped Cherokee create marketing relationships that include Target Brands, Inc. in […]
In the summer of 2007, the Global Hospitality Group closed the senior debt portion on one of the largest single hotel mixed-use projects in the country. The complex construction loan transaction was for a leading credit institution headquartered in Germany, renowned for very large construction loans on luxury hotel projects. This high-profile effort is one […]
JMBM represented a licensing company in a case of first impression against a major competitor over licensing and other fees resulting from a contract with Target Brands, Inc. After a protracted arbitration, the three-judge arbitration panel awarded our client monetary damages (including all attorneys fees and costs) and reaffirmed our client’s right to a percentage […]
A jury found in favor of major independent film production company Morgan Creek Productions, Inc., awarding our client almost $2 million for Franchise Pictures LLC’s breach of good faith and fair dealing on an earlier settlement agreement. The jury also found in favor of Morgan Creek on its claims that Franchise Pictures LLC was improperly […]
JMBM successfully designed and implemented a global Proposition 65 settlement of alleged toxic material exposure claims against 248 lodging establishments on behalf of California Hotel & Lodging Association members. Our lawyers have also implemented similar programs for dozens of apartment management companies affiliated with the California Apartment Association.
JMBM partners represented both the plaintiffs and counterclaim defendants in federal court copyright and trademark litigation concerning the film rights to the James Bond series. Our client was the major studio that had produced the Bond film series since the 1960s, as it sought to prevent another studio giant from launching its own Bond film […]
A JMBM team representing Los Angeles orthopedic surgeon Dr. Gary K. Michelson won a major IP litigation case. We obtained a jury verdict of $570 million (including $400 million in punitive damages), one of the largest in the country during 2004, against Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. in a dispute over contract claims and patent rights […]
In U.S. Tax Court and in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, JMBM successfully represented against the IRS the two California founders of a women’s apparel business. The IRS attempted to disallow our clients’ deduction of business losses from their charter jet operation, saying that the business was not being run with the intent of […]
JMBM tax lawyers played a key role as members of our lead counsel team for client Frederick’s of Hollywood in its merger with Movie Star Inc. The complex transaction involved significant tax issues related to a $20 million rights offering and a one-for-two reverse stock split, and we structured the tax and financial terms to […]
