JMBM Success Stories

Litigation Jury returns defense verdict in favor of JMBM client TAT Capital Partners, Ltd.

For TAT Capital Partners: JMBM lawyer Matt Kenefick recently obtained a defense verdict in favor of JMBM clients TAT Capital Partners, Ltd. and Mark Putney. The Plaintiff, ZF Micro Solutions, Inc., claimed $77.5 million in damages for TAT’s and Mr. Putney’s alleged breaches of fiduciary duty. Following a month-long trial, the jury deliberated for 90 […]

Corporate, Intellectual Property, Mergers & Acquisitions and Taxation Investment in Commercial Solar Panel Manufacturer

Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM), one of California’s prominent full-service law firms, announced that its Corporate, Tax and Intellectual Property lawyers assisted its client in an investment in a privately held commercial solar panel manufacturer. About JMBM’s Corporate Group JMBM’s Corporate lawyers represent buyers, sellers and capital providers in a wide variety of […]

Mergers & Acquisitions JMBM Represents Freedom Telecommunications in Sale to Wilcon Holdings LLC

Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM) is pleased to announce its representation of Freedom Dark Fiber Networks (now Freedom Telecommunications) in its sale to Wilcon Holdings LLC, a portfolio company of Pamlico Capital. The combination of Freedom and Wilcon has produced one of the leading telecom service providers in Southern California, creating access to […]

Mergers & Acquisitions For Triton Pacific Capital Partners: Growth Financing of Blue Bridge Capital Financial

Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM), one of California’s prominent full-service law firms, is pleased to announce that its Corporate Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions Group represented Triton Pacific Capital Partners in the growth financing of Blue Bridge Capital Financial LLC. The transaction was announced on October 9, 2013. JMBM’s legal team included Catherine DeBono […]

Mergers & Acquisitions For City National Bank: Financing for The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM), one of California’s foremost full-service law firms, is pleased to announce that its Corporate Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions Group represented City National Bank, as agent and lender for a syndicated senior revolving facility to International Coffee & Tea, LLC (dba The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf) in […]

Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions JMBM Announces 2012 M&A and Financing Transactions

2012 M&A and Financing Transactions On behalf of operating companies, acquirors and investors, the corporate transactional lawyers at Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM) successfully handle numerous acquisitions, sales, growth equity financings and a variety of other deals. Below are some of the ways that we have helped our clients close deals in 2012. Please contact […]

Bankruptcy For REMIC Trust: JMBM successfully defeated plan of reorganization

Represented a REMIC Trust, the holder of an approximately $60 million securitized real estate loan secured by an office building in California, and successfully defeated multiple efforts made by the borrower in its Chapter 11 case to confirm a plan of reorganization over the objection of the Trust, successfully defeated two applications filed by the […]

Environmental and Litigation For Vulcan Materials Company, Western Division: California Court of Appeal rules in favor of JMBM client in CEQA challenge

For Vulcan Materials Company, Western Division: On February 19, 2013, the Second Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal ruled in favor of JMBM client Vulcan Materials Company in a CEQA challenge brought against the City of Azusa by the City of Duarte. Duarte sought to prevent Vulcan’s plans to change the location of […]

Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights For a community bank: JMBM represented bank in judicial foreclosure action

For a community bank : JMBM represented the bank in a judicial foreclosure action, for which we obtained a deficiency judgment against the defendant. Obstacles we overcame during the five years of litigation included a series of cross-complaints filed by the defendant and its refusal to testify based on assertions of the Fifth Amendment privilege. […]

Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights and Secured Lender Defense For a secured lender: JMBM represented lender in successful arbitration

For a secured lender: JMBM represented the lender in a successful arbitration which secured the bank’s right to foreclose on its collateral, which consisted of bonds. Attorneys’ fees were also awarded.