2008 Spring Convention in St. George
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Brad R. Jacobsen, Holme Roberts & Owen

Brad R. JacobsenExperience
Brad Jacobsen’s practice emphasizes mergers and acquisition transactions as well as federal and state securities laws compliance. Mr. Jacobsen’s practice also involves the formation and financing of start-up businesses as well as real estate matters. Mr. Jacobsen has counseled numerous clients on public and private securities offerings, merger and acquisition transactions and credit and corporate finance transactions. 

Mr. Jacobsen was listed as one of the leading corporate and M&A lawyers in the United States in Chambers & Partners' 2006 and 2007 issues of America's Leading Business Lawyers and as a 2007 and 2008 Utah Legal Elite by Utah Business.

Mr. Jacobsen is a partner in the Commercial Law and Securities practice group in HRO’s Salt Lake City office. Prior to joining HRO in 2002, he worked in the Business & Technology Group at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, LLP in Boulder, Colorado; Dow, Lohnes & Albertson PLLC in Washington, DC; and Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft in New York, New York.

Education

  • J.D., New York University School of Law, 1996
  • B.S., Brigham Young University, 1993, summa cum laude, Finance

Bar Admissions

  • Utah since 2003
  • Colorado since 2001
  • New York since 1997
Presentations and Publications
  • “Utah Control Shares Acquisition Act” (Utah State Bar Journal, November/December 2007)
  • “Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance -Going Dark As An Alternative to Compliance” (Utah CEO Magazine, Second Quarter 2007)
  • “Going Dark – An Alternative to Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance” (Utah State Bar Journal, January/February 2007)
  • Representing Companies in Venture Financings, April 2006 (New Attorney Orientation)
  • “Finding a Solution to the Problem With Finders in Utah” (Utah State Bar Journal, March/April 2006)
  • Sarbanes-Oxley Act: What You Need to Know Today, 2004, 2005 and 2006 (Lorman Education Services)
  • Introduction to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, presentation for Utah Bar New Lawyers, October 2005
  • Fundamentals of Acquisition Transactions In Utah, 2005 and 2006 (Lorman Education Services)
  • “Use of Fairness Hearing Statutes in Colorado Mergers and Acquisitions” (The Colorado Lawyer, December 2004)
  • “M&A Transactions Under Utah’s New ‘Fairness Hearing’ Statute” (Utah State Bar Journal, June/July 2003)
Recent Representative Transactions
  • Represented Wasatch Product Development, Inc. in acquisition of subsidiary of USANA Health Sciences, Inc., August 2007;
  • Represented ReAble Therapeutics in public acquisition of IOMED, Inc., July 2007;
  • Represented Spring Air West, LLC in connection with sale to Consolidated Bedding, Inc., June 2007;
  • Represented Industrial Parkway Properties in sale of real estate holdings to Sable Properties LLC, June 2007;
  • Represented purchaser in acquisition of ski apparel manufacturer, May, 2007;
  • Represented Gunsight Partners as lead investor in equity financing of development stage oil shale and mining company, May, 2007;
  • Represented Clearpath Advisors in acquisition of construction company, March 2007;
  • Represented TriMac Transportation in acquisition of KGJ Trucking, a transportation company, March 2007;
  • Represented Gunsight Partners in Series A financing with Red Leaf Resources in December 2006;
  • Represented Insite Technology in acquisition by Comtech in August 2006;
  • Represented English Language Learning System in acquisition by Pearson Education in June 2006;
  • Represented RidgeView Capital in acquisition of Standard Fiber, Inc. in June 2006;
  • Represented PAULA Financial in acquisition of Sunland Insurance Services in May 2006;
  • Represented Horizon Mortgage and Investment, Inc. in its $9.0 million publicly registered 2006 Utah intrastate offering;
  • Represented Richmond Homes in acquisition of Salisbury Homes in February 2006;
  • Represented Horizon Mortgage and Investment, Inc. in its $15.0 million publicly registered 2005 Utah intrastate offering;
  • Represented Evolving Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: EVOL) in its acquisition of Tertio Telecoms, Ltd., a United Kingdom entity, for approximately $40 million in November 2004;
  • Represented Evolving Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: EVOL) in its acquisition of Telecom Software Enterprises, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, for approximately $5.5 million in October 2004;
  • Represented Machinery & Hardware Supply, Inc., a Utah corporation, in its sale to Louis & Company in October 2004;
  • Represented Equity Oil Company (Nasdaq: EQTY), a Colorado corporation, in its merger with and into Whiting Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: WLL), valued at approximately $70 million in July 2004.

Professional & Community Affiliations

  • President, Utah State Bar Association, Securities Law Section, 2004 – 2007
  • Member, Utah State Bar Association, Securities Law and Business Sections