Stefan Guttensohn
Stefan’s legal expertise is uniquely diverse. His business support and funding practice includes business transactions, structuring, investments, corporate governance and policy, and privacy. His traditional and cutting-edge investment practice includes capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, securities, fund formation, DAOs, and cryptocurrency.
client sectors include:
technology
manufacturing
retail
entertainment
investment community
financial advisors (broker/dealers & RIAs)
hospitality
life sciences
telecommunications
oil & gas
In his practice, Stefan combines detail-oriented legal skills with big-picture business acumen, maintaining a clear focus on his clients’ interests and goals. He simplifies complexities and has to a passion for creating investment materials, such as a Private placement Memorandum (the “PPM”), the operating document for an investment fund - a trait that makes other lawyers gasp.
Unique to Stefan’s practice is the depth of his international experience. From North America to Asia, he has handled cross-border acquisitions with transactions under the laws of Algeria, Bahrain, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Channel Islands, Chile, China, France, Israel, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey, UAE, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.
Prior to joining Nolan Heimann, Stefan served with securities regulators, an international law firm based in NYC, a Paris-based international law firm, a Canadian cross-border securities boutique, and a start-up focused practice in Southern California.
Stefan grew up in Montreal, Canada, but has lived in a number of countries and believes in the concept of the global citizen. As a father of three young kids, Stefan rides that working parent teeter–totter, balancing time and energy at home and at work. He loves being a dad, and a teacher. He is an adjunct professor at Loyola Law School, instructing students in the legal and business considerations involved in forming, financing, and operating emerging growth businesses.
Bar Admissions
California
New York
Washington D.C.
Education
Georgetown University Law Center, Master of Laws, Securities and Financial
Regulation, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Juris Doctor, Law,
University of Windsor, Bachelor of Laws
Languages
French
German
“Buying companies, big or small, I do like the process. I like deals. I like transactions. I like that back and forth… but when it comes to investments, that's the subspecialty that I enjoy the most.”
“I feel I have more experience with cross- border transactions than most of the attorneys who consider themselves to be international attorneys in LA.”
“I fell into law, because I was naturally predisposed to help someone along. I really enjoy helping people.
Representative Matters
Advised the formation for a number of technology companies, including exit strategies
Advised a hotel franchisor, investment advisors, and start-ups on their privacy policies
Advised a Santa Clarita-based toy company on the establishment of its Canadian subsidiary
Advised a client on disclosure issues related to a potential FDA/SEC investigation regarding promotional statements made for a Phase Three investigational drug
Advised a music-app start-up on a reverse merger with a listed company
Assisted Universal Music Publishing Group in its due diligence review for the acquisition of BMG Music Publishing from EMI
Developed the formation for a number of technology companies, including exit strategies
Advised a Fortune Global 500 company on a proposed cross-border joint venture
Advised a Santa Clarita company on its acquisition of a Bulgarian technology company
Advised a Middle-East agriculture-focused US private investment fund on its formation
Advised numerous new entities on early rounds of financing
Advised a Ventura oil & gas related company on its private placement
Advised a Florida-based hospitality real estate development fund on various matters