U.S. and cross-border transactions, seasoned counsel
Leo Loo is an experienced transactional lawyer, strategic legal advisor, negotiator and team leader who represents businesses in a variety of industries in middle-market transactions. His work includes:
- Complex mergers and acquisitions
- Commercial financing
- International transactions
- Securities
- Regulatory compliance
- General corporate law
Assessing risks, opportunities and the specific needs of each client, he works with executives and legal departments to negotiate, structure and close deals that advance a client’s long-range business objectives. Leo is a member of the firm's governing executive committee.
Experience in Action
- Representing businesses in a variety of industries in mergers, acquisitions, stock and asset purchases and sales.
- Representing corporations in the construction industry in their sale to leading publicly traded companies.
- Representing major lending institutions and publicly traded borrowers in connection with commercial and real estate finance transactions.
- Advising on federal and state regulatory compliance issues for commercial and consumer lending institutions, mortgage bankers and brokers.
- Representing clients in private placement financing transactions in a variety of industries.
- Advising on international transactions, involving companies based in and/or acquiring or selling assets in Asia, the Middle East, Israel, Mexico, Canada and Australia.
Successes
Mergers and Acquisitions
- Represented large state university system in its acquisition of a global management learning institution.
- Represented a medical laboratory in its sale to a publicly traded S&P 500 company in the diagnostics industry.
- Represented a franchisor of large format printing services, with over 100-plus franchise units, in its sale to an entrepreneurial investment firm.
Financing, Regulatory
- Represented a leading franchise finance lender in connection with a variety of loans for the acquisition, refinancing and expansion of hotel projects.
International
- Represented a health industry company in its expansion efforts across Asia, the Middle East and the United States.
- Represented a U.S.-based company in its restructuring of subsidiaries in Mexico and across Asia.
- Represented a buyer group in its purchase of a technology company based in Israel.
- Represented a U.S.-based freight company in joint venture projects in Canada.
Health Care
- Represented a medical practice in its purchase and sale to a publicly traded oncology services company.
- Counseled a network of health clinics in connection with insurance-related regulatory issues.
- Counseled a medical services management company in connection with compliance matters and in structuring its management services.
Capabilities
- Business Law
- Commercial Financial Services
- Corporate Finance and Securities
- Private Equity
- Emerging Growth Companies and Venture Capital
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Higher Education
- International Trade and Regulation
- General Corporate and Outside General Counsel Services
- Research Institutions & Higher Education
Professional Recognitions
- Recognized as Best Lawyers® 2021, 2023 Phoenix Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law "Lawyer of the Year"
- Recognized as AZ Big Media 2021 AzBusiness Angel of the Year
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America® (2020-present)
- Selected as one of the "AzBusiness Leaders" by AZ Business Magazine (2020, 2022)
- Named to the 2020 Power List by Lawyers of Color
- Named Top 100 Lawyers in Arizona by AZ Business Magazine (2019, 2022)
- Named one of the Arizona Business Leaders to Watch in 2019 by AZ
Business Magazine - Named one of the Most Influential Minority Business Leaders of 2016 by Arizona Business Magazine
- Named a 2016 Arizona Business Leader – Diversity Leader by AZ Big Media
- Named a 2015 Most Admired Leader by the Phoenix Business Journal
- Named a 2015 Arizona Business Leader by AZ Business Leaders Magazine
- Received the 2015 Chairperson’s Award from the Black Chamber of Arizona
- 2015 Minority Business Leader by AZ Big Media
- 2013 Community Leader of the Year Award from The National Association of Asian American Professionals
- Hispanic Hero, Aguila Youth Leadership Institute (2008)
- Corporate Counsel Black Book (2008)
- "Forty Under 40" honoree by The Business Journal, 2005
- Named Top 100 Lawyers in Arizona for 2022 by AZ Big Media
- Chambers USA®, Corporate/M&A, 2022
Professional & Civic Activities
- State Bar of Arizona (Member)
- Maricopa County Bar Association (Former Member, Board of Directors)
- State Bar of Arizona (Former Secretary, Business Law Section)
- Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc. (Former Chairman, Board of Directors)
- Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (General Counsel, Board of Directors)
- Greater Phoenix Black Chamber of Commerce (Former General Counsel)
- Arizona Asian American Bar Association (Former Member, Board of Directors)
- Citizens Committee on the Future of Phoenix Transportation (Former Member)
- National Asian-Pacific American Bar Association (Former Alternate Southwest Regional Governor)
- Maricopa County Colleges Foundation (Former Member, Board of Directors)
- The Victoria Foundation (Former Member, Board of Directors)
- Diversity Advisory Council for Maricopa Integrated Health System (Former Member)
- University of Chicago Alumni Schools Committee (Member)
- HALO/Helping Animals Live On, Inc. (Former Member, Board of Directors)
- Governor Napolitano's Asian American Advisory Council (Former Member)
- City of Phoenix Pacific Rim Advisory Council (Former Chairperson)
- City of Phoenix Sister Cities Commission (Former Member, Board of Directors)
News & Insights
Education
- University of Chicago (J.D., 1996)
- Stanford University (B.A., 1993)
- Universidad de Salamanca, Spain (1992)
- Stanford Program
Bar Admissions
- Arizona
- Connecticut
Languages
- Chinese
- Spanish