Fielding a team that is ‘hyper-focused on achieving solutions’, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP assists entrepreneurs, private equity investors, venture capital funds and strategic clients with a range of buy- and sell-side transactional work encompassing acquisitions, divestitures and mergers and both multistate and multijurisdictional mandates. Sectors in which the practice has expertise include aerospace, retail and consumer products. In San Diego, healthcare specialist Jeralin Cardoso and capital markets expert John Tishler oversee the firm’s offering alongside the New York-based venture capital specialist John Hempill. In the firm’s Los Angeles office, Lawrence Braun's portfolio of work includes deals for healthcare and food service clients, David Sands handles transactions in the in the media, entertainment and technologies industries, and Zachary Turke is well acquainted with the cannabis and beauty sectors.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Broad range of expertise and a deep bench of people, both on the partner side and associate side. We know Sheppard Mullin has expertise in whatever area we need. ’

  • ‘Our primary attorney Zac Turke has taken the time to truly understand our business.

  • ‘The team is made up of partners and associates that are knowledgeable about the industry. They remain aware of legal changes as well as events that happen in the finance space. The team is always responsive in a very timely manner, and is hyper-focused on achieving solutions.’

  • ‘The individuals are knowledgeable about the industry. They remain aware of legal changes as well as events that happen in the finance space. The team is hyper-focused on achieving solutions.’

Key clients

  • US Pharma Lab
  • PSG Global Solutions
  • Wine Warehouse
  • Ardian
  • DZYNE Technologies Incorporated
  • Leia, Inc.
  • PT Solutions
  • Go Rentals
  • Thomas Reuters Corp
  • Staci Group
  • Bison Capital Management
  • Jondo Global
  • Eqlipse Technologies
  • BlueHalo, LLC
  • Forged Solutions Group, Inc.
  • Stroco Manufacturing
  • U.S. Digestive Health
  • DartPoints

Work highlights

  • Advised US Pharma Lab on its acquisition by Biofarma Group.
  • Represented PSG Global Solutions, LLC and its foreign subsidiaries in an equity sale to Teleperformance.
  • Advised Wine Warehouse on the sale of all of its equity interests to Breakthru Beverage Group.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Jeralin Cardoso, John Hempill, John Tishler

Other key lawyers

Lawrence Braun, David Sands, Zachary Turke