T. Hale Boggs

Mr. Boggs is a partner in Manatt’s Corporate/Finance, Capital Markets and Venture Capital practice areas.  He splits his time between the firm’s Los Angeles and northern California offices.  He founded Manatt’s Palo Alto office in 1998, and helped to establish the firm’s San Francisco office in 2007.  Mr. Boggs chairs the firm’s nationwide Business Development Committee and serves on the Compensation Committee and Executive Committee.  He also is the chairman of Manatt Digital Media.

Mr. Boggs’ practice focuses primarily on corporate and securities matters, including venture capital transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, public and private securities offerings and joint ventures.  He works with companies across the spectrum of their business cycles, from start-up through late-stage, with a particular emphasis on companies in the digital media industry.

Mr. Boggs’ expertise includes venture capital and other equity and debt financings, equity compensation matters, SEC reporting and disclosure, intellectual property licensing, complex corporate partnering transactions and corporate governance.  He also represents venture capital firms in fund formation and counseling matters.  He frequently assists clients in structuring creative arrangements to acquire, develop, protect and distribute technologies and products both domestically and internationally.

Mr. Boggs also represents a wide variety of financial institutions and financial services companies, including commercial banks and bank holding companies, and consumer and commercial finance companies.