L. Randolph Harris is a partner in JMBM's San Francisco office who works with a broad array of privately held companies and their owners on business and tax matters. Randy represents buyers and sellers of closely held companies and their primary shareholders in mergers and acquisitions. He represents them concerning choosing investment bankers, navigating the due diligence process, negotiating transaction documents and advising on the integration of the companies and other post-closing issues that arise following the transaction.
Randy advises clients with regard to business transition, taxable and tax deferred mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructuring, integrated tax planning, federal and state tax controversy resolution, and real estate transactions. Randy's experience includes counseling mature companies on operations, business transactions and mergers and acquisitions and counseling emerging and growth companies on business organization, financing and operations. He advises on income tax planning for individuals, partnerships and corporations and also advises clients on estate and gift tax planning, including business transition planning.
Representative Merger and Acquisition Transactions- Represented regional accounting firm in its merger with international accounting firm
- Represented wood products company in its $250 Million sale
- Represented electronic game developer as tax counsel, in its $450 million sale
- Represented polymer company in its sale for $200 million sale
- Represented seller of a digital printing company
- Represented seller in the sale of privately held software company to Facebook
- Represented seller in the sale of a ready mix concrete company
- Represented sellers and buyers in the sale and acquisition of electronic discovery companies ranging from approximately
- Represented buyer in the acquisition of private mortgage brokerage company
- Represented seller in the sale of credit card service company
- Represented seller in the sale of building materials company
- Represented buyer of specialty architectural product manufacturing company
- Represented sellers and buyers in the sale and purchase of general building contractors
- Represented sellers and buyers in the sale and purchase of sub-contractors in various trades including plumbing, underground, electrical, landscaping and tile
- Represented seller in the sale of surgical centers
- Represented sellers and buyers in the sale and purchase of medical and dental practices
- Represented seller of fire protection companies
Randy is certified by the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization as a Specialist in Taxation Law. He has authored materials for the California Continuing Education of the Bar on Partnership Taxation, published in the tax, legal and business fields and has lectured on tax and business matters for the California Continuing Education of the Bar, the National Business Institute and national trade groups.