Kurt Kicklighter practices in the representation of financial institutions and other public and private companies in securities, mergers and acquisitions and venture financing. Mr. Kicklighter also works with family-owned businesses to formulate and achieve family strategic objectives. He is a frequent speaker on financial institution board of directors and management issues and on mergers and acquisitions transactions. Recent Work / Representative Matters Initial Public Offering of Market Creek Partners, LLC, a non-profit-sponsored community asset-building entity. Sale of regional commercial building maintenance company. Merger of Legacy Bank, N.A. with Landmark National Bank. Formation of bank holding companies for Borrego Springs Bank and Mission Oaks National Bank PIPE and related resale registration statements of Akorn, Inc. Going private transaction of Borrego Springs Bank. Purchase of Sellers Petroleum, a regional petroleum distribution company. Sale of an insurance general agency. Structure management buy-in to nationwide insurance field marketing organization. Sales of Pacific Western National Bank and Bank of Coronado to First Community Bancorp. Sale of Chemicon International, Inc. to Serologicals, Inc. Sale of John Burnham Insurance Co. to Union Bank of California. Formation and Initial Public Offerings of Mission Oaks National Bank, Landmark National Bank, Seacoast Commerce Bank, California Community Bank, San Diego Trust Bank and Coronado First Bank. New Markets Tax Credit advice and related Private Offering of Neighborhood Bancorp. Follow-on Public Offerings of California Community Bank, Cuyamaca Bank, N.A., 1st Pacific Bank and Professional Business Bank. Representation of Standby Placement Agent in Follow-on Public Offerings by Discovery Bank, Pacific Commerce Bank and Centennial First Financial Services. Structuring of multiple family business enterprises to further estate planning and succession objectives. Investment by publicly-held bank holding company in an investment banking firm. Structuring of public company executive compensation arrangements. Part of team representing Graham Webb International in its sale to Wella. Memberships San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation - Board of Directors. San Diego Business Forum - Past Member and Past Executive Committee Member. American Bar Association. Make A Wish Foundation of San Diego, Inc. - Board of Directors. Old Mission Rotary - Past Member. State Bar of California - Member, Financial Institutions Committee (1992-94). California League of Savings Institutions Attorneys Committee (1988-91). Recognition Martindale-Hubbell® AV Rating. The Best Lawyers in America® - First Year Listed: 2007 - Most Recent Listing: 2012 (Banking and Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law). San Diego Best Lawyers® Banking Lawyer of the Year: 2009. The Daily Transcript: San Diego County Top Attorneys - Most Recent Listing: 2007 (Corporate Transactional). Super Lawyers: Business Edition - 2011 - Banking. San Diego Super Lawyers - Corporate Counsel - Most Recent Listing: 2009 (Business / Corporate). San Diego Super Lawyers - Most Recent Listing: 2011 (Banking). Industries Financial Institutions Publications / Presentations Select Linked Articles 10 | 17 | 2008 Legal e-Update
U.S. Department of the Treasury TARP Capital Purchase Program 01 | 13 | 2005 Legal e-Update
Immediate Action Should Be Taken to Amend Your Corporation Media Presence / Articles About Attorney / Attorney Contribution 09 | 13 | 2011 Recognition
Thirty-Two Luce Forward Attorneys Named to 2011 Super Lawyers Business Edition 09 | 08 | 2011 Recognition
Thirty-Four Luce Forward Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America® 08 | 03 | 2011 Case Information
Luce scores US funds for San Diego bank 07 | 11 | 2011 Appointment
Luce Forward Managing Partner Kurt L. Kicklighter Joins Economic Development Corporation's Board of Directors 06 | 05 | 2011 Recognition
Thirty Luce Forward Partners Named San Diego Super Lawyers 06 | 15 | 2010 Recognition
Thirty Luce Forward Attorneys Named San Diego Super Lawyers 05 | 13 | 2010 Transaction
Luce Forward Attorneys Represent Golden Pacific in $12 Million Capital Raise and Acquisition of Gold Country Bank 08 | 04 | 2009 Recognition
Luce Forward Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America 06 | 17 | 2009 Recognition
Thirty-Two Luce Forward Attorneys Named San Diego Super Lawyers 02 | 03 | 2009 Firm Management
Luce Forward Announces Firm Leadership Changes for 2009 09 | 25 | 2008 Recognition
Thirty-Two Luce Forward Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel 08 | 05 | 2008 Firm Management
Kicklighter Named as Luce Forward's Next Managing Partner 08 | 05 | 2008 Firm Management
Luce Forward Makes New Management Changes to Continue Strategic Growth in California 05 | 19 | 2008 Recognition
32 Luce Forward Attorneys Named San Diego Super Lawyers - Five Attorneys Receive Top Honors 02 | 19 | 2008 Case Study
Luce Forward Counsels Howe Barnes in its Role as Lead Manager in the First West Coast Public Offering of Trust Preferred Securities for Temecula Valley Bancorp Inc. 09 | 21 | 2007 Recognition
Luce Forward Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America: Attorneys at Prominent California Law Firm Receive Recognition 09 | 18 | 2007 Recognition
The Daily Transcript Names Six Luce Forward Partners "Top San Diego County Attorneys" 06 | 27 | 2007 Recognition
Luce Forward Partner Kurt Kicklighter Named "Leading Dealmaker" by Lawdragon 06 | 07 | 2007 Recognition
34 Luce Forward Attorneys Named San Diego Super Lawyers 09 | 06 | 2006 Recognition
19 Luce Forward Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America 06 | 25 | 2005 Case Study
Luce Forward Leads Successful $16.5 Million Initial Public Offering for Desert Commercial Bank All Authored Works "U.S. Department of the Treasury TARP Capital Purchase Program" - Luce Forward Legal e-Update - October 17, 2008. "Immediate Action Should Be Taken to Amend Your Corporation" - Luce Forward Legal e-Update - January 13, 2005. Co-Author: "Public Participation in State NPDES Enforcement" - Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, Vol. VI No. 2. Presentations Participant, Mock Board Session: "Practical Solutions for What's Changed: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You" - Western Independent Bankers Annual Directors Conference - San Francisco - October 7, 2010. Panelist: "Caught in a Bad Finance: Advanced Loan Workout Strategies and Practices" - Orange County (April 13, 2010) - San Diego (April 15, 2010). "Thinking Outside the Box" - Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Value Challenge Seminar - June 23, 2009. "Key Issues Facing Boards of Directors: SEC Disclosure & Enforcement" - Directors Roundtable/Connect - January 29, 2008 - Hear presentation to the Directors Roundtable regarding 2008 Proxy Compensation Disclosures." "What Makes Us Different: Clients First at Luce Forward" - San Diego Business Forum - January 10, 2008. "Drafting LLC and LLP Agreements" - National Business Institute (continuing education for lawyers) - December 7, 2007. |