Michael J. Bonner

Michael J. Bonner

Michael J. Bonner's practice concentration is in the areas of corporation finance, corporate governance, business transactions, securities and gaming.

Mr. Bonner has acted as counsel on corporate securities and other business transactions, including acting as lead counsel on initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, private placements and a variety of financing, acquisition and restructuring transactions for publicly held and privately held business entities. He has counseled publicly held companies on disclosure obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including the preparation of annual reports to stockholders, proxy statements, and annual and quarterly periodic reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Mr. Bonner has acted as outside counsel to boards of directors and special committees of boards of directors of publicly held and privately held entities. Mr. Bonner has acted as counsel to purchasers and sellers in merger and acquisition, asset purchase and sale, roll-ups and other acquisition-related transactions.

He has represented publicly held and privately held hotel-casino resort operators, manufacturers, suppliers, lenders and officers, directors and key employees in transactional, licensing and other approvals before the Nevada State Gaming Control Board and the Nevada Gaming Commission.

As the former chairman of the corporations sub-committee of the State Bar of Nevada Business Law Committee, Mr. Bonner assisted in the drafting and implementation of amendments to the Nevada corporation statutes; and he participated in the complete review and revision of the Nevada corporation and business entity statutes in 1991.

In 2007 and 2008, Mr. Bonner was named to the Nevada Super Lawyers® list. Mr. Bonner has also achieved the coveted AV® Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell's highest available rating. He's been named a "Leading individual" in Corporate/M&A, Gaming and Licensing in Nevada by Chambers USA America's Leading Business Lawyers, 2002 -2009. He is listed as a The Best Lawyers in America®," a peer review rating achieved in Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisition Law in 2008 and 2009

Areas of Concentration

· Corporation Finance

· Corporate Governance

· Business Transactions

· Securities

· Gaming

Significant Representations

· Lead counsel to several gaming resort operators, gaming manufacturing and technology companies and other companies in initial public offerings, follow on public offerings and debt and equity private placements

· Outside counsel to public companies for annual, quarterly and periodic reporting obligations under federal securities laws

· Lead counsel on merger and acquisition transactions in gaming resort, gaming manufacturing and home building industries

· Special committee counsel to independent committee of board of directors in going private transaction

· Special committee counsel in combination of related public companies

· Outside counsel to owner/operators of nightclub and restaurant operations

· Lead regulatory counsel for Nevada gaming licensing and transactional approvals for major hotel-casino owners and operators, gaming manufacturing companies and gaming technology companies

· Gaming regulatory counsel to institutional investors in Nevada gaming regulatory approvals and waivers

· Gaming and corporate counsel in negotiation and approval of hotel-casino management agreements

· Special Nevada corporate and gaming counsel in contested hostile takeover transaction

· Special Nevada corporate and gaming counsel in restructuring transactions

*Some of the above representations were handled by Mr. Bonner prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Former chairman of the corporations sub-committee of the State Bar of Nevada Business Law Committee, and in that capacity, assisted in the drafting and implementation of amendments to the Nevada corporation statutes; and he participated in the complete review and revision of the Nevada corporation and business entity statutes in 1991.

· Testified in May 2001 legislative hearings on enhancements to Nevada's corporate director liability statutes.

· Assisted in the drafting and review of amendments to Nevada gaming regulations concerning corporate takeover-related issues and limited liability company licensure.

· Member, Young Presidents' Organization

· Member of the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees, Nevada Development Authority (NDA)

· Member, International Association of Gaming Advisors

· Member, Board of Trustees of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce

· Member, Executive Committee of the Gaming Law Section of the State Bar of Nevada

· Former vice-chairman, Southern Nevada Disciplinary Board of the State Bar of Nevada

Awards & Recognition

· Named one of the top 10 business lawyers in Las Vegas by The Las Vegas Business Press in May 2009

· Listed as one of the "Leading individual" Corporate/M&A, Gaming and Licensing attorneys in Nevada by Chambers USA America's Leading Business Lawyers, 2002-2009

· Listed as a "Leading Lawyer" by his peers in Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisition Law by The Best Lawyers in America® in 2008 and 2009

· Listed as a Nevada Super Lawyer in 2007, 2008, 2009

· AV® Peer Review Rated

Other Experience

· Managing partner, Kummer Kaempfer Bonner Renshaw & Ferrario, Las Vegas, Reno and Carson City, Nevada

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

· Panel Moderator and Speaker, "SEC Hot Topics for Gaming Companies--2008," 2008 Gaming Law Conference, State Bar of Nevada, November 7, 2008

· Speaker, "Ethical Challenges for the Gaming Practitioner," 2006 Gaming Law Conference, State Bar of Nevada, November 3, 2006

· Speaker, "Current SEC Reporting Developments," National Gaming Conference, Nevada Society of Certified Public Accountants, May 17, 2005

· Co-Moderator, "Gaming Mergers and Acquisitions: The Changing Landscape," 2004 Gaming Law Conference, State Bar of Nevada, November 5, 2004

· Speaker, "The Sarbanes-Oxley Act: One Year Later," 2003 Gaming Law Conference, State Bar of Nevada, November 7, 2003

· Speaker, "One Year Later: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act--Annual Reports & Proxy Statements," Merrill Corporation Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 4, 2003

· Speaker, "Current Industry Accounting, Auditing and Reporting Issues," Financial Executives Gaming Forum, Nevada Society of Certified Public Accountants, May 22, 2003

· Speaker, "SEC Update," National Gaming Conference, Nevada Society of Certified Public Accountants, May 24, 2002

· Speaker, "Current Legal Topics Regarding Financial Disclosure for Public Companies," National Gaming Conference, Nevada Society of Certified Public Accountants, May 17, 2001

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