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Practices
Keith R. Gercken
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Keith R. Gercken is a partner in the Tax, Employee Benefits, and Trusts and Estates Practice Group in Sheppard Mullin's San Francisco office.
Areas of Practice
Mr. Gercken's practice includes all areas of business income taxation, with emphasis on corporate and partnership taxation and international transactions. He advises corporate and individual clients on the U.S. federal and international tax consequences on a wide range of transactions, including taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions; partnerships and joint ventures; the formation and operation of equity funds; finance transactions; tax-free exchanges; international licensing; foreign operations (including cross-border joint ventures between U.S. and non-U.S. partners); and inbound investment into the United States by non-U.S. investors.
Mr. Gercken is the author of a number of articles on international, corporate and partnership issues, and has been published in USC Major Tax Planning, Business Law Today and Tax Notes International.
Education
- J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 1987
magna cum laude
- B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1983
Admissions
- California
- Texas
Recent Representative Transactions
Represented International Rectifier Corporation (NYSE: IRF) in the $290 million sale of its international Power Control Systems business to Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE:VSH).
Represented RadNet, Inc (formerly Primedex Health Systems, Inc.) (OTCBB: RDNT.OB) in its acquisition of Radiologix, Inc. (AMEX: RGX)
Represented Provena Foods Inc. (AMEX: PZA) in its acquisition of Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL)
Represented BBG Communications, Inc. in the purchase of Mexican real estate assets from Fox Entertainment Group, Inc.
Represented Circle Food Products, Inc. and EZ Foods, Inc. in the sale of substantially all of their assets to Claridge, Inc.
Represented Digital Orchid, Inc. in the purchase of all of the stock of a Spanish company, Blue Tech, S.L., for a combination of cash and stock.
Represented California Portland Cement Company in its acquisition of all of the assets of B&B Red-I-Mix Concrete, Inc., a producer and seller of concrete and related building materials.
Represented California Portland Cement Company in its acquisition of all of the outstanding stock of Greene's Ready Mixed Concrete Co., a producer and seller of concrete and related building materials.
Represented Ryan Herco Products Corp. in its sale to Flow Solutions Holdings, Inc., a portfolio company of Morgenthaler Partners.
Represented Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE: SFE) in its sale of Pacific Title & Art Studio, Inc. to Global Post Ventures, Inc. for $23 million.
Represented Pacific Architects and Engineers Incorporated and its shareholders in the sale of all of the stock of Pacific Architects and Engineers Incorporated to Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT)
Represented Zions Bancorporation (NASDAQ: ZION) in connection with its $1.7 billion acquisition of Amegy Bancorporation.
Represented Bank of the West in connection with its $1.4 billion acquisition of Commercial Federal Bank.
Represented SICOR Inc. in connection with its $3.4 billion acquisition by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: TEVA).
Represented Applied Molecular Evolution, Inc. in connection with its $400 million acquisition by Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY).
Represented a large public pension fund in connection with the establishment and restructuring of numerous U.S. domestic and international real estate investment funds.
Represented Vodafone Group plc (NYSE: VOD) in connection with several significant stock and asset acquisitions and dispositions in Latin America and Asia.
Represented a Hong Kong-based restaurant developer in connection with the formation of a worldwide joint venture with a major U.S. franchisor.
Represented a Fortune 50 financial services company in connection with the partial sale and restructuring of its investment in a Puerto Rico electric generation facility.