The Firm's Corporate & Business Transactions Practice

At FINNEY ARNOLD, LLP, our attorneys have decades of experience in the public and private energy sectors providing strategic general counsel guidance and advice to help our clients successfully develop, implement and manage startups, expansions, investor relations and acquisitions.

 Core Competencies

• Organize global businesses, including resolving Know Your Client compliance, international leasing and banking issues
• Drafting Private Placement Memoranda and SAFE Agreements to secure investor funds
• Conduct mergers and acquisitions
• Designing and implementing employee stock option plans, profit sharing and employment agreements
• Manage Securities and Exchange Commission and State securities compliance filings

Client Experiences

• Managed the design, construction, engineering, legal work, and funding for the Bay Bridge post-earthquake reconstruction project
• Assisted the City of Long Beach with land use permitting, entitlements, construction team, finance for the Desmond bridge construction project
• Successfully negotiated three land swaps between Long Beach and the CA State Lands Commission and acquired coastal development permits from the California Coastal Commission; managed bond counsel and financing for the Queensway Bay parking lot project, The Pike and the Pike Outlets
• Managed creation of the Harbor Community Benefit Foundation, a nonprofit to mitigate Los Angeles/Long Beach port impacts on Wilmington, San Pedro and Long Beach; repurposed containers to Accessory Dwelling Units and protective walls; installed air scrubbers in local schools to prevent asthma and other breathing anomalies
• Designed all OCIPs/CCIPs for AON insurance broker, worldwide
• Secured public/private land leases, drafted drill rig leases, construction, and insurance agreements, and conducted public outreach efforts