Flint, George M. III

Lawyer Overview

George M. Flint concentrates his practice on the legal and business needs of high growth companies with an emphasis on acquisitions, financings and the ongoing representation of technology driven businesses. Drawing upon an extensive mergers and acquisitions and international law background, he has counseled clients in all stages of development including managing the results of rapid growth and preparing established businesses for sale.

George has considerable experience in the formation and financing of businesses as well as in providing guidance in the areas of corporate governance, licensing, marketing, crisis management, e-business and website operations. He regularly supervises and executes a variety of major business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, financings, joint ventures and strategic outsourcing relationships, both within the United States and internationally. As part of his practice, George structures and prepares agreements for build-to-order supplier arrangements, strategic technology development and acquisition and licensing and marketing arrangements.

George has participated in more than 75 mergers and acquisition transactions and financings valued in the aggregate at more than $15 billion.

George joined Parsons Behle & Latimer in 1995. During 1997 and the first half of 1998, he served as acting in-house senior corporate counsel to Iomega Corporation. He began his legal career in New York where for nine years he was a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions Department of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom in its New York and London offices. Prior to attending law school, he worked as a loan officer in the Corporate Banking Group of the Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. in New York. George is president of the Utah Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG). He is listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers For Business.

Mr. Flint can be reached at:

801.536.6915, direct line
801.949.3285, cell 

Areas of Practice

• Corporate & Tax Law
• Business Entities
• Securities Transaction Law
• Corporate Governance & Compliance
• Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits
• Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
• Banking & Finance Law
• International Transactions
• Joint Ventures
• Limited Liability Companies
• Intellectual Property Law
• Electronic Commerce
• Science & Technology Law
• Capital Markets
• Medical Products & Devices
• Climate Law
• Manufacturing Law
• Retail Law

West Practice Categories

Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, International Transactions, Joint Ventures, Secured Transactions, Transactions, Business Organizations, Corporate Governance, Formation & Business Planning, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Internet, Intellectual Property Law, Technology Licensing, International Law, Business & Trade, Internet -- Cyberspace, Computer Law, Electronic Commerce, Mergers & Acquisitions, Medical Products & Devices, Science & Technology Law, Securities Law, Capital Markets, Corporate Taxation

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1985
• Utah, 1996

Classes and Seminars

• American Bar Association Middle Market and Small Business Committee Fall Meeting—Co-Chairperson “State of the Money” CLE Presentation, Washington D.C., November, 2010
• Chairperson—ACG Utah Growth Conference and Capital Connection, March 2009
• Chairperson—ACG Utah Growth Conference and Capital Connection, May 2008
• Anti-trust Compliance—The Doe Run Company, March, 2008
• Grooming Your Business to Increase Value—Contractor’s School, January, 2007
• Mergers & Acquisition—Survey of Selected Recent Developments, Presentation to Utah Bar Corporate Counsel Section, May, 2005

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1984
  J.D.
  Honors: Georgetown Law Journal
• Duke University, 1979
  A.B.
  Honors: magna cum laude

Published Works

• Contributor, American Bar Association M&A Market Trends Committee 2009 Strategic Buyer/Public Target Deal Points Study
• Contributor, American Bar Association M&A Market Trends Committee 2008 Strategic Buyer/Public Target Deal Points Study
• Contributor, American Bar Association M&A Market Trends Committee 2007 Private Target Deal Points Study
• Contributor, American Bar Association M&A Market Trends Committee 2007 Strategic Buyer/Public Target Deal Points Study
• Utah Co-Liaison—Model Business Corporation Act Reporter
• Utah Liaison—ABA Committee on State Securities Regulation

Address

201 South Main Street
Suite 1800
Salt Lake City, UT 84111-2218

Phones

(801) 536-6915
(801) 949-3285

Faxes

801-536-6111

Emails

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Websites

http://www.parsonsbehlelaw.com (http://www.parsonsbehle.com)