John D. Tishler

Mr. Tishler is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group in the firm's Del Mar Heights office.

Areas of Practice

Mr. Tishler's practice encompasses business transactions, technology, corporate finance, securities compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and compensation. He regularly advises emerging and established clients on formations and restructurings, angel and venture capital, PIPE transactions, debt offerings, corporate governance, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, securities compliance, and corporate restructuring. Mr. Tishler also advises on executive compensation, broad-based equity compensation programs and executive wealth diversification strategies.

Education

• J.D., Yale Law School, 1992
• B.A., Cornell University, 1989, with distinction in all subjects

Admissions

• California
• Colorado (Inactive)
• Illinois (Inactive)

Representative Engagements

Represented Northrop Grumman Corporation in $850 Million registered debt offering

Represented Carolina Precision Plastics L.L.C. in purchase of ATP Plastics

Represents Special Committee of Pomeroy IT Solutions in going private transaction

Represented SiliconSystems, Inc. in sale to Western Digital Corporation

Represents borrowers in connection with lender insolvency

Represents Northrop Grumman Corporation for corporate governance and public reporting

Represents Lenovo Corporation on Level 1 ADR Program

Represents Beckman Coulter for corporate governance and public reporting

Represents Greentech Lease Finance for clean energy alternative financing

Represented NYSE company for exchange of subsidiary stock options

Represented RF Magic, Inc. in merger with Entropic Communications, Inc.

Represented Nasdaq company in voluntary review of historical stock option and stock grants involving restatement of financials

Represented NYSE company in major revision of its bylaws

Represents NYSE company for equity and cash-based executive compensation programs

Represented SiliconSystems, Inc. in Series C Preferred Stock Financing by Samsung Ventures 

Represented American Technology Corporation in $9.5 million PIPE

Represented Open Energy Corporation in $15 million PIPE

Represented Carolina Precision Plastics, L.L.C., in acquisition of Augros, Inc.

Represented NYSE company for new CEO employment agreement

Represented SpaceDev, Inc. in $34 million acquisition of Starsys, Inc.

Represented American Technology Corporation in $14 million PIPE

Represented Axesstel, Inc. in $38 million secondary public offering

Represented SiliconSystems, Inc. in Series B Preferred Stock Financing by Rustic Canyon Partners, Shepherd Ventures and Miramar Venture Partners

Represented lead investor in Onconome, Inc. Series B Preferred Stock Financing

Represented MicroIslet, Inc. in $13 million PIPE

Represented Ebert Composites Corporation in strategic partnership with Martin Marietta Composites, Inc.

Represented GE Capital in venture investments in life sciences companies

Represented Pine Tree Lumber Co. in acquisition by private investor group

Represented American Technology Corporation in $10 million PIPE

Represented Interplan Corporation in acquisition by Schroder Ventures and Pouschine Cook

Represented Loudeye Corp. in $12 million PIPE

Honors

• Top Attorney 2006, 2008 and 2009, Corporate Transactional, San Diego Daily Transcript

Memberships

• Adjunct professor, University of San Diego School of Law, teaching advanced deal structures, and he regularly lectures on corporate law, strategic partnering, and executive compensation
• Member, Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals
• Member, American Bar Association

Articles

• Top Attorneys 2009, San Diego Daily Transcript, July 8, 2009

• Court Rulings Give Cos. Reason to Review Bylaws, Compliance Week, November 4, 2008
• Top Attorneys 2008, San Diego Daily Transcript, July 16, 2008
• Are Your Bylaws Ready for E-Proxy?, Corporate Governance Advisor, March/April 2008
• National Firm Grows San Diego Corporate Practice, May 3, 2004

Corporate & Securities Law Blog Articles

• "Delaware Chancery Court Questions Good Faith of Directors in Sale of Company to Unrelated Party at a Premium", August 26, 2008
• "SEC Adopts Major Changes to Executive Compensation and Related Party Disclosure Requirements", August 15, 2006

Financial Institution Law Blog Articles

• "Capital Purchase Program - Publicly Traded Financial Institutions", November 21, 2008

Speeches

• "Preparing For IPO: How To Be Ready When The Window Opens," CONNECT Frameworks Workshop, June 16, 2009 (Moderator)
• "XBRL and IDEA: The Future of Financial Reporting and Information Retrieval," November 4, 2008
• "Conduct of the Annual Meeting," TheCorporateCounsel.net webcast, April 2, 2008
• "Exploiting IP Through Strategic Partnerships: Making it Work", presented to University of California, San Diego - Rady School of Management, July 23, 2005
• "The Other Sarbanes-Oxley Act" presented to the San Diego Chapter of California Society of CPAs, June 8, 2005
• "Knock Knock: What to do When the Government Calls," Sheppard Mullin Breakfast Seminar Program, moderator, February 4, 2005
• "Protecting Interests and Ensuring Performance Under a Strategic Partnering Agreement" presented to the San Diego Software Industry Council's Entrepreneur's Forum, November 30, 2004
• "Recent Developments in Equity Compensation" presented to the San Diego Chapter of the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals, February 20, 2004
• "They're Back . . . Restricted Stock, SARs and Stock Units" presented to the San Diego Chapter of the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals, August 7, 2003