Gary L. Bradus

Shareholder


Sacramento

916.558.6012

Gary is a shareholder in the Firm’s Corporate practice group.

Gary represents businesses from formation through all stages of operation, assisting clients in many areas, including employment, shareholder and director rights and duties, corporate governance, and other internal issues. He also represents clients in connection with purchases and sales of businesses, emphasizing mergers and acquisitions and asset sales and stock purchases, and sales across all industries. He represents individuals and entities, including corporations, general partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and limited liability partnerships. Gary is a former chair of the Business Law Section of the Sacramento County Bar.

Gary also has tremendous experience representing lenders and borrowers in financing and loan transactions to fund operations and expansion. These transactions have included unsecured loans and loans secured by real and personal property collateral. Gary has taught courses on the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) and is an expert in personal property secured transactions.

Gary has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Northern California Super Lawyers and is consistently selected for inclusion in Northern California Super Lawyers. He has also been named to the Top 25 Sacramento Super Lawyers multiple times


Recent Transactions

  • Representation of a borrower in the construction industry for loans totaling over $100,000,000.
  • Representation of syndication of banks in a $100,000,000 loan to borrowers in the petroleum industry.
  • Representation of an agricultural borrower in a $450,000,000 loan transaction.
  • Representation of a seller in the health/pharmaceutical industry in an $80,000,000 stock sale transaction.
  • Representation of a foreign buyer acquiring a controlling ownership interest in an analytical processes business.
  • Representation of syndication of banks in $65,000,000 loan to a company in the recreation industry.
  • Representation of a seller in the automotive parts industry in a $100,000,000 transaction.
  • Representation of numerous buyers and sellers of businesses in the manufacturing, agribusiness, food products, computer automotive, retail, and technology industries.

State Bar of California,
Business Law and Intellectual Property Law Sections
Member

Sacramento County Bar Association,
Business Law and Intellectual Property Law Sections
Member

SACTO (Sacramento Area Commerce and Trade Organization),
Board of Directors and former Chair  (2013-2014)

Greater Sacramento Area Economic Council
Board of Directors

Make-A-Wish® Northeastern & Central California and Northern Nevada
Board of Directors

American River College Foundation
Board of Directors (former)

CEOs Against Cancer

Awards

Sacramento Business Journal’s Most Admired CEO, 2022

Sacramento Magazine’s Top Lawyers List, 2015-2023 – Banking and Financial Services, Business/Corporate

Sacramento Business Journal’s Best of the Bar, 2013-2019

The Best Lawyers in America®, 2018 -2025 (Commercial Transactions/UCC Law; Corporate Law)

Top 25 Sacramento Super Lawyers, 2013 – 2015, 2018 – 2020, 2022 – 2023

Top 100 Northern California Super Lawyers, 2012, 2015, 2024

Northern California Super Lawyers, Business/Corporate 2010-2024

AV® Preeminent™ Rating, Martindale-Hubbell®

The Business Journals’
The Influencers: Law 100 Most Influential Attorneys Nationwide, 2018

J.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1987

B.S., University of California, Berkeley, 1984

Beta Alpha Psi-Accounting Honors Fraternity

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