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Biography

Calvin works on a variety of corporate matters. His experience includes private equity, mergers and acquisitions, cross-border investments, and intellectual property, with a focus on early-stage companies.

While in law school, Calvin was editor-in-chief of the Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship and the Law, and received honors in a number of student competitions, including the Tulane International Baseball Arbitration Competition and the UCLA MEMES Game Day Sports Case Competition. Calvin has been published in both the PIABA Bar Journal and the Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship and the Law.

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Experience

Legal Work Highlights

Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.

  • Startup seed-round investment: advised a technology startup as it secured seed-round private equity funding, including assisting with drafting of corporate documents and purchase agreement.
  • Business acquisition: advised an investment services provider in its acquisition of a competitor in the fintech space.
  • Public-private-partnership: advised a public entity in connection with its hosting of a world-class sports tournament.
  • Public-private partnership: advised a public entity in its negotiation of a landmark 30-year lease extension for marine terminal facilities.
  • Commercial transaction: advised a multinational chemicals manufacturer regarding multiple, parallel development and supply agreements with its customers.
  • Commercial transaction: advised a contract manufacturer in its negotiation of a manufacturing agreement regarding blending and packaging of health supplements.
  • Business acquisition: advised a senior secured lender through its acquisition in Chapter 11 bankruptcy of the business of a med-tech startup.
  • Business sale: advised a medical device manufacturer in its sale of its business to a competitor.
  • Seed financing: advised a fintech startup through seed-stage financing.
  • Seed financing: advised a family office in its investment, through both debt and equity, in a med-tech startup.
  • Business sale: advised a multinational pharmaceuticals company in its sale of a national-level business unit, with multiple drug products, to a competitor.
  • Commercial transactions: advised a collections services provider regarding its data compliance programs
  • Data/privacy: advised a national retailer regarding data incident response, including reporting and compliance obligations.

Education

Law School

Pepperdine University School of Law, J.D.

  • Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship and the Law
  • Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution: Certificate in Dispute Resolution

Masters

University of New Orleans, Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Administration, M.S.

Undergraduate School

Nicholls State University, John Folse Culinary Institute, B.S., magna cum laude

Bar Memberships

Calvin is licensed to practice in the following state(s):

California

New York