Bio

Jr Lanis advises clients on public company securities offerings and reporting, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate transactional needs. He structures and negotiates public stock and debt offerings, tender offers, rights offerings, IPOs, all forms of mergers and acquisitions, licensing deals and other commercial matters. JR serves as outside counsel to numerous public companies, investment banks and registered investment companies and is experienced in listing and reporting for OTC, Nasdaq and NYSE-listed issuers. He represents strategic and private equity and family office-backed buyers and sellers of businesses and product lines. JR’s clients include publicly traded and privately held companies and investors in a variety of industries, including food and beverage, technology, financial services, hospitality and life sciences. JR is the Business leader for BakerHostetler's Los Angeles office.