Todd A. Hentges has two decades of experience representing clients’ interests in a broad variety of corporate-based matters and in a broad variety of industries, ranging from technology through manufacturing and healthcare to sports and entertainment. Todd’s specific areas of experience include private equity and strategic entity mergers and acquisitions; initial public offerings; real estate acquisitions and financings; commercial contracts; securities exchange periodic reporting compliance; private placement investments; corporate formation and organization; borrower-side loans; and general corporate representation.
Before joining Morgan Lewis, Todd was a partner in the corporate practice of another international law firm.
selected representations
Acquisitions by private equity fund client Platinum Equity of a power solutions and controls company, a third party logistics company, an insurance services company, a healthcare products company, a diagnostic imaging company, and a telecommunications products and services company
Acquisitions by private equity and mezzanine debt fund client Prudential Capital of a precious metals resale company, an auto parts and glass company, a paper packaging company, an equipment rental company, and an auto parts company, as well as a minority interest in an ATM business
Acquisitions by Platinum Equity of a software products and services company and of a inventory management products and services company in going-private transactions
Acquisitions by private equity fund client Caltius Equity of a casting services company and a beauty care products company
Acquisition by strategic entity client Ingram Micro of home integration solutions business and a point-of-sale products and systems business
Assisted in the acquisitions of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Detroit Pistons, as well as the potential acquisition of a hockey team and a sports league, and the organization of two sports agencies
Assisted a senior living memory care client in its RIDEA restructuring with Welltower, as well as its ongoing acquisition and financing of real estate development projects
Assisted a worldwide real estate developer in its ongoing U.S. real estate investment activities
Assisted a variety of strategic operating companies in licensing, distribution, development, and services agreements, including for content licensing and distribution, product licensing and distribution, and consulting services
Sales by Platinum Equity of a sports protective gear products company, a metal power products company, a third party logistics company, a wheel manufacturing company, a software products and services portfolio company, a metal products and services portfolio company, a small engines transmission portfolio company, and a telecommunications products and services portfolio company
Sales by Caltius Equity of a process controls company, a bicycle manufacturing company and a human resource services company
Sale of an enterprise management software company by its shareholders
Sale of a fabless semiconductor company by its shareholders
Borrowings by Platinum Equity’s portfolio companies in steel, healthcare products, insurance services and other industries
Borrowings by private equity client Freeman Spogli’s portfolio companies in the retail food and retail furniture industries
Borrowings and related equity recapitalizations of a network equipment reseller and of a healthcare products company
Borrowings by Caltius Equity’s portfolio companies in the healthcare and manufacturing industries
Initial public offering preparation and registration documentation for a medical device company, a memory subsystems company and a magazine company, and underwriter representation in connection with the initial public offering of a biotechnology company
Periodic reporting review and compliance for a memory subsystems company, a dialysis services company and a project management consulting services company
Private placements by third-party investors in development-stage medical device, nutraceuticals, set-top box, bid-management software and ophthalmic pharmaceutical companies, and in a growing senior care provider company
Ongoing corporate representation of a fire protection and life safety company, a medical device company, an assisted senior living company, a healthcare products company, and a software products company, among others
Education
San Diego State University, 1997, Bachelor of Arts, Comparitive Literature
University of Minnesota Law School, 2000, Juris Doctor, Cum Laude
Admissions
California
Awards and Affiliations
Listed, The Legal 500 US (2016)
Listed, Super Lawyers, Southern California Rising Stars (2009–2010)