Robert Stemler

Robert J. Stemler is a shareholder with Keesal, Young & Logan.  Bob has approximately 30 years of experience as a business/corporate real estate lawyer, culminating in his present transaction-focused practice, which includes corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions, entity formation, corporate finance, commercial transactions, licensing agreements and technology transfers.

Bob counsels companies at all stages of their evolution – from business creation to day-to-day governance, exit strategies, liquidity events and dissolution.  He has advised clients in operational, strategic, employment, corporate governance and commercial matters, including business combinations, recapitalizations and reorganizations.  In addition, Bob has significant experience structuring and negotiating joint ventures and partnerships as well as secured lending facilities.

Bob is currently serving on the boards of The California Conference for Equality and Justice, FuturePorts, The Long Beach Chamber of Commerce, The Long Beach Community Foundation, The Molina Foundation.

Bob obtained his B.A. degree in 1984 and his J.D. in 1987 from the University of Southern California.  Bob was admitted to the California Bar in 1987.

AREAS OF FOCUS

Commercial Agreements

On behalf of clients, Bob has negotiated nearly every form of commercial contract, including employment, licensing, investor rights, registration rights, services and franchise agreements, debt instruments and indentures.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Bob represents buyers and sellers in a broad range of mergers, acquisitions and other business combinations.  His clients include both international and domestic clients.  Clients rely on Bob’s sophisticated judgment and advice in structuring joint ventures and other strategic alliances.

Real Estate Transactions

Bob handles real estate work on the transactional side, including sales, purchases, leases and property development.  Bob takes an integrated approach to offering substantial value, drawing on his experience with the many legal dimensions of the real estate industry, from transactional real estate, to corporate issues, to government relations, to land use and zoning issues and the litigation that can arise from the ownership and management of real property.

RECENT REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS:

1. Representation of a company that provides information technology solutions for hospitals, medical groups and individual physicians in a deal which closed in July, 2016.  The transaction value was in excess of $75,000,000.
2. Representation of a consumer products company in Northern California in a deal which closed in February, 2016.  The transaction value was in excess of $15,000,000.
3. Representation of the owner of two commercial buildings in California in a deal which closed in December, 2015.  The transaction value was in excess of $80,000,000.
4. Representation of a beverage equipment manufacturer located in California and Florida in a deal which closed in December, 2015.  The transaction value was in excess of $25,000,000.
5. Representation of the borrower in a collateralized mortgage transaction in California in a deal which closed in June, 2015.  The transaction value was in excess of $10,000,000.
6. Representation of an industrial clothing company in Tennessee in a deal that closed in June, 2015.  The transaction value was in excess of $150,000,000.
7. Representation of an industrial clothing company in California in a deal that closed in January, 2015.  The transaction value was in excess of $100,000,000.
8. Representation of the purchaser of a commercial industrial property in Chula Vista, California in a deal which closed in 2015.  As part of the transaction, KYL formed the acquisition entity and assisted the buyer with the private placement.  In addition, KYL put together the tenancy in common structure on the buy side and the facilitation of a 1031 exchange by one of the tenants in common.   The transaction value was approximately $10,000,000.

Practice Areas

• Corporate & Real Estate
• Securities
• Business Litigation
• Employment