Attorneys

Teresa V. Pahl, Partner

Direct Phone: 415-995-5079
tpahl@hansonbridgett.com

Practice Areas: Business and Commercial Law and Estate Planning

Teresa V. Pahl's legal expertise includes matters involving general corporate law, securities law and real property law. Her corporate and securities practice includes a range of public and private equity and debt financings, representing both publicly traded and private companies in a wide variety of industries and markets such as high technology, consumer products, professional services, and banking. Transactions have included private and public offerings of equity and debt securities, venture capital funding and design of complex capital structures.

Teresa represents clients in all aspects of their business, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, formation of corporations, limited liability companies, general and limited Partnerships and joint ventures. Teresa also represents clients in connection with the preparation and filing of periodic SEC reports and proxy statements. She also assists clients, including directors and stockholders, with sales of securities; disclosure issues, including with respect to Rule 10b-5; corporate governance issues; fiduciary duties; and stock exchange rule compliance.

Teresa's real property practice includes negotiation and preparation of real property leases, acquisition and sale transactions and real property finance matters. Teresa also practices in the area of estate planning, probate and trust administration. She represents a wide variety of trust and estate planning clients including real estate developers and business owners (from start-up enterprises to fully matured publicly traded companies).

Teresa currently serves as the secretary and legal counsel to the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners as well as on its board of directors. Teresa is a former member of the Board of Governors of the Lawyers' Club of San Francisco, and was a Trustee and treasurer of the Lawyers' Club of San Francisco Scholarship Foundation. She is actively involved with the Software Development Forum, where she has lectured on legal issues facing emerging companies in the technology market.

Teresa is licensed to practice law in the State of California.

Education
University of San Francisco School of Law (J.D., 1982); University of California at Berkeley (A.B., 1979)

Notable Speeches & Presentations
Legal Network International Conference: Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - One Year Later Lectured on legal issues facing emerging companies in the technology market for the Software Development Forum

Publications
Hanson Bridgett Business Brief: Mitigating Corporate Federal Liability Client Newsletter: Private Companies in the Spotlight

Professional Affiliations
Lawyers' Club of San Francisco Scholarship Foundation Trustee (1997-2002); Lawyers' Club of San Francisco Board of Governors Member (1994-2002); National Association of Women Business Owners San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Legal Counsel and Board Member (1994 - Present), Secretary and Corporate Governance Committee Chair (2005)

Community Activities
Site Council for the Hillsborough Public School District Member (2003-2005); AYSO Soccer Coach (2003-2005)