Brad W. Merrill, P.C.

Bar Admissions

• Utah

Court Admissions

• Supreme Court of Utah
• United States District Court, District of Utah

Education

• University of Utah College of Law (J.D.)
  • William H. Leary Scholar
• University of Utah David Eccles School of Business (B.S., Business Finance, cum laude)
  • First Security Bank Scholarship
  • President’s Scholastic Achievement Certificate
  • Phi Kappa Phi
  • Golden Key National Honor Society
  • Beta Gamma Sigma business Honor Society

Awards & Recognition

• The Best Lawyers in America®: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) (2019-2021, 2023-2025); Corporate Law (2019-2025); Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2022); Real Estate Law (2023-2025); Securities/Capital Markets Law (2024-2025); Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2025)
• Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business^®, Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions (2014-2016, 2019-2024)
• Utah’s Legal Elite: Corporate Law and Transactions (2004-2010, 2015-2017), Mergers and Acquisitions (2018-2020), Business and Corporate Law (2022), Utah Business Magazine
• Mountain States Super Lawyers^®, Banking (2019-2021), Mergers & Acquisitions (2022-2024)

Representative Transactions

• Advised state and national banks in navigating compliance with and expansion opportunities under Gramm-Leach-Biley Act (GLBA), including acting as general counsel for two banks during the passage and implementation of GLBA
• Counsel for multi-national seller in several M&A transactions including $90 million asset acquisition and $85 million international sale of holding in Caribbean Public Utility Company, both in 2011
• Counsel to various businesses with respect to capital and debt raising, including several equity capital raises for charter school development company, energy companies, and community banks
• Counsel to national bank and affiliated industrial bank in numerous assets sales, acquisitions, and business combination transactions
• Counsel to large regional auto finance company for several capital raising transactions
• Counsel to bank investors and directors in regulatory compliance and related matters
• Counsel to local bank in acquisition of neighboring state bank charter and branch
• Advised banks and corporate clients on impacts of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
• Counsel to large national bank on multi-state Community Reinvestment Act practices and related credit facilities
• Advised regional Federal Thrift on establishing multi-state internet banking operations
• Counsel to large national bank to establish SBA 504 loan program pooled loan facility
• Counsel to numerous companies in connection with general corporate governance, general contracting, and compliance
• Counsel to large diversified holding company for sell of international telecommunications operations
• Counsel to Caribbean based telecommunications operator in its sell to a large international telecommunications provider
• Counsel to a pre-paid phone card company in connection with several acquisitions of phone card companies and divisions
• Counsel to joint venture in acquisition of 12 automobile dealerships in four different states
• Counsel to various financial services companies in connection with asset acquisitions, financings, and regulatory matters
• Counsel to corporate and individual buyers of private aircraft and related structuring and aircraft leasing agreements

Previous Professional Experience

• Leucadia National Corporation, Asset Management Group (1999-2008)
• American Investment Bank, N.A., and American Investment Financial, a Utah Industrial Bank, Executive Vice President and General Counsel (1999-2003)
• LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P. (now Dewey LeBoeuf) (1996-1999)

Professional Memberships and Activities

• National Aircraft Finance Association (2023-Present)
• National Business Aviation Association (2023-Present)

Community Involvement

• Utah Symphony/Utah Opera Board of Trustees (2011-present)

Representative Presentations and Publications

• “Broker-Dealer: Never Make Registration Decisions Based on Assumptions”, Contributor, VC Experts (October 24, 2013)
• “Dealing With Internal Investigations,” Presenter, ACC – Mountain West Chapter Last Chance CLE (June 28, 2012)
• Regular speaker on banking regulatory and related matters
• Speaker to several industry and banking groups on impacts and analysis of Dodd-Frank Act