Imeabasi Ibok

Bar Admissions

• California

Court Admissions

• Supreme Court of California

Education

• Howard University School of Law (J.D.)
  • Howard Law Journal, Senior Publications Editor
  • Investor Justice & Education Clinic, Student Attorney
  • SBA Representative, Class of 2015 Executive Board
• University of California, Riverside (B.A., Political Science: Law and Society)
  • Dean’s List

Awards & Recognition

• Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch^® in America
  • Corporate Law (2023-2026)
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2026)
  • Securities/Capital Markets Law (2026)
• Hot List 2022, Lawyers of Color (2022)

Representative Experience

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Represented a healthcare technologies company in its acquisition of a patient engagement software company
• Represented a leading agribusiness and information company in its acquisition of a food industry publisher
• Represented private equity firm in its eight-figure acquisition of a ridesharing application company
• Represented a global growth private equity firm in its acquisition of a manufacturer and marker of a mineral compound biologics
• Represented seller in a private equity firm’s acquisition of direct-to-store distributor of baked goods
• Represented a material handling distributor in its sale to a systems integrator
• Represented a financial services company in the purchase of a long-term care insurance distribution company
• Represented a large healthcare company in the eight-figure acquisition of a healthcare organization
• Represented a large financial services company in its acquisition of a banking company
• Represented a uniform and linen rental and supply company in its sale to a provider of food services, facilities management, and uniforms

Capital Markets and Corporate Governance

• Represented a company in connection with a large high-yield senior notes offering
• Represented an issuer in connection with a second public offering of common stock

Corporate

• Drafted restructuring documents for a frozen food manufacturer and distributor, including board resolutions, certificates of cancellation, intellectual property assignment, bill of sale, assignment, and assumption
• Drafted voluntary dissolution documents for a major manufacturing company’s subsidiary and the subsidiary’s assignment of assets and agreements to a sister company
• Drafted amended and restated articles of incorporation and shareholder agreement for a corporation as part of a second-round investment into the corporation’s parent company

Previous Professional Experience

• Dorsey & Whitney, LLP, Associate (2015-2018); Summer Associate (2014)
• Superior Court of California, Santa Clara County, Judicial Intern to Hon. Sharon A. Chatman (2013)

Professional Memberships and Activities

• Leadership Counsel on Legal Diversity (LCLD), Pathfinder Program (2022)
• State Bar of California

Representative Presentations and Publications

• “Succession Planning,” Panelist, Trost Financial’s Small Business Summit at SoFi Stadium (October 25, 2022)
• “Distressed Mergers and Acquisitions,” Co-Presenter, Snell & Wilmer 2020 Year-End CLE Series (August 26, 2020)
• “City of Los Angeles Restaurants Receive Relief in the Form of Cap on Third-Party Delivery Charges,” Co-Author, Snell & Wilmer Legal Alert (June 10, 2020)
• “M&A Closings: “It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over,” Co-Author, Orange County Business Journal (November 5, 2018)