Lucinda Iheaso, Associate at our Phoenix law office
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Lucinda Iheaso

Associate
Biography

Lucinda Iheaso’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, business formations, corporate governance, commercial contract negotiations, and healthcare regulatory matters as a member of the firm’s Corporate & Securities Practice Group.

Lucinda regularly advises private companies, private equity sponsors, and other institutional clients across all stages of M&A transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and strategic investments. She assists clients in conducting legal due diligence and drafting ancillary closing documents. Lucinda also coordinates the execution and closing of complex deals across a variety of industries.

Lucinda also assists clients in devising business solutions, forming business entities, preparing shareholder and director approvals, and advising on a range of corporate governance matters, including board and committee structures, fiduciary duties, governance policies, and ongoing entity maintenance and compliance.

In addition to her transactional practice, Lucinda counsels clients on the negotiation and structuring of a broad range of commercial contracts. She works closely with clients to identify and address key business and legal risks while helping to ensure that contractual terms align with their broader commercial objectives.

Lucinda assists healthcare clients with compliance with federal and state healthcare laws and regulations, including the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Stark Law, HIPAA, and state licensure requirements. She advises healthcare industry clients on regulatory filings, government reporting obligations, and the design and implementation of compliance programs tailored to mitigate regulatory risk.

Credentials

Bar Admissions

  • Arizona
  • District of Columbia


Court Admissions

  • Supreme Court of Arizona


Education

  • Southern University Law Center (J.D., cum laude)
    • CALI Awards for Contracts, and Legal Analysis & Writing
    • Journal of Intellectual Property, Technology, and Law
    • Mediation Clinic
    • Black Law Students Association
    • National Bar Institute Law Scholar
  • California State University, Fullerton (B.A., Political Science)
    • Dean’s List
    • Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Xi Lambda Chapter, Vice President
    • National Pan-Hellenic Council, President
    • Afro-Ethnic Student Association, Discussion Facilitator
    • Community Service and Leadership Programs, Project Director
Experience

Representative Transactions

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Represented a grocery store chain and its subsidiary entities in the $380 million sale to a strategic buyer
  • Represented an accounting software and business management company in an $85 million merger
  • Represented a financial technology firm in a $20 million equity acquisition of a credit card processing company
  • Represented a waste management company in an asset sale structured as an F Reorganization
  • Represented a septic and wastewater management company in its acquisition of a liquid waste disposal company
  • Represented a venture capital fund on a Series Seed Financing investment in a technology startup
  • Represented a private physician group in its approximately $25 million acquisition by a private equity firm
  • Represented an insurance company in the sale of its Series A preferred membership interests

Corporate Governance

  • Assisted an Arizona-based medical clinic with restructuring for compliance with Arizona’s corporate practice of medicine guidelines
  • Assisted a structural steel fabricator with internal restructuring involving nine subsidiaries
  • Advised a construction engineering company on corporate governance best practices

Commercial Contracts

  • Assisted an automotive manufacturer with drafting and negotiating grant and sponsorship agreements for traumatic brain injury-focused initiatives
  • Assisted a technology company with negotiating and drafting vendor and supplier contracts

Previous Professional Experience

  • Snell & Wilmer LLP, Summer Associate
  • Orange County Public Defender’s Office, Intern

Professional Memberships and Activities

  • Arizona Black Bar

Representative Presentations and Publications

“Mastering Complex Commercial Contracts: Best Practices and Advanced Strategies,” Co-Presenter, Association of Corporate Counsel Arizona Chapter (August 28, 2024)

Client News
Client News
Nov 04, 2024

Snell & Wilmer Represents Keap in Sale to Thryv Holdings, Inc.