Lyndon L. Ricks

Areas of Practice

Commercial Transactions
Securities
Corporate
Real Property
Government Relations/Administrative Law
Limited Liability Company
Tax and Estate Planning
International Business Law
Municipal Law
Intellectual Property

About Lyndon

Clients have described Lyndon Ricks as "A businessman who is also a lawyer." For more than 24 years, Mr. Ricks has served small and large businesses and helped business people with legal issues. He has primary responsibility for general counsel work, securities matters, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures (domestic and international), and a variety of other matters including executive compensation, corporate contracts, joint ventures and strategic alliances, and technology licensing. He has served colleagues as chair of the Securities Section of the Utah State Bar. Mr. Ricks' specialized skills and experience include:

acting as outside general counsel to various business entities
preparing limited or private offering documents for offerings exempt from registration under federal and state securities laws
assisting clients in their acquisition, disposition, or merger transactions
assisting clients with technology licensing
ensuring compliance with reporting requirements under federal and state securities laws
creating new corporations, limited liabilities companies, partnerships and other entities
advising clients as to initial and secondary public offerings, proxy fights and tender offers
advising clients about entity selection and formation, contract preparation and review

As a lecturer and panelist on continuing legal education seminars sponsored by the Utah State Bar and others, Mr. Ricks educates individuals starting businesses on the types of business organizations and the relative advantages and disadvantages of each and on various business and securities law topics. Mr. Ricks has acted as a registered lobbyist to represent his clients' interests before the Utah State Legislature. As a result of his membership on the City of Centerville Planning and Zoning Commission and extensive business law background, Mr. Ricks has expertise in representing clients' zoning and planning interests before local governmental authorities.

Mr. Ricks' clients cover a broad spectrum of industries including: professional minor league baseball, aftermarket automotive products, customer relations management, foreign exchange trading, wireless communications, professional employers, health and fitness equipment manufacturing, meat packaging and rendering, oil refining and sales, commercial, mortgage and investment banking, financial institutions, insurance, Internet services, computer hardware manufacturing and sales, software development and sales, electronics manufacturing, mining, survey research and data collection, entertainment, health care and real estate development.

Education

Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Juris Doctor - 1981 (cum laude)
Editor and Author, BYU Journal of Legal Studies
Member, Phi Kappa Phi
Brigham Young University, Bachelors Degree, (Political Science) - 1979 (magna cum laude)
Valedictorian, Department of Government

Professional Activities, Publications and Awards

Utah State Bar
Securities Section Chairman - 1996-1997
Securities Section Officer - 1993-1997
Member, Business Law Section
Member, Securities Section
National Association of Stock Plan Professionals
Member - 1993-present
Utah Business magazine's Legal Elite - 2007
Assistance League of Salt Lake City, Community Advisory Board - 2005-2006

J. Reuben Clark Law Society

Centerville Planning and Zoning Commission
Chairman - 1994-1996
Member - 1991-1996