Jeryl Anthony Bowers

Jeryl Bowers is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group in the firm's Century City office and leader of the firm's Automotive Team.

Areas of Practice

Jeryl concentrates his practice in mergers and acquisitions and general commercial transactions. During the course of his career, Jeryl has closed transactions with an aggregate value in excess of $20 billion. Jeryl's extensive commercial experience encompasses the full spectrum of business transactions:

•Mergers and Acquisitions
•Strategic Alliances
•Software and Intellectual Property Licensing
•Sales Agreements
•Service Agreements
•Marketing Agreements
•Vendor Agreements
•Supplier Agreements
•Outsourcing Agreements
•Employment Agreements
•Distribution Agreements
•Internet Agreements

During the course of his legal career, Jeryl served as Vice President, Secretary & General Counsel at Medialive International Holdings, Inc. (Los Angeles), where he managed mergers and acquisitions, securities filings, employment, litigation and international transactions for the media conglomerate.

In addition, Jeryl served as General Counsel at PetSmart.com, Inc. in Pasadena, where he negotiated agreements for venture capital financings, joint venture agreements, employment agreements, technology agreements and distribution agreements. He also managed all intellectual property, tax, litigation and other legal issues.

Jeryl also has substantial experience with international transactions, negotiating deals in the United Kingdom, Canada, China, Europe and many other international locations.

Clerkships

•Mr. Bowers served as a law clerk from January 1994 to January 1995 for The Honorable Joseph Hatchett of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Honors

National Recognition as an Elite Leading Lawyer in Mergers & Acquisitions-Middle Market, Legal 500, 2016-2019

Legal 500, 2012-2015

“Best Corporate Attorneys Under 40,” Corporate Board Member Magazine (2002)

University of Chicago Law Review Service With Distinction Award

Insights

Articles

•The RTC’s Override Regulation’s Freedom for Intrastate Branch Banking, University of Chicago Law Review, 1992.

Media Mentions

•Dealmakers Q&A: Sheppard Mullin's Jeryl Bowers
Law360, 09.17.2014

Speaking Engagements

•American Corporate Counsel Association of Southern California, M&A Best Practices and the Life Cycle of an M&A Transaction, January 16, 2013
•American Corporate Counsel Association of Southern California - In-House Counsel, How to Be an Effective Corporate Secretary, 2012
•Association of Corporate Growth Private Equity Forum, Emerging Issues in Privacy Law, 2011
•Corporate Governance Summit at the University of Southern California, “The Board’s Role in Corporate Disclosure Practices”
•Corporate Director Training Program at the Harold Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA
•Southern California In-House Counsel Conference sponsored by the Southern California Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel, M&A in 2010: Solutions for the New Economic Landscape; Corporate Governance Strategies for Economic Armageddon; Contract Boilerplate: Why You Should Read It
•UCLA School of Law, guest lecturer on M&A Transactions
•Florida State University Law School, guest lecturer on Securities Issues

Events

•Selling Your Business: The Secrets of Success for Maximizing Value and Minimizing Risk
Presented by leading experts in law, investment banking and wealth management, 03.08.2011