Eric Castro is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Lewis Brisbois and a member of the Corporate, Business Practices, and Franchise & Distribution Practices. He was the former Chair of the Corporate Practice and has been a partner since 1990. Mr. Castro has extensive experience managing all forms of corporate and business transactions, including business entity formations, mergers and acquisitions, financing and securities transactions (underwritten public offerings and Regulation D private placements), negotiating and drafting complex LLC operating agreements, partnership agreements, and executive employment agreements.

Mr. Castro has extensive experience in the following areas:

Business Transactions

• Licensing Agreements, Technology, Intellectual Property, and Branding
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Bank Loans & Financings
• Securities Issuances
• Regulation D Private Placements
• Business Contracts
• Executive Employment Agreements
• Stock Option & Deferred Compensation Plans
• Real Estate Acquisition and Financing

Corporate Governance

• Entity Formations: S-corps, C-corps, LLCs
• “Good Standing” Compliance
• Regulatory Compliance: Gramm-Leach-Bliley; Sarbanes-Oxley
• General Counsel Advice

Legal Experience

Admissions

• State Bar Admissions
  • California
  • District of Columbia

Admissions

California

Washington DC

Hawaii

Education

University of Southern California

Juris Doctor

• Judicial Externship, with Hon. Shirley M. Hufstedler
• Judicial Clerkship, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, with Hon. Herbert Y.C. Choy
• Order of the Coif, Law Review
• Ranked First in Class after First Year
• Carl Mason Franklin Prize (First in International Law)
• Four American Jurisprudence Awards (First in Class)
• Four First in Class Awards (Non-Am Jur Courses)
• Honorary Fraternity: Phi Kappa Phi

Yale University

Bachelor of Arts