Experience

Gary L. Wollberg, whose principal practice is in corporation law with an emphasis in corporate finance, securities laws compliance and mergers and acquisitions, is a partner in the firm's San Diego office.  He has represented issuers in public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, and broker/dealers acting as private placement agents, for both established and start-up companies.  He assists issuers in complying with federal and state securities regulations, including reporting requirements, proxy contests, tender offers, and exchange offers for public companies.  He also represents issuers and broker/ dealers in investigations before the Securities and Exchange Commission and the National Association of Securities Dealers.

Mr. Wollberg represents buyers and sellers of companies in the negotiation, documentation and closing of mergers and of sales and purchases of equity securities and assets.  In the mergers and acquisitions field, he advises parties with respect to equity and debt financing and credit facilities, secured transactions, executive and workforce employment, environmental liability assessment, remediation and avoidance, and technology transfers.

Mr. Wollberg maintains a special expertise in matters of nonprofit organizations.  He represents nonprofit organizations in matters of formation and federal and state tax compliance, corporate governance, capital financing and mergers, acquisitions and dissolutions.

Mr. Wollberg regularly represents homeowners associations on matters of corporate governance, interpretations of CC&Rs and CC&R enforcement.  He has extensive litigation experience and assists trial lawyers in the assessment of potential litigation, research, and trial preparation in the areas of corporate finance, trademark and homeowners associations.

Mr. Wollberg's practice also includes many other aspects of general business law, including licensing and copyrighting of computer software; distributorship formation; formation, syndication and dissolution of partnerships and limited liability companies; and trademarks.

Published court decisions in which Mr. Wollberg appeared as counsel include McCoy v. Gustafson (2009) 180 Cal. App. 4th 56; Narstadt v. Lakeside Village Condominium Assn. (1994) 8 Cal.4th 361; Pacific Scene, Inc. v. Penasquitos, Inc. (1988) 46 Cal.3d 407; Dolan-King v. Rancho Santa Fe Association (2000) 81 Cal.App.4th 965; and Clark v. Rancho Santa Fe Association (1989) 216 Cal.App.3d 606.

Mr. Wollberg is the author of “Directors and Officers” (Chapter 9) and “Members and Other Interested Persons” (Chapter 10), of  Advising California Nonprofit Corporations, 3rd Ed., CEB, 2010).  He also authored "Tax Exempt Status of Nonprofit Organizations" (Chapter 24) appearing in California Transactions Forms (Bancroft-Whitney 1996) and served as consultant for California Civil Practice: Business Litigation, “Issuance of Shares” (Chapter 6) and “Secured Transactions” (Chapter 46) (Bancroft-Whitney 1992). Mr. Wollberg is the author of "Post Dissolution Claims Against Corporations: Penasquitos Gives Little Comfort to Creditors," California Business Law Reporter, Vol. 3, No. 3, (CEB October 1991).  Mr. Wollberg has served as a speaker in the California Continuing Education of the Bar programs on Recent Developments in Business Law (1992-2010) serving as Moderator of the programs from 1995 through 2003; he has also spoken on commercial lease enforcement (1990-1991).  

Mr. Wollberg served as Chairman of the Nonprofit Organizations Committee of the Business Law Section of the California State Bar from 1996 through 1999. He is also a member of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association and the San Diego County Bar Association.

Mr. Wollberg served as President of the Board of Trustees of the La Jolla Playhouse from 1993 through 1996, and served as a member of its Board of Trustees from 1992 through 2006. From 1984 to 1994 he was a member of the Board of Directors of the UCSD Alumni Association and served as its President from 1990 to 1992.  Mr. Wollberg is a member of the Chancellor's Associates of the University of California, San Diego.  

While attending law school, Mr. Wollberg was awarded an American Jurisprudence Award for property law and served as President of the Boalt Hall International Law Society.  He is a member of the San Diego County Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

Education

• University of California, San Diego, B.A., summa cum laude, 1980
• UC Berkeley School of Law - Boalt Hall, J.D., 1983

Bar Admissions

• State Bar of California