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Geoffrey D. Fasel

Shareholder

Geoffrey D. Fasel engages in a variety of corporate representations for public and private companies, top management, and investors and entrepreneurs.  His experience includes all stages of business, beginning with startup formation and including venture and private equity capital financing, commercial contracting, licensing and joint ventures, regulatory compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and other complex financial and strategic transactions.  Drawing on his business background, Mr. Fasel serves as outside general counsel to companies in many industries, in all stages of development.  

Mr. Fasel leverages his national and international relationships in the business, financial, scientific, and academic communities to assist his clients in developing and implementing their legal, financial, and business goals.  His appreciation of the forces active in these spaces was shaped by early experience representing key leaders including the Stowers Institute and Bayer Animal Health, and continues with a wide variety of entities advancing human and animal health, plant science, “cleantech”, industrial and computer/software technologies, and bio and agro safety.

Mr. Fasel is often asked to speak on various aspects of business formation, operation, aggregation and attraction of capital, and strategic exits, including for the national meeting of the Association of University Technology Managers, as well as the Innovate! program at the Carey Business School of Johns Hopkins University.

Mr. Fasel is currently serving on the Translational Medicine Committee for the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce's "Big Five" initiative.

Mr. Fasel is a shareholder focused in the firm’s Life Sciences, Corporate Finance and Securities, Venture and Private Equity Capital, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Nonprofit Organizations practice groups.

Memberships and Affiliations

  • American Bar Association 
  • The Missouri Bar 
  • Kansas Bar Association 
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
  • Kansas City Zoo, Kids Jazzoo
    • Corporate Committee Co-Chair, 2011
  • The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
    • Society of Fellows
  • Young Friends of Union Station
    • Former Board Member 
  • Young Friends of Art
    • Former Committee Member 
  • Salvation Army
    • Revolution KC, Former Committee Member

Distinctions

  • Selected for inclusion in Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers as a Rising Star, 2009-2011
  • Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Centurions Program, Class of 2011
  • Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Big Five, Translational Medicine Initiative
    • Committee Member, 2012

Experience

  • Represented venture capital funds in connection with fund formation and portfolio investments by the funds, including a recent restructure of a $150 million credit facility of a portfolio company.
  • Represented a global biotech manufacturer in numerous international acquisitions and in-licenses
  • Represented the world's largest privately funded basic research institution in navigating complex regulatory and compliance issues, as well as structuring and negotiating joint ventures and commercial spinouts.
  • Represented several hospitals in the formation and operation of a strategic consolidated services center to increase operating efficiencies and transactional savings, representing more than $500 million in projected revenue