Fernando Velez, Jr. | Partner

Fernando Velez, Jr. is a transactional attorney whose practice centers on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, and corporate and securities matters. He represents companies through later-stage growth, financing, and the exit.

Fernando's M&A practice runs both buy-side and sell-side, representing strategic and financial buyers and sellers in stock deals, asset deals, mergers, and business combinations ranging from small commercial arrangements to billion-dollar acquisitions. On the capital side, he handles public and private securities offerings, including private placements with venture firms, angel investors, and strategic partners.

Fernando also represents clients in real estate transactions, including commercial property and land acquisitions and commercial leasing.

Earlier in his career, Fernando practiced both in private law firms and in-house, and the in-house chapter shapes how he counsels clients today. As corporate counsel and corporate secretary to Fidelity National Financial (NYSE: FNF) and its two majority-owned public subsidiaries, Fidelity National Information Solutions (Nasdaq: FNIS) and American National Financial (Nasdaq: ANFI), he handled all securities matters, mergers and acquisitions, and legal compliance across hundreds of subsidiaries in all fifty states. He reads a transaction the way the client lives it, not only the way the documents describe it.

Fernando is an active member of the Santa Barbara community. His leadership roles have included the Board of Directors of the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara, the Board of Trustees of Bishop Diego High School, and the Pastoral Council at St. Barbara's Parish at the Old Mission.

Represented a foreign owner with regard to the reorganization of its U.S. subsidiaries
Represented minority shareholders in sale of defense tech startup to a private equity fund
Represented the foreign public acquiror of a U.S. business from its private shareholders
Represented an ed Tech start up with in initial formation and SAFE capital raise
Represented the sellers of Build.io to &ai, Inc., a Japanese multinational
Represented a venture debt fund in its initial $100 million offering, venture lending, borrower management, and close out of fund
Represented a distillery in connection with its Series A Offering
Represented a private equity fund in its initial $50 million offering
Represented the acquirer in the purchase of the assets of a real estate services provider
Represented a venture fund in connection with its capital raise, its subsequent acquisition of 7 SaaS providers, and then sale of same to close out fund
Represented Title365, Inc. in its sale to Nationstar Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NSM)
Represented the issuer in connection with the offering of Series B nonparticipating preferred stock
Represented the acquirer of the assets of Earth Class Mail, Inc. in a sale effected through Bankruptcy
Represented a private investor in its acquisition and combination of several SaaS providers, and then subsequent sale of the combined businesses to Rackspace, Inc. (NYSE: RAX)
Represented Real Estate Digital, LLC in its sale to Nationstar Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NSM)
Represented acquirer in a management buyout of LPS RE Solutions from Lender Processing Services, Inc. (now Black Knight Financial Services (NYSE: BKFS))

Reicker Pfau represents Bloom Equity Partners in its acquisition of Soutron Global

January 25, 2022

Reicker Pfau represented Bloom Equity Partners, a B2B SaaS-focused technology private equity firm, in its acquisition of Soutron Global, Inc. and Soutron Limited (UK), leaders in the library, archive, and knowledge management software vertical, serving hundreds of clients worldwide. The Reicker Pfau team was led by partner Fernando Velez, Jr. and assisted by associate Nicholas Behrman. A […] The post Reicker Pfau represents Bloom Equity Partners in its acquisition of Soutron Global appeared first on Reicker Pfau.

Reicker Pfau represents Earth Class Mail in its sale to LegalZoom

November 19, 2021

Reicker Pfau represented Scaleworks, a software-focused technology private equity firm, in its sale to LegalZoom of its portfolio company, Earth Class Mail, a virtual mailbox solution for small businesses. The Reicker Pfau team was led by partner Fernando Velez, Jr. and assisted by associate Nicholas Behrman. A full article from Global Newswire can be found […] The post Reicker Pfau represents Earth Class Mail in its sale to LegalZoom appeared first on Reicker Pfau.