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530 B Street, 21st Floor San Diego, CA 92101 Direct Phone: 619.515.3245 Direct Fax: 619.744.5445 wcb@procopio.com v-Card Download BioProfessional Summary
Mr. Belanger has a general corporate, commercial practice. He represents both public and private companies within a variety of industries, as well as high net-worth individuals, including professional athletes and chief executive officers. Mr. Belanger advises clients on technology protection, investment and commercialization, technology licensing, ventures, corporate partnering, mergers, acquisitions and international transactions. His clients are active in the telecommunications infrastructure, software, web testing and analytics, e-commerce, battery and semi-conductor industries. Mr. Belanger also represents businesses in the high-technology consulting industry, including insurance and disaster recovery relief and product recalls, as well as clients in the sales representative, active wear, sports and street fashion and trade show industries. He counsels clients on corporate and business transactions over the organization's life cycle, including entity selection and structuring, capitalization, financing, partnering, licensing, supply, sales and distribution, spin outs, buy outs and exits. Mr. Belanger's representation of professional athletes includes advising his clients on business investment terms, ventures, new business developments, international transactions, acquisitions, asset and entity structuring and partnerships, including real estate partnerships and ventures. He also advises nonprofit foundations on business and corporate matters and volunteers his time for non-profit causes.
Representative Matters
- Represented professional and high net-worth individuals in numerous partnering, acquisition, investment and business ventures, including real estate ventures and international transactions
- Represented private technology company in sale and partnering venture with public investment bank, involving offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand
- Represented private software company in merger with NASDAQ-listed corporation
- Represented Mexican federal financial institution in multimillion dollar sale of affiliated California corporation
- Represented public, Singapore company in its acquisition of tangible and intellectual property assets, including numerous international patents and trademarks, from public Delaware corporation
- Represented Canadian software company in its acquisition of intellectual property assets, including software, copyrights and international trademarks, from California corporation and New Zealand corporation
- Represented public company in numerous stock and asset acquisitions
- Represented public and private companies in numerous licensing and commercial transactions
- Assisted privately-held corporation with merger into NYSE-listed corporation
Education, Distinctions & Community Involvement
Mr. Belanger (J.D., M.B.A.) received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, summa cum laude, in 1988 from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. In 1993, Mr. Belanger received a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Loyola Law School of Los Angeles. In 1999, Mr. Belanger completed a Master of Business Administration degree at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where he ranked number one in his class. Mr. Belanger was admitted to practice in California in 1994.
Mr. Belanger is a past Co-Chair of the Entrepreneur's Venture Forum of the San Diego Software and Internet Council and the North County Bar Association, Business Law Section. He currently serves as a volunteer and member of the Board of Advisors of the Blue Ryno Foundation.
Mr. Belanger is a past Co-Chair of the Entrepreneur's Venture Forum of the San Diego Software and Internet Council and the North County Bar Association, Business Law Section. He currently serves as a volunteer and member of the Board of Advisors of the Blue Ryno Foundation.
