C. Ben Huber

Ben Huber is a member of the Corporate Practice with over 25 years of experience counseling a broad range of domestic and foreign clients, including startups, closely held businesses, middle-market companies, family offices, fund and fundless sponsors and institutional investors in various transactional matters. Ben focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, capital markets, debt financing, private funds, joint ventures and corporate governance and compliance. In his capacity serving as occasional outside general counsel to smaller businesses, Ben also provides advice in other areas, including business structuring, equity compensation, manufacturing and distribution, intellectual property and technology licensing and internal business dispute resolution.

Although Ben tends to be industry agnostic, he has worked on a variety of projects in the following sectors:

•Financial services (banks, investment advisors, broker-dealers, insurers, master general agents, payment processing, consumer finance and installment loans, medical liens)
•Industrial and manufacturing (HVAC systems, PV optimizers, printers, sprinklers, load stabilizers, plunger lifts, coolant, grinding machines, diamond wire, floor joists, machine oil)
•Aerospace (electric airplanes, aviation parts)
•Space and satellite (electronic propulsion systems, satellite buses, on-orbit servicing, commercial spaceflight)
•Software (construction management, auto titling, disaster prevention and recovery, audio, auto salvage, collections)
•Health care (home health, hospice, medical tourism, neurology, pharmacy)
•Biotech (cancer screening, vaccine delivery, immunosuppressive therapies)
•Medical devices (surgical markers, decontaminants, acoustical percussors, stints, lubricants, medical waste disposal)
•Construction (pipeline infrastructure, real estate development, property management)
•Consumer products (CBD, body wash, energy drinks, golf clubs, fitness equipment)
•Energy and natural resources (green hydrogen, upstream and mid-stream oil and gas, geothermal, solar, biodiesel, potash, talc, coal and gold mining, lithium-ion batteries)
•Travel and entertainment (tour companies, ticket brokers. video games, ice rinks)
•Agriculture (pig farms, animal feed)

Ben’s professional experience working in several areas of business law across a large swath of industries helps him bring creativity to each project he works on. Among other things, this breadth of experience enables Ben to crosspollinate ideas or practices that work in one area of the law or in a particular industry and apply and modify those ideas or practices to address problems in other legal areas and industries. In addition, Ben’s life experiences have taught him valuable lessons in humility, patience and empathy, which help him better manage his and his clients’ stress and anxiety.

Concentrations

•M&A : Domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions (equity and assets), sale of control and other strategic transactions, including licensing and restructuring.
•Capital Markets : Private equity and debt offerings for pre-revenue, growth stage and established private companies, start-up capital, institutional investments; tender offers, securities law compliance.
•Finance : Secured credit facilities, revolving lines of credit, term loans, debt restructuring and refinancing, acquisition finance, local counsel opinions, medical lien transactions, tribal lending (warehouse lines and short-term consumer installment loans).
•Joint Ventures: Structure collaborative business ventures, including entities, contributions, economics, management, minority protections and transfer restrictions.
•Private Funds : Private fund formation, representation of investors in private investment funds.
•Corporate Governance & Compliance : Corporate governance and strategic advice, director responsibilities and fiduciary duties, etc.

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law, 2020-2026