Arthur E. Cirulnick
Partner
He counsels clients on day-to-day and long-term business issues and transactions, including:
- Equity formation and planning
- Equity and debt financing from venture capitalists, commercial lenders, and private investors
- Key employee incentive compensation arrangements
- Acquisitions and dispositions of businesses
- Joint ventures
- Corporate disputes among business owners
Art advises numerous management teams in structuring and implementing M&A strategies and has been lead counsel on more than 300 M&A transactions. In addition to his experience as a general business attorney, Art has a broad and complementary background in tax law.
Related Practices
Related Industries
Experience
Experience
Representative Matters
- Represents the acquirer of approximately $4 billion of spectrum from the FCC
- Represented the leading banking and payment solutions company operating in the U.S. cannabis industry
- Represents the founder of one of the largest cannabis dispensaries in the United States
- Represents a major DC-based government contractor and handled the entirety of its M&A work
- Represents the developer of a major shopping center on the Las Vegas Strip
- Represents a DC-based venture capital company with respect to its investments in portfolio companies
Insights
Insights
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- J.D. magna cum laude University of San Francisco School of Law 1979
- B.A. University of California at Santa Barbara 1975
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- California
Professional Memberships and Activities
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- Member, Board of Governors, University of San Francisco School of Law, 2016 - 2022
- Former adjunct professor in business planning, George Washington University National Law Center
- Wrote numerous materials for American Law Institute – American Bar Association publications
- Authored "Shareholders Agreements," in Negotiating Business Transactions (Wiley Law Publications)
Recognition
Recognition
- Martindale-Hubbell, AV® Peer Review Rated