Geoffrey Mangum is a former chairperson of the firm’s Corporate, Securities and Tax Practice Group. Over the past 40 years, he has advised local and national clients on the structuring and negotiation of innumerable complex domestic and international transactions.
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Biography
Prior to joining Parsons Behle & Latimer, Mr. Mangum was an executive with American Stores Company, a Fortune 400 company, where he was primarily responsible for its mergers and acquisitions activities, including transactions with values in the hundreds of millions of dollars. As legal counsel to the company's treasury department, Mr. Mangum was also involved in negotiating and documenting complex financing arrangements.
Mr. Mangum has enjoyed a varied practice. He led the successful conclusion of 13 years of litigation on behalf of his client against the Islamic Republic of Iran, arising out of Iran's seizure of the client’s Iranian subsidiary following the Ayatollah Khomeini's rise to power. He also achieved a highly favorable outcome for a corporate director charged with murder in connection with the death of an employee in a work place setting due to allegedly unsafe working conditions. The case was featured on CBS News’ "Sixty Minutes." Mr. Mangum also obtained a favorable result for a senior executive of a major international company in connection with a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation by the Department of Justice and the Securities Exchange Commission.
Mr. Mangum is recognized in Best Lawyers in America and has maintained a top ranking in Chambers and Partners Client Guide.
Experience
Complex Corporate and Tax Transaction
Represented several prominent companies in numerous complex sale transaction requiring significant corporate and tax law analysis in order to facilitate the sale.
Communication Software Assets Acquisition
Represented Clearone Communications, Inc. in acquisition of the assets of VCON Video Conferencing ltd, the acquisition of Spontania, as well as various other technology and software acquisitions from Israel and Spain – all cross-border transactions.
Sale of Major Gas Service Company
Represented West Coast Energy, Inc. in sale of a major U.S. compressed natural gas service company
Accomplishments
Academic
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1979
University of Utah, B.A., 1976
Magna Cum Laude
Professional
Listed as a "Top Lawyer Named by Their Peers" and in Mountain States Super Lawyers
Recognized by Utah Business magazine as one of Utah's "Legal Elite"
Ranked as one of the Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward/White Inc.
Maintained a top ranking by Chambers & Partners Client Guide
Maintains Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating, an AV® Preeminent™
Associations
Professional
American Bar Association
Member
Utah Bar Association
Member
Community
Kingsbury Hall Presents Board of Trustees
Member and Chair
(2011 - 2017)
University of Utah World Leaders Forum Advisory Cabinet
Past Member
Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy Board of Trustees
Past Member
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Presentations
Credentials
Licensed
Utah
Education
Georgetown University Law Center
