Victoria R. Westerhaus

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Vicki advises clients on a wide variety of business transactions and securities law matters. She represents public and private companies regarding mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, entity formation and corporate governance matters. Vicki also counsels publicly held companies regarding securities law and stock exchange compliance. Her experience also includes advising clients on investment management matters, including representing investment advisers, broker dealers and private equity firms. Vicki also counsels clients on franchise matters, distribution and supply contracts and joint ventures.

Representative Experience

Represented Garmin Ltd. as lead U.S. securities counsel in its redomestication from the Cayman Islands to Switzerland
Lead Counsel for UMB Financial Corporation in connection with its acquisition of Prairie Capital Management, LLC, a $4.5 billion private equity firm
Lead Counsel for Vince Management in its acquisition of common stock of Vince & Associates Clinical Research, Inc., a clinical trial company; Ms. Westerhaus also worked on the prior sale of Vince & Associates to Celerity Partners, a private equity firm
Serve as lead outside securities counsel to Great Plains Energy Incorporated on SEC filings and corporate governance matters
Represented UMB Fund Services, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of J.D. Clark & Co., Inc., a third-party fund service provider to alternative investment firms with $18.5 billion in assets under management
Securities counsel to NIC, Inc. with respect to preparing filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and securities law compliance
Represented The Emprize Group, LLC and Fitch & Associates, LLC, an emergency medical services and ambulance consulting firm, in connection with numerous consulting agreements and joint ventures
Worked on succession plan for the sale of Kansas City Royals Baseball Corporation to the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Represented Thorn Americas, Inc. in sale of shares of Rent-A-Centre Canada, Inc. to RTO Enterprises, Inc.
Lead Counsel for Power Systems Mfg., LLC in sale of membership interests to Calpine Corporation
Public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, including state-registered bonds for MFA Incorporated and Regulation D offerings of common stock, preferred stock and convertible debentures for KC BioMedix, Inc., among others
Advised clients with respect to investment adviser registration issues under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and state securities laws and private investment fund formation issues under the Investment Company Act of 1940
Extensive experience preparing securities law filings, including Exchange Act periodic reports, registration statements and insider trading reports
Advised clients on franchise, distribution and licensing matters
Experience with all aspects of venture capital transactions.
Advised clients on corporate governance matters, including committee charters and insider trading policies, among other things

Education

University of Nebraska, J.D., with distinction, 1989
Order of the Coif
Symposium Editor, Nebraska Law Review
Editor, The Transcript

University of Nebraska, B.J., with high distinction, 1985
Phi Beta Kappa
Editor-in-Chief, The Daily Nebraskan

Of Note

Vicki is an “AV” rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell.

Community Involvement

Metro Lutheran Ministry, Board of Directors
MOCSA Community Luncheon Support Committee
Turning Point, The Center for Hope and Healing, former member of Board of Directors
Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals - Kansas City Chapter, President and former Program Chairperson
Kansas City Tomorrow Alumni Association, past member of Board of Directors and past president
The Foundation of The Lawyers Association of Kansas City, past president

Bar Admissions

Missouri, 1989
Kansas, 2000
United States District Court for the District of Kansas, 2000

Professional Affiliations

Kansas Bar Association
The Missouri Bar
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
The Lawyers Association of Kansas City