Glaser Weil Fink Howard Jordan & Shapiro LLP

Corporate M&A/Capital Markets/Tax

Partner and Chair of the Mergers and Acquisitions Practice

George Wall is one of the leading mergers and acquisitions attorneys in Southern California. He is a senior partner in Glaser Weil’s Corporate Department, where he leads the mergers and acquisitions practice. He has worked on over 500 transactions in his career. George’s practice focuses on mergers, acquisitions, recapitalizations, sales and reorganizations, venture capital transactions, securities, broad‐based tax planning, fund formations and preparation of loan documentation. George has been named multiple times to the Orange County Business Journal’s “OC 500,” which recognizes the most influential business leaders throughout Orange County. Additionally, he has been listed multiple times on the Southern California Super Lawyers list.

Over his more than 40 year career, George has been counsel on transactions for many well-known clients, including part of the ownership group that acquired the NBA Sacramento Kings, Alacer Corporation (manufacturer of Emergen-C), the private equity group Riordan, Lewis & Haden and a number of its portfolio companies, Allergan, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Alignment Healthcare, Caremore Health, TriMed, CareConnectMD, Inc, an ownership group in connection with the proposed acquisition of the NBA New Orleans Hornets, Primoris Services Corporation, Advantage-Crown Sales and Marketing, American Title, Pacific Coast Title, Ocean Pacific (OP), The Outdoor Channel, Pacific Ethanol, Inc., Mellon Venture Capital, H&G Capital Partners, McDonald’s Corporation, Ambassador George Argyros and many more.

George has a loyal client base who seek out his leading counsel for:

Mergers and acquisitions Corporate transactions Securities Fund formations Loans

George is known for his ability to both be a “deal maker” and also to achieve a value‐add for his clients. He has helped many buyers and sellers receive an economic result that far exceeded initial expectations. His transactional experience has covered a broad range of industries, including healthcare, aerospace, apparel, environmental, automotive chemical, construction, consulting, consumer goods, financial, food, manufacturing, oil and gas, professional sports, restaurants, resort clubs, technology, and title insurance.

While completing the University of San Diego’s tax program, George served as a research assistant to Professor Boris Bittker of Yale University on his five-volume “Treatise on Federal Income Taxation.”

George is a frequent speaker and author on various M&A topics.

George is active in the business and civic communities and has served as a director of many nonprofits. He has been on the Board of Trustees of Chapman University since 2019 and is actively involved in supporting City of Hope. At Chapman University, he formed and endowed the Wall Scholar Program, providing full tuition scholarships to outstanding students in the business school. He also has been a director of ANFI Inc. (a NASDAQ company), where he chaired a special committee evaluating an acquisition proposal.

Board of Trustees, Chapman University, 2019 to present

University of San Diego, Tax Program

University of Miami Law School, J.D.

University of Virginia, B.A., Economics; Dean’s List; University Honor Scholarship; New Jersey State Scholarship