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Richard K. Hansen  
Founding Partner of Hansen Seto, LLP Hansen Seto, LLP
   
 

Mr. Hansen is a founding Partner of Hansen Seto, LLP.  After graduating from college he worked for five years as an industrial engineer and contract administrator in the aerospace industry. After graduating from law school, Mr. Hansen worked in private industry for ten years during which time he became General Counsel and Vice President of a New York Stock Exchange company that was very actively engaged in mergers and acquisitions of technology companies.

Following his years in private industry, Mr. Hansen became a partner in a prominent Los Angeles law firm, continuing his practice in corporations, mergers and acquisitions before founding his own law firm to focus on start-up and emerging technology companies and corporate securities.  His practice is concentrated in representing small to medium sized companies in manufacturing, software, technology, and service businesses, counseling, negotiating and implementing business transactions and private financings from the start-up phase through the merger and acquisition or public offering stage.

Mr. Hansen is a founder and Board Member of the Software Council of Southern California and Electronic Commerce Organization, and has served as an officer and director of The Business Network, and the Organization of Chinese American Entrepreneurs Network (OCEAN).

PUBLICATIONS: Contributing Author, Bancroft Whitney, “California Business Transactions Forms,” Chapter 9.
Contributing Author, Petillon & Hull, West Group, “Representing Start-Up Companies.”

COLLEGE: Oregon State University, B.S. 1961
LAW SCHOOL: University of Southern California, JD, 1969
BAR ADMISSIONS: California 1971; United States District Court, Central District 1973

 

 

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