Aaron Zibart is a member of the Firm's Corporate & Securities Service Team. He concentrates his practice in mergers and acquisitions and general business law, with a primary focus on venture capital and startup companies.

Education

J.D., University of Kentucky, 2000

Professional Activities

2011 Chair, Louisville Bar Association Corporation Law Section

• Representation of a large Midwestern venture capital firm with a focus on the healthcare and technology sectors.
• Represented an energy consulting firm with an international footprint through an auction process resulting in recapitalization providing the founder and early stage investors with liquidity, a private equity firm with a controlling interest and the management team with working capital and incentive compensation to accelerate growth of the business.
• Represented a medical device manufacturing company in connection with early stage debt and equity financings by venture capital firms, corporate governance issues and later through an auction process resulting in recapitalization providing early stage investors with liquidity, a private equity firm with a controlling interest and the management team with working capital and incentive compensation to accelerate growth of the business.
• Leads the firm’s Hart-Scott-Rodino team with primary responsibility for assisting clients with pre-merger application filings.
• Represented a specialty distributor of clinical products through a sale process resulting in a recapitalization providing the founder and other shareholders with liquidity, a private equity firm with a controlling interest and the management team with working capital and incentive compensation to accelerate growth of the business.
• Representation of companies in connection with a variety of matters including acquisitions and divestitures, capital raising, corporate governance, shareholder agreements, joint ventures, management incentive compensation plans and contract negotiation.

What You Should Know about Investment Act, Business First of Louisville July 25, 2014

In Right Circumstances, Profits Interests Can Be Employee Reward, Business First of Louisville November, 29, 2013

"President Obama Signs the Jobs Act" April, 2012

Unauthorized Transaction of Business and Unauthorized Practice of Law chapters (co-authored with Francis J. Mellen, Jr.) in 2012 Doing Business in Kentucky: an Introductory Guide, Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, LLP for Lex Mundi

Rights of Shareholders to Inspect Company Records, Louisville Bar Association Bar Briefs December 2011

Choosing Between a Financial and Strategic Buyer, Business First of Louisville October 2010

Negotiating Buyer Protections in the Purchase of a Business, Business First of Louisville July 19, 2010

 Partnerships chapter (co-author) of Kentucky Forms and Transactions, 2 Banks Baldwin (West 2d ed. 2009)

 Successful Businesses Begin with the Right Startup Plan, Business First of Louisville July 20, 2009

Leadership Louisville, Participant Class of 2014