Brandon C Parris

Practice Areas

Brandon Parris is a corporate partner and serves as co-chair of the firm's Global Transactions Department.

Brandon Parris maintains an active corporate practice focused on strategic transactions, including complex public and private mergers, tender offers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and strategic investments.

He represents U.S. and global clients, boards of directors, special committees, management teams and companies in a variety of industries, including technology, gaming, energy, media, consumer goods and services, and financial services.

Brandon also maintains a public company practice. He advises members of executive management, boards of directors, and special committees on strategic and corporate governance issues, and counsels numerous public companies on all aspects of public company issues.

Brandon is regularly recognized as a leader in his field, including being named as a 2020 "Dealmaker of the Year" by The American Lawyer, a 2019 "M&A MVP" by Law360, and a 2019-2020 "Top 100 Leading Lawyer" by the Daily Journal. He has also been recognized by rankings publications including Chambers USA, IFLR1000 and Legal 500, with a client describing him in Chambers USA as “excellent at identifying the critical issues within a transaction and methodically addressing and solving each one in order. He has a superior knowledge of what is 'market' on various terms and he uses this to solve problems.”

Brandon formerly served as co-chair of Morrison Foerster's Global M&A Practice Group.

Personal

University of California, Davis, B.A., 1994; University of California, Davis, School of Law, J.D., 1998