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Cory J. Birkhauser

Associate

620 Newport Center Drive

Suite 200

Newport Beach, CA 92660

(949) 791-5103
949-791-5200

Cory Birkhauser is a partner with Stuart Kane LLP, and practices in the Real Estate group.

Experience

Mr. Birkhauser has experience in the acquisition and disposition of real estate, finance, joint venture agreements and fund formation, with an emphasis on taxation matters. His experience also includes structuring and drafting of complex commercial agreements, strategic alliance and technology license agreements, as well as counseling on corporate transactions, including seed stage, venture capital, venture debt and private equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate governance matters.

Before joining Stuart Kane, Mr. Birkhauser was an associate business attorney with Brown and Streza. Prior to that, he worked as a senior staff accountant with a boutique accounting firm, advising clients on the tax implications of partnership and corporate mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, restructurings, dispositions, and distressed assets/debt within consumer products, financial services, real estate, and retail industries.

In addition, Mr. Birkhauser has experience building his own start-up company which gives him a unique perspective representing entrepreneurial clients and start-up companies.

Education

Master of Law (LLM) in Taxation, Loyola Law School, 2010
The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL, J.D., 2007
University of California, Los Angeles, B.S. 2003

Memberships & Associations

  • Orange County Bar Association, Business & Corporate Law Section (Member)
  • Socks-On Inc., (Board Member 2010 – 2014)
  • Southern California Contractor’s Association (SCCA)
  • Legal Committee Associated Builders & Contractors – Southern California
  • Orange County Bar Association – Chair of the Construction Law Section (2024)

Honors

  • Super Lawyers, Rising Star (2016-2017)

Bar Admissions

California
Illinois