About Vincent J. Le Pore III
Vincent J. Le Pore III is a partner in Brown & Streza, LLP’s Business Planning Department. He brings extensive experience in advising businesses and is a specialist in mergers and acquisitions. With 35 plus years of legal practice, Vince has worked on over 600 M&A projects with approximately 60% in the representation of sellers, and 40% in the representation of buyers.
Since arriving at Brown & Streza, LLP in April, 2000, in conjunction with the firm’s business tax specialist, Richard E. Streza, Esq., Vince has worked on approximately 24 mergers and acquisitions per year, with sales ranging from $1 million to $100 million dollars. Approximately 30% of the mergers and acquisitions handled by Brown & Streza are private equity recaps where the seller has kept a portion of the company.
Vince is a Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ Rated attorney, which is the highest rating possible. Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings are established by lawyers and judges who have personal knowledge of an individual attorney’s work and ethical standards. Since 2011, Vince has also been included on the “Southern California Super Lawyer” list by Los Angeles Magazine annually – a distinction recognizing only 5% of the attorneys in Southern California (excluding San Diego).
Professional Background
Brown & Streza, LLP, Irvine, California
Partner, 2000-Present
Mergers and acquisitions, business planning and real estate
Thrifty Oil Co. / Golden West Refining Company, Santa Fe Springs, California, 1995-2000
360 retail service stations, petroleum refiner and real estate developer
General Counsel – 12 subsidiaries/affiliates
Summit Environmental Corporation, Agoura Hills, California, 1990-1995
Hazardous waste management – USA Petroleum affiliate
General Counsel – 10 subsidiaries/affiliates
Edgington Oil Company, Long Beach, California, 1985–1990
Petroleum refiner with annual sales of approximately $350 million – Triad American Corporation affiliate
General Counsel – 13 U.S. and 3 foreign subsidiaries/affiliates
Smith, Underwood, Carmichael & Floyd, Dallas, Texas, 1982–1985
Business planning, real estate, mergers and acquisitions
University of San Diego School of Law (USD) Juris Doctorate with honors, May 1981
Institute Superieur Des Sciences Economiques Et Commerciales (ISSEC) Paris, France, Institute on International and Comparative Business Law, 1980
University of California San Diego (UCSD) – B.A. Degree with Magna Cum Laude honors, 1976
United States Military Academy (USMA) West Point, New York, 1971
Professional Recognition
AV® Preeminent™ Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings are established by lawyers and judges who have personal knowledge of an individual attorney’s work and ethical standards.
An AV® certification mark is a significant rating accomplishment – a testament to the fact that a lawyer’s peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence.
2011 – 2024 “Southern California Super Lawyer”
