Michael J Bonner

Practice Areas

Corporate

Gaming

Mergers & Acquisitions

Real Estate Finance

Video Games & Esports

Corporate Governance & Compliance

Latin America Practice

Capital Markets

International Gaming

Sports Betting

Gaming Licensing & Regulation

Restaurant Industry

Career

Michael J. Bonner is Managing Shareholder of the Las Vegas Office and concentrates his practice in the areas of corporation finance, corporate governance, business transactions, securities and gaming.

He represents clients in corporate securities and other business transactions; including acting as lead counsel on mergers and acquisitions, public securities offerings, private placements and a variety of financing, acquisition and restructuring transactions for publicly held and privately held business entities. Mr. Bonner counsels publicly held companies on disclosure obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including the preparation of annual reports to stockholders, proxy statements, and annual and quarterly periodic reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Mr. Bonner acts as outside counsel to boards of directors and special committees of boards of directors of publicly held and privately held entities.

He represents publicly held and privately held hotel-casino resort operators, manufacturers, suppliers, lenders and officers, directors, and key employees in transactional, licensing and other approvals before the Nevada State Gaming Control Board and the Nevada Gaming Commission.

Concentrations:

Corporation finance

Corporate governance

Mergers & acquisitions

Securities

Gaming regulatory

Professional Memberships

Member, UNLV Foundation Board of Trustees; Finance Committee; Audit Committee.

Emeritus Board of Trustees, Past Board of Trustees and Past Chairman, Vegas Chamber

Board of Directors, Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance

Member, Dean's Council, UNLV Boyd School of Law

Member, State Bar of Nevada; Executive Committee Member, Gaming Law Section, 2002-2017; Former Chairman, Business Law Committee, Corporations Sub-Committee; Former Vice-Chairman, Southern Nevada Disciplinary Board.

Member, International Association of Gaming Advisors

Member, YPO Gold

Publications

Listed, Chambers USA Guide, 2002-2022

Personal

J.D., University of California at Los Angeles, School of Law, 1981

B.S., University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1978