Perry E. Bendicksen III

Mr. Bendicksen is a Director in the Albuquerque office, a member of the firm’s Business Department, and chair of the Mergers & Acquisitions group. He has extensive experience in securities and finance transactions. He regularly represents buyers and sellers in mergers and acquisitions, technology companies and their investors, and securities issuers and underwriters. He represents private equity funds, venture capital funds, and other collective investment vehicles in their formation and in their investments in portfolio companies.

He also structures project finance transactions and public-private partnerships. He has represented numerous companies in private placements of their debt and equity securities, including preparation of disclosure documents and qualification for state and local registration exemptions.

Mr. Bendicksen has been included in The Best Lawyers in America in multiple categories for more than 20 years and has been named Albuquerque Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year and Albuquerque Public Finance Lawyer of the Year by that publication. He has been listed in Chambers USA America’s Leading Business Lawyers in the corporate/commercial category since 2003, in which he was cited for “the speed, energy and efficiency of his work, his sound business judgment and his encyclopedic knowledge of the law.” He is also listed in Southwest Super Lawyers for his experience and expertise in mergers and acquisitions. He holds an “AV” rating, the highest, from Martindale-Hubbell.

Community Activities & Professional Memberships:

• WESST Board of Directors – Board Chair, 2018
• Albuquerque Museum Foundation
• Association of Commerce and Industry of New Mexico (Board Chair, 2010-11)
• Honorary French Consul for New Mexico
• American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity and Venture Capital and Legal Opinions Committees
• State Bar of New Mexico