Brian H. Schusterman

About

Brian H. Schusterman chairs the Business Entities & Transactions Practice at McDonald Carano LLP. Fortune 500 companies and small local companies in Nevada and Northern California retain him. He assists them with commercial business transactions and financing. He also works on real estate transactions and development. He handles franchise matters, business formation and governance, and mergers and acquisitions. He earned his J.D. from the University of California at Davis School of Law in 2004. The Best Lawyers in America gave him Lawyer of the Year for Corporate Law. He received it in 2024 and 2026 for the Northern Nevada region. He assists with multi-jurisdiction matters that include Nevada and California real property work. Companies hire him as Nevada and California local counsel for corporate work on those matters.

Who is a good fit for Brian H. Schusterman

• Fortune 500 companies that need Nevada or California local counsel on a multi-jurisdiction corporate deal.
• Small local companies in Nevada or Northern California pursuing a merger or acquisition.

Education and admissions

Education

• University of California at Davis School of Law, J.D., 2004
• Colby College, B.A., 1998
• University of Otago Dunedin New Zealand Spring, 1997
• School for International Training Chile Fall, 1996

Bar admissions

Nevada, California, New York

Recognition

• Martindale-Hubbell - AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating (since 2024)
• Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business - Band 2 in Corporate/Commercial Law (2024-2026)
• The Best Lawyers in America - Corporate Law (2021-2027), “Lawyer of the Year” (2026, 2024)
• The Best Lawyers in America - Real Estate Law (2020-2027)
• The Best Lawyers in America - Corporate Governance Law (2024-2027)
• The Best Lawyers in America - Mergers & Acquisitions Law (2024-2027)
• The Best Lawyers in America - Commercial Finance Law (2025-2027)
• The Best Lawyers in America - Commercial Transactions / UCC Law (2025-2027)
• The Best Lawyers in America - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) (2027)
• The Best Lawyers in America - Land Use and Zoning Law (2027)

Specialties

Representative matters

As described on the firm’s website.

• Served as lead counsel to a regional privately-held petroleum company in its $30MM acquisition of the stock of another regional petroleum company and its related real property holdings. ($30,000,000)
• Represented a regulated regional consumer retail company in the sale of a division to a national wholesale and consumer retail company.
• Served as lead counsel to a regional healthcare nonprofit in its merger with, and acquisition of, the subsidiary of a national healthcare nonprofit.
• Represented a leading private equity firm in its acquisition of a Northern Nevada hotel and casino.
• Represented a large, privately held Nevada-based manufacturing company in the sale of its assets to a privately held national manufacturing company.
• Served as Nevada counsel to a mobile digital content provider in the sale of its assets.

Deal profile

Typical deal size

Any deal size

Remote work

In-person / regional