About
Lance Lehnhof counsels founders, owners, and executives on sales, mergers, and equity or debt financings. He represents many first-time sellers. He chairs the Salt Lake City Corporate Practice Group at Buchalter. He advises on deals in technology, health care, and alternative and traditional energy. He guides hospitality, manufacturing, and real estate companies through transactions. He has spent more than 20 years as a lawyer handling deals. He earned his J.D. from J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University. He served as general counsel at several companies and founded a boutique corporate firm. He uses investment banking experience when he advises lower middle-market companies on deal risk. More than once, he talked clients out of deals against their interests.
Who is a good fit for Lance Lehnhof
- Sellers completing a first company sale and wanting sell-side representation.
- Owners raising capital through a stock issuance or a debt financing.
- Companies forming a partnership or another venture with a second business.
Education and admissions
- Education
- Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School, J.D.
- Brigham Young University, B.A. in International Studies
- Bar admissions
- New York, Utah
Recognition
- Legal 500 U.S. Elite, Corporate and M&A, 2026
- Chambers USA, Corporate/M&A, 2025-2026
- Utah Legal Elite, Utah Business - 2025
Specialties
Representative matters
As described on the firm’s website.
- Represented a provider of durable medical equipment in connection with a strategic investment.
- Represented a family office in the acquisition of a multi-media company.
- Represented an online-to-offline shopping platform client in a $6M Series A financing and $3M secondary transaction lead by a leading West Coast investment firm. ($6,000,000)
Deal profile
- Typical deal size
- $30M–$250M
- Remote work
- In-person / regional