Sara K. Stock

Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Commercial Real Estate, Banking, and Aviation

Sara’s dynamic practice at Stock Legal focuses on general corporate work for businesses and commercial real estate transactions. Sara advises her clients in all aspects of the business lifecycle including entity formation, financing, general business matters, scaling via capital raise, contractual arrangements, corporate governance, and mergers and acquisitions. Sara also assists clients in acquiring, divesting, leasing, financing, and developing commercial real estate. Sara’s joint MBA and Juris Doctorate degrees uniquely position her to provide the highest quality legal advice seasoned with an exceptional foundation for understanding her clients’ business objectives.

Sara has contributed to the building and growth of other businesses and acted as a fractional COO.  Sara is also the co-founder of Legal Back Office which assists small-to-medium-sized law firms, like Stock Legal, in leveraging the benefits of a professional back office to more efficiently achieve growth and success.

Sara is active in the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section where she serves as the vice-chair for the Middle-Market and Small Business Committee. Additionally, Sara sits on the YWCA Board of Directors, the St. Louis Children’s Hospital Development Board, the Gateway 180 Board of Directors, and the St. Louis University School of Law Business, Entrepreneurship, and Tax Law Advisory Board. In the past, Sara has sat on CREW’s Board of Directors and chaired CREW’s Sponsorship Committee and Ambassador Committee. Sara is also an active member of ACG St. Louis and sits on the advisory board for a number of institutions, including banking organizations and local companies.

  • Guest Speaker, Legal Aspects: Launching a Tech Startup (St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, March 17, 2020)
  • Featured, Taking Care of Small Business - What Small and Midsize Companies need from their Lawyers (The Practice - Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, Nov/Dec 2019)
  • Moderator, Unconventional Truths (STL Ad Club Digital Symposium, St. Louis, MO, November 21, 2019)
  • Presenter, Choice of Equity – Planning Without a Crystal Ball (American Bar Association, Chicago, IL, September 14-16, 2017)
  • Moderator, Exit Strategies for Selling Your Business (St. Louis, MO, June 6, 2017)
  • Presenter, Fiduciary Duties in Action: Advising Small to Mid-Sized Business Fiduciaries in Drafting, Decision-Making and Disputes (New Orleans, LA, April 7, 2017)
  • Panelist, Exit Planning Institute, St. Louis Owners Forum (St. Louis, MO, November 21, 2016)
  • SQ1 Presenter, Critical Documents (St. Louis, MO, September, 2016)
  • Panelist, Accelerators and Incubators for Early Stage Startups: What’s happening and where do the lawyers fit in? (American Bar Association, Boston, MA, September 8, 2016)
  • Featured Panelist, Small Business Lending Discussion, St. Louis Business Journal Table of Experts (St. Louis Business Journal, March 17, 2016)
  • Presenter, BWC 2015 Business Kickoff, NDAs, Non-Competes, and Leases (St. Louis, MO, January, 2015)
  • Presenter, Is Your Noncompete Enforceable? Tips and Traps in Drafting and Enforcing Noncompete Agreements (American Bar Association Webinar, July 29, 2014)
  • Presenter, Business Divorce – From Prenup to Breakup (American Bar Association Webinar, April 4, 2014)
  • Presenter, Forming a Company and Raising Money (T-REX, St. Louis, MO, October 8, 2013)
  • Presenter, Business Divorce – From Prenup to Breakup (American Bar Association, San Francisco, CA, August 9-10, 2013)
  • Author, Captive Insurance Companies for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses (American Bar Association Business Visions Newsletter, March 2013)
  • Lecturer, Commercial Ground Lease Fundamentals (National Business Institute, Inc., Clayton, MO, 2009)
  • Author, Which Endorsements are Right for your Transactions? (Commercial Leasing Law & Strategy ALM Law Journal Newsletter, Volume 19, Number 10, March 2007, April 2007)

 

 

  • Saint Louis University School of Law – J.D., cum laude (2002); Saint Louis University Law Journal
  • Saint Louis University – M.B.A. (2002)
  • University of Missouri at Columbia – B.A., Political Science (1998)
  • Founding Member, KWS Law (2014-2016)
  • Member, Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, L.C. – now Lewis Rice LLC (2010-2014)
  • Associate, Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, L.C. – now Lewis Rice LLC (2002-2010)
  • American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Co-Chair Emerging Companies Sub-Committee
  • American Bar Association
  • BALSA Foundation, Advisory Board
  • Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
  • Celebrate Fitness benefiting the Siteman Cancer Center
  • Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW)
  • International Council of Shopping Centers
  • St. Louis University School of Law, Business, Entrepreneurship, and Tax Law Advisory Board
  • Women’s Law Association
  • Young Variety’s Night of the Rising Stars, Sponsorship Committee
  • YWCA, Board of Directors
  • American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Incoming Chair of the Middle Market and Small Business Committee
  • St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Development Board Member
  • Author, Taking Care of Small Business - What Small and Midsize Companies need from their Lawyers (The Practice - Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, Nov/Dec 2019)
  • Moderator, Unconventional Truths (STL Ad Club Digital Symposium, St. Louis, MO, November 21, 2019)
  • Presenter, Choice of Equity – Planning Without a Crystal Ball (American Bar Association, Chicago, IL, September 14-16, 2017)
  • Moderator, Exit Strategies for Selling Your Business (St. Louis, MO, June 6, 2017)
  • Presenter, Fiduciary Duties in Action: Advising Small to Mid-Sized Business Fiduciaries in Drafting, Decision-Making and Disputes (New Orleans, LA, April 7, 2017)
  • Panelist, Exit Planning Institute, St. Louis Owners Forum (St. Louis, MO, November 21, 2016)
  • SQ1 Presenter, Critical Documents (St. Louis, MO, September, 2016)
  • Panelist, Accelerators and Incubators for Early Stage Startups: What’s happening and where do the lawyers fit in? (American Bar Association, Boston, MA, September 8, 2016)
  • Featured Panelist, Small Business Lending Discussion, St. Louis Business Journal Table of Experts (St. Louis Business Journal, March 17, 2016)
  • Presenter, BWC 2015 Business Kickoff, NDAs, Non-Competes, and Leases (St. Louis, MO, January, 2015)
  • Presenter, Is Your Noncompete Enforceable? Tips and Traps in Drafting and Enforcing Noncompete Agreements (American Bar Association Webinar, July 29, 2014)
  • Presenter, Business Divorce – From Prenup to Breakup (American Bar Association Webinar, April 4, 2014)
  • Presenter, Forming a Company and Raising Money (T-REX, St. Louis, MO, October 8, 2013)
  • Presenter, Business Divorce – From Prenup to Breakup (American Bar Association, San Francisco, CA, August 9-10, 2013)
  • Author, Captive Insurance Companies for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses (American Bar Association Business Visions Newsletter, March 2013)
  • Lecturer, Commercial Ground Lease Fundamentals (National Business Institute, Inc., Clayton, MO, 2009)
  • Author, Which Endorsements are Right for your Transactions? (Commercial Leasing Law & Strategy ALM Law Journal Newsletter, Volume 19, Number 10, March 2007, April 2007)
  • 2015 Women’s Justice Awards Honoree, Business Practitioner Award
  • CREW Member to Member Business Award
  • CREW Networking Story of the Year Award
  • St. Louis Business Journal’s “30 under 30” Class of 2005
  • Missouri Bar (2002)

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