- tkuresa@hibiscuslegal.com
- 801-577-3445
Trevor Kuresa, J.D., LL.M., M.A.cc
Trevor spent the first decade of his career representing clients in M&A transactions. He spent the next 5 years as in-house counsel (the last 2 years as General Counsel). As a former general counsel, he provides insights that can only come from a battle-tested in-house legal leader.
Trevor coaches football at Brighton High School. He strives to make a positive impact on his student-athletes’ lives by teaching teamwork, determination, and discipline.
Trevor spends most of his time with his wife (Danielle) and his three children (Maili, Kainoa, and Matai).
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
NUVIA | MARCH 2024 - October 2025
General Counsel
- • Established legal infrastructure from the ground up.
Crumbl Cookies | September 2022 - March 2024
Associate General Counsel
-
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including marketing, licensing, intellectual property, SaaS, real estate, services, partner, and vendor agreements.
• Manage and protect Crumbl’s portfolio of IP.
• Manage, strategize, and advise on all litigation matters.
• Advise technology and senior leadership on all aspects of worldwide data privacy.
• Advise business teams on legal issues and risks, company policies, and business strategy.
dōTERRA | Mar 2021 – August 2022
Associate General Counsel
-
• Lead dōTERRA's Latin America legal operation, privacy program and regulatory compliance.
• Assisted US market with contested matters by the Federal Trade Commission and Food & Drug Administration.
YORK HOWELL & GUYMON | SEP 2018 - FEB 2021
Senior Counsel
-
• Served as a subject matter lead on M&A legal and tax matters to buy-side and sell-side transactions.
• Closed about two M&A deals a month.• Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated various transaction-related documents, including purchase agreements, confidentiality agreements, and other legal documents.• Managed tax due diligence, tax structuring, and tax modeling.• Conducted legal due diligence on potential acquisition targets to identify and mitigate risks, ensure compliance, and support informed investment decisions.• Structured, negotiated, drafted, and reviewed a wide range of technology agreements, including software licensing agreements, service agreements, SaaS subscription contracts, reseller agreements, and vendor contracts.• Drafted (often from scratch) and reviewed a high volume of commercial contracts, and provided advice, strategies, and solutions regarding the same.
DELOITTE TAX | MAR 2014 – SEP 2018
Tax Counsel
-
• Worked as part of a multi-disciplinary team that focused on delivering comprehensive tax analysis and tax due diligence for M&A transactions.
• Advised clients on tax implications related to deal structures, financing, and post-acquisition integration.• Prepared tax models showing after-tax cash proceeds for sellers and impacts to buyers for various structuring options.• Performed tax research and prepared technical tax memo for U.S. and foreign multinational companies on the tax implications of their international operations.• Developed global tax strategies to reduce effective tax rate and cash tax expense.
DUGGAN BERTSCH | SEP 2011 – MAR 2014
Associate Counsel
-
• Reviewed and edited M&A transaction documents including purchase agreements, transition services arrangements, joint venture arrangements and other similar agreements.
• Advised on tax aspects of structuring mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, reorganizations, etc.
• Performed buy-side and sell-side tax due diligence.
• Reviewed and drafted a broad array of commercial contracts.
• Provided strategic and day-to-day advice to private clients and family offices on a wide variety of legal and tax issues.
