EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Represented beer distributor in acquisitions of beer distribution businesses.
• Represented payroll processing company in sale to private-equity backed roll-up company.
• Represented laboratory food testing business in sale to private-equity backed roll-up company.
• Represented technology company in multiple acquisitions and sales transactions ranging from $5M to $800M.
• Represented public company in its $425M strategic acquisition of convenience stores and related fuel and food distribution businesses.
• Represented a leading international media and entertainment company in its sale-leaseback transaction of tower properties.
• Represented a leading international telecommunications company in its acquisition of a company with the technology to enable remote monitoring by homeowners of security, energy consumption, and digital media across multiple devices via a web interface.
• Represented two related emerging growth pharmaceutical companies in the equity sale to a strategic buyer in Australia. The transaction involved complex earn-out milestones valued at a combined $270M+ over nine years.
• Represented nation’s third largest optical retailer in multiple strategic acquisitions ultimately culminating in final sale of the company to a non-profit insurance company.
• Represented leading international elevator service company in acquisition of multiple strategic targets.
• Represented a regional private equity fund in its acquisition of an environmental engineering firm.
• Represented regional ambulance company in its joint venture with a national ambulance service provider to provide management services to hospital-based ambulance services.
• Represented owner of a privately held aircraft interior refurbishing company in the sale of substantially all of its assets to a national leader in aircraft interior products.

Partnerships, Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances

• Represented regional beer distributor in negotiation of distribution agreement for spirits.
• Represented a leading international publicly-traded telecommunications company in a joint venture with an Israeli based company to provide satellite television in vehicles.
• Represented a multinational publicly-traded energy company in connection with joint venture to acquire and process biomass feedstock into cellulosic biofuel.
• Represented a multinational publicly-traded energy company in the joint venture to build and operate an oil pipeline and related facilities in the Gulf of Mexico.
• Represented a regional ambulance company in its joint venture with a national ambulance service provider to provide management services to hospital-based ambulance services.

Business Separation

• Represented a spouse in connection with significant division of community assets, including ownership interest in large energy firm.
• Represented a spouse in connection with division of community assets and trust assets, including ownership in businesses in multiple industries.
• Represented prominent Texas ranching family in division of ranches and other assets among family members.

Securities & Venture Capital Financing

• Represented an emerging growth electricity reliability service company through multiple rounds of debt and equity financings.
• Represented a management buy-out group in raising equity to acquire San Antonio division of national homebuilding company.
• Represented a leading international telecommunications company in its equity investments in multiple new ventures.