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Provided by Gray Reed
Gray Reed’s Corporate/M&A Practice Group counsels privately held and public companies, management teams, founders, private equity funds and other equity sponsors in a broad range of industries in their capacity as buyers, sellers, operators, investors or issuers. Transactions range in size, span the entire life cycle of a business and include:
- Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures of assets and equity securities, including private equity fund roll-up and bolt-on acquisitions, management and employee leveraged buy-outs and divestitures with equity rollover components;
- Minority and majority equity investments and recapitalizations;
- Complex partnership structures, including the creation of complex distribution waterfalls and management co-investment and profits interest opportunities;
- Private and public offerings of securities, including IPOs and SPACs;
- Competitive bidding transactions, including representing debtors, stalking horse bidders and other bidders in bankruptcy 363 sales;
- Fund formation, including private placement memoranda, governing documents, management agreements and securities filings; and
- Debt financings representing both borrowers and lenders, including bridge convertible, senior, subordinated and mezzanine debt arrangements.