Acquisition
$25,000,000
Holland & Hart
Client: Haddington Dynamics Inc.
Team: Gian Brown, partner; Lori Argall, paralegal; Scott Baird, associate; Catherine Crane, of counsel; Dmetri Culkar, associate; Rossetti Farrell, law clerk; Dave Glynn, of counsel; Tyson Horrocks, of counsel; Arthur Hundhausen, partner; John Ludlum, partner; Tobi Mott, of counsel; Ryan Nichols, of counsel; Peter Perla, partner; Sara Shelly, paralegal; Lindsay Silber, partner; JP Tarbutton, associate; Trent Timmons, associate; Hao Wang, associate
Other Parties: Ocado
Other Firms: Davis Polk & Wardwell
Notes: Holland & Hart represented Haddington Dynamics in its acquisition by British online supermarket Ocado for $25 million in cash and stock.
$2,196,140
Moye White
Client: 455 West State Rd LLC
Team: Matt Dillman, partner; Chelsea Brune, associate
Other Parties: Altamonte Promenade II LLC
Other Firms: Law Office of Mitchell I. Fried
Notes: Moye White represented the buyer of an O’Reilly Auto Parts retail property in Altamonte Springs, Florida.
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Holland & Hart
Client: Destination Pet LLC
Team: Gabe Hamilton, partner; Claire Rosston, partner; Lindsay Silber, partner; Hao Wang, associate
Notes: Holland & Hart represented Destination Pet in its acquisition of a cloud-based software platform and related intellectual property assets that permit enhanced communication between veterinary clinics and their customers.
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Holland & Hart
Client: Destination Pet LLC
Team: Gabe Hamilton, partner; Claire Rosston, partner; Craig Dammeier, associate; Linda Concannon, paralegal; Steven Clayton, of counsel; Arthur Hundhausen, partner; Mark Kozik, of counsel; A.J. Martinez, associate; Diane McDermaid, Paralegal; Colin Oldberg, associate; Maureen Stringham, law clerk; Matthew Wirthlin, partner
Notes: Holland & Hart represented Destination Pet in its acquisition of five distressed integrated pet care and veterinary hospitals in Arizona.
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Holland & Hart
Client: Destination Pet LLC
Team: Claire Rosston, partner; Craig Dammeier, associate; Maureen Stringham, law clerk
Notes: Holland & Hart represented Destination Pet in its acquisition of the pet care facility doing business as Sparta Pet Palazzo in Plano, Texas.
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Holland & Hart
Client: Destination Pet LLC
Team: Claire Rosston, partner; Craig Dammeier, associate; Maureen Stringham, law clerk
Notes: Holland & Hart represented Destination Pet in its acquisition of a veterinary hospital doing business as Southampton Pet Hospital in Benicia, California.
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Holland & Hart
Client: Duke Energy Corporation
Team: Ashley Wald, partner; Brad Boodt, partner; Jim Borgel, partner; Kate Kalanick, associate; Amy Lovin, associate; Billi McCullough, partner; Rochelle Rabeler, partner; Megan Romano, associate; Sara Shelly, paralegal; Trent Timmons, associate
Other Parties: Beaufort Rosemary LLC; IPS Avon Park Corporation; Hardee Dydo Solar LLC
Notes: Holland & Hart represented Duke Energy Florida LLC in its acquisition of assets from Hardee Dydo Solar LLC related to a planned solar power electric-generating facility being developed in Hardee County, Florida.
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Perkins Coie
Client: Central Logic
Team: Kester Spindler, partner; Cassandra Elrod, associate; Debra Howerton, paralegal; John Carpenter, senior counsel; Sabrina Danielson, associate; Peter Kinsella, partner; Anthony Zurcher, associate
Other Parties: Acuity Link LLC
Notes: Perkins Coie represented Central Logic and its private equity sponsor, Rubicon Technology Partners, in connection with the acquisition of Acuity Link, a provider of transportation communications and logistics management software.
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Perkins Coie
Client: Central Logic
Team: Kester Spindler, partner; Danielle Fortier, partner; Peter Kinsella, partner; Nate Ford, partner; Cassandra Elrod, associate; Sabrina Danielson, associate; Rachel Shapiro, associate; Kaycie Rupp, associate; Debra Howerton, paralegal
Other Parties: Ensocare Inc.
Notes: Perkins Coie represented Central Logic and its private equity sponsor, Rubicon Technology Partners, in connection with the acquisition of Ensocare, an Omaha-based software platform that automates inpatient referral process to post-acute care.
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Perkins Coie
Client: McNeil & Company
Team: Andy Villier, partner; Rachel Shapiro, associate
Notes: Perkins Coie represented McNeil & Company Inc. in the acquisition of Wilson Gregory Agency Inc.
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Perkins Coie
Client: Olympus Holdco LLC
Team: Kester Spindler, partner; Danielle Fortier, partner; Peter Kinsella, partner; Ned Prusse, partner; Nate Ford, partner; Sarah Konz, senior counsel; Sabrina Danielson, associate; Cassandra Elrod, associate; John Brammell, associate; Anna Zabotina, associate
Other Parties: FurstPerson Inc.
Notes: Perkins Coie represented OutMatch and its private equity sponsor, Rubicon Technology Partners, in connection with its acquisition of FurstPerson Inc., a Rockford, Illinois-based provider of pre-hire assessments for contact centers that include aptitude tests, job simulators and personality tests.
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Perkins Coie
Client: Olympus Holdco LLC
Team: Kester Spindler, partner; Danielle Fortier, partner; Peter Kinsella, partner; Nate Ford, partner; Anthony Zurcher, associate; Rachel Shapiro, associate; Cassandra Elrod, associate; Debra Howerton, paralegal
Other Parties: LaunchPad Recruits Ltd.
Notes: Perkins Coie represented OutMatch and its private equity sponsor, Rubicon Technology Partners, in connection with its acquisition of UK-based LaunchPad, an end-to-end recruitment automation platform. LaunchPad was a portfolio company of Edenred Capital Partners.
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Perkins Coie
Client: Priority Ambulance LLC
Team: Andy Villier, partner; Nate Ford, partner; Jasna Hasanbasic, associate
Notes: Perkins Coie represented Priority Ambulance LLC in the acquisition of Ambucare Inc.
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Perkins Coie
Client: Varsity Management Company LLC
Team: Nate Ford, partner; Kester Spindler, partner; Sabrina Danielson, associate; Cassandra Elrod, associate; Cassandra Wetzel, associate; Debra Howerton, paralegal
Other Parties: EmergencHealth
Notes: Perkins Coie represented Varsity Healthcare Partners in connection with its recapitalization of EmergencHealth, a leading provider of comprehensive anesthesia services to hospitals in Texas and Oklahoma.
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Perkins Coie
Client: West Dermatology Management Holdings LLC
Team: Andy Villier, partner; Sabrina Danielson, associate; Anna Zabotina, associate; Anthony Zurcher, associate; Debra Howerton, paralegal
Notes: Perkins Coie represented West Dermatology Management Holdings in the acquisition of Arizona Skin & Laser Therapy Institute LLC.
Debt finance
$600,000,000
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Client: Atmos Energy Corporation
Team: Robyn Zolman, partner; Bryan McCutcheon, associate; Nick Linke, associate
Other Firms: Shearman & Sterling (represented underwriters)
Notes: Gibson Dunn represented Atmos Energy in its offering of $600 million of 1.5% Senior Notes due 2031.
$500,000,000
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Client: D.R. Horton
Team: Robyn Zolman, partner; Meredith Ashlock, associate; Jordan Rex, associate.
Other Parties: Cahill Gordon & Reindel (represented underwriters)
Notes: Gibson Dunn represented D.R. Horton in its offering of $500 million of 1.455% Senior Notes due 2027.
$500,000,000
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Client: Vail Resorts Inc.
Team: Robyn Zolman, partner; Bryan McCutcheon, associate; Meredith Ashlock, associate; Nick Linke, associate
Other Firms: Latham & Watkins, Cahill Gordon & Reindel (represented underwriters)
Notes: Gibson Dunn represented Vail Resorts in its offering of $500 million of 0.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026
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Holland & Hart
Client: Suffolk Construction Company
Team: Lauren Schoeffler, associate; Chris Groll, partner; Dave Glynn, of counsel
Other Parties: Maverick Work Wear Inc.
Notes: Holland & Hart represented Boston-based Suffolk Construction Company Inc. in its convertible note investment in Maverick Work Wear Inc.
Disposition
$93,700,000
Perkins Coie
Client: Contango ORE Inc.
Team: Sonny Allison, partner; Michael Carr, partner; Derek Athey, associate
Other Parties: Kinross Gold Corporation
Other Firms: Davis Graham & Stubbs
Notes: Perkins Coie represented Contango ORE Inc. in the sale of majority interest in Peak Gold LLC to Kinross Gold Corporation and concurrent restructuring of the joint venture with Contango remaining as minority member.
$8,583,654
Moye White
Client: Nectar Stapleton 2016 LLC, PJ Wells LLC, Roseben SS LLC
Team: Matt Dillman, partner; Georginne Dudash, associate
Other Parties: Concourse BPS LLC, Concourse BPT LLC
Other Firms: Daniel K. Winton, Esq.
Notes: Moye White represented the seller of an industrial property in Denver.
$2,510,911
Moye White
Client: King Paul 1 LLC, Jacobs Colorado LLC, ICE Colorado LLC
Team: Matt Dillman, partner; Georginne Dudash, associate
Other Parties: DRE KCS Brighton LLC
Other Firms: Burke Warren MacKay & Serritella
Notes: Moye White represented the seller of land in Bromley Park in Brighton for development.
$1,519,290
Moye White
Client: Finkelstein Commercial Properties LLC
Team: Matt Dillman, partner; Courtney McShane, associate
Other Parties: M & V LLC
Other Firms: Martin Tate Morrow & Marston
Notes: Moye White represented the seller of a Burger King retail property in Sevierville, Tennessee.
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Moye White
Client: Calvin D. Marble Family Trust
Team: Matt Dillman, partner; Courtney McShane, associate
Other Parties: VRE Greenwood Village LLC
Other Firms: Baker Monroe
Notes: Moye White represented the seller of a retail property in Greenwood Village.
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Perkins Coie
Client: TL Life Science Solutions LLC
Team: Sonny Allison, partner; Danielle Fortier, partner; Kaycie Rupp, associate; Rachel Shapiro, associate
Other Parties: GHO Capital Partners LLP
Other Firms: Ropes & Gray
Notes: Perkins Coie represented Excellere Partners and its portfolio company TL Life Science Solutions LLC in sale to GHO Capital Partners.
Equity finance
$150,000,000
Perkins Coie
Client: Gevo, Inc.
Team: Jason Day, partner; Ned Prusse, partner; Jonathan Schulman, counsel
Other Parties: H.C. Wainwright & Co.
Other Firms: Ellenoff Grossman & Schole
Notes: Perkins Coie represented Gevo in its $150 million at-the-market offering program.
$100,000,000
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Client: Forestar Group, Inc.
Team: Robyn Zolman, partner; Meredith Ashlock, associate; Nick Linke, associate
Other Firms: Cahill Gordon & Reindel (represented underwriters)
Notes: Gibson Dunn represented Forestar in the establishment of its $100 million at-the-market equity offering program.
$75,000,000
Davis Graham & Stubbs
Client: DMC Global
Team: John Elofson, partner; Kelsey Swagger, associate
Other Parties: KeyBanc Capital Markets
Other Firms: Jones Day
Notes: DGS represented DMC Global in its establishment of an at-the-market equity sales program.
$70,000,000
Jones & Keller
Client: Midwest Holding Inc.
Team: Reid Godbolt, shareholder; Samuel Wing, shareholder; David Thayer, shareholder; Brad Hamilton, shareholder; Marika Ball, associate
Other Parties: Piper Sandler & Co, (bookrunner); JMP Securities LLC (co-manager)
Other Firms: Mayer Brown
$40,000,000
Perkins Coie
Client: Provenance
Team: Nate Ford, partner
Other Parties: MeUndies
Notes: Perkins Coie represented Provenance in connection with it $40 million investment in MeUndies, a Los Angeles-based men’s and women’s underwear, sleepwear and loungewear brand.
$6,000,000
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer
Client: Revolution Ventures
Team: Andrew Varner, partner (Washington, D.C.); Carlyn Williams, senior associate; Vinita Kailasanath, partner (Silicon Valley); David Hung, senior associate (San Francisco), Styna Tao, associate (Washington, D.C.)
Other Parties: Good Buy Gear, Relay Ventures, Access Ventures
Other Firms: Koenig Oelsner
Notes: Arnold & Porter advised Revolution Ventures as lead investor in a $6 million Series A financing of Good Buy Gear, a Denver-based managed marketplace for secondhand baby and kid gear. The business has accelerated due the pandemic because: the resulting economic dislocation makes it more attractive to buy secondhand and sell existing items (versus throwing or giving away), and it makes picking up goods from people via social media marketplaces or other public forums a less attractive option.
$4,000,000
Holland & Hart
Client: IMA Financial Group Inc.
Team: Mike Dill, partner; Leah Neumann, associate; Amy Lovin, associate; Sara Shelly, paralegal; Lindsay Silber, partner
Other Parties: BKS Venture Investments LLC; BrokerTech Ventures LLC
Other Firms: Belin McCormick PC
Notes: Holland & Hart represented IMA Financial Group Inc., an insurance brokerage firm, in connection with the spin-off and series seed preferred equity financing of Denver-based Highwing Inc., an insurance tech software company.
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Holland & Hart
Client: Impello Biosciences LLC
Team: Brett Bromann, associate; Chris Groll, partner; Sara Shelly, paralegal
Notes: Holland & Hart represented Impello Biosciences Inc. in connection with its conversion from an LLC to a corporation and its sale and issuance of a confidential amount in preferred stock in two closings.
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Holland & Hart
Client: Partake Foods Inc.
Team: Chuck Cotter, partner; Lauren Schoeffler, associate; Holly Ellsworth, associate; Candace Alai, venture analyst
Notes: Holland & Hart represented Partake Foods Inc., an allergen-friendly cookie company, in its Series A Financing.
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Jones & Keller
Client: Feel The World Inc. dba Zero Shoes
Team: Reid Godbolt, lead shareholder; Melissa Hubbard, of counsel; Sam Wing, shareholder; Brad Hamilton, shareholder; Marika Rietsema Ball, associate; Charles Wern, shareholder; Larry Lee, shareholder
Other Parties: TZP Group LLC
Other Firms: Goodwin Procter
Notes: TZP Group invested in and partnered with Feel The World Inc. dba Xero
Shoes, a provider of natural movement footwear.
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Perkins Coie
Client: CAI Capital Management
Team: Kester Spindler, partner; Ned Prusse, partner; Cassandra Elrod, associate; Kaycie Rupp, associate; Anna Zabotina, associate; Anthony Zurcher, associate
Notes: Represented CAI Capital Management in its stock purchase transaction of CMT Engineering Laboratories and its related subsidiaries.
Other Deals
$545,000,000
Davis Graham & Stubbs
Client: QVT Financial
Type of Deal: Merger
Team: John Elofson, partner; Jonathan Marks, partner; Edward Shaoul, associate
Other Parties: MP Materials, Fortress Value Acquisition Corp.
Notes: DGS represented QVT Financial, part-owner of MP Materials, in the merger of MP Materials with Fortress Value Acquisition Corp. MP Materials owns and operates Mountain Pass, a rare earth mining and processing site.
$512,000,000
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer
Other: IPO via SPAC Merger
Client: CuriosityStream LLC
Team: Christopher Peterson, partner (New York); Heather Ashour, lead associate; Brandon Hauver, senior associate; David Valeck, partner (Washington, D.C.); Bryan Kim, associate (Washington, D.C.)
Other Parties: Software Acquisition Group
Other Firms: Kirkland & Ellis (legal advisor to Software Acquisition Group)
Notes: Arnold & Porter advised CuriosityStream Inc., a streaming media company devoted to factual entertainment, in its combination with Software Acquisition Group, Inc. (Software Acquisition Group), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The combined company will continue to operate under the existing CuriosityStream management team.
$200,400,000
Other: Equity Purchase
Sherman & Howard
Client: Corporate Travel Management Ltd
Team: Lyle Wallace, lead partner; Kathleen Odle, partner; Michael Dubetz, partner; Garth Jensen, partner; Jon Tandler, partner; Brooke Colaizzi, partner; George Tsai, partner; Cory Smith, associate; Garrett Dean, associate; Alex Mancero, associate
Other Parties: Travel & Transport Inc.
Other Firms: Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather
$8,750,000
Davis Graham & Stubbs
Client: IQGeo America Inc.
Type of Deal: Stock Purchase
Team: Trent Martinet, partner; Zach Detra, partner; Adrienne Kovac, associate; Michael Snider, partner; David Weil, of counsel; Rachel James, partner; Sterling LeBoeuf, partner
Other Parties: OSPInsight International, Inc.
Other Firms: Kirton McConkie
Notes: DGS represented IQGeo, a developer of geospatial productivity and collaboration software for the telecoms and utility industries, in its purchase of OSPI. Under the terms of the agreement, IQGeo will purchase OSPInsight for $8.75 million, funded through a mix of cash and shares. The completion of the acquisition is subject to shareholder final approval.
$7,000,000
Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti
Client: Rocky Mountain Veterinary Cardiology PC
Type of Deal: Asset Purchase
Team: Jared Crain, partner; Jacob Scarr, associate
Other Parties: PetVet Care Centers (Colorado) LLC
$3,300,000
Holland & Hart
Client: Comrit Investments I LP
Type of Deal: Tender Offer
Team: Amos Barclay, partner; Kenyon Redfoot, associate
Notes: Holland & Hart represented Comrit Investments 1 LP in its mini-tender offer for shares of InvenTrust Properties Corp. The offer resulted in the purchase by Comrit of approximately $3.3 million in REIT shares.
$800,000
Holland & Hart
Client: Comrit Investments I, LP
Type of Deal: Tender Offer
Team: Amos Barclay, partner
Notes: Holland & Hart represented Comrit Investments 1 LP in its SEC-registered tender offer for shares of Benefit Street Partners Realty Trust Inc. The offer resulted in the purchase by Comrit of approximately $800,000 of the REITs shares.
$500,000
Holland & Hart
Client: Comrit Investments I, LP
Type of Deal: Tender Offer
Team: Amos Barclay, partner; Kenyon Redfoot, associate
Notes: Holland & Hart represented Comrit Investments 1 LP in connection with its tender offer for shares of KBS Real Estate Investment Trust II Inc. The tender offer resulted in the acquisition by Comrit of $500,000 in REIT shares.
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Davis Graham & Stubbs
Client: Encompass Holdings Inc.
Type of Deal: Merger
Team: Trent Martinet, partner; Edward Shaoul, associate; Kelsey Swagger, associate; Adrienne Kovac, associate; Michael Snider, partner; David Weil, of counsel; Rachel James, partner; Sterling LeBoeuf, partner; Kevin Teng, of counsel
Other Parties: Orchestra Software, Inc.; Radian Capital
Other Firms: Davis Wright & Tremaine (for Orchestra), Goodwin Proctor (for Radian)
Notes: DGS represented Encompass in its merger with Orchestra Software, an ERP software and services solution for the Craft Beverage Industry. “With this merger, the companies will be able to leverage their combined expertise and innovative software to connect every link of the supply chain and provide an unprecedented level of integration,” the companies said in a press release. Radian Capital is a venture capital firm that has backed Orchestra since 2018.
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Holland & Hart
Client: Beowulf Energy LLC
Type of Deal: Power Purchase Agreement
Team: Nik Stoffel, partner; Stephanie Edinger, partner; Amy Lovin, associate; Chris Boling, associate; Austin Rueschhoff, associate; Thor Nelson, partner
Other Parties: Marathon Patent Group
Notes: Holland & Hart advised Beowulf Energy in the structuring and negotiation of a power purchase agreement pursuant to which Marathon Patent Group agreed to purchase electricity directly from the Hardin Generating Plant in Montana to power a newly constructed cryptocurrency mining operation located adjacent to the power plant. Holland & Hart also advised Beowulf Energy in the negotiation of a site lease for the location of the cryptocurrency mining operation.
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Holland & Hart
Client: Nurse-Family Partnership
Type of Deal: Merger
Team: Chris Groll, partner; Sara Shelly, paralegal; Arthur Hundhausen, partner; Tim Crisp, partner; Lucy Stark, partner
Notes: Holland & Hart represented Nurse-Family Partnership on a pro bono basis in its recent combination with Child First Inc.
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Perkins Coie
Client: Cleveland Avenue Advisers LLC
Type of Deal: Fund Formation
Team: Elizabeth Sipes, partner; Erica Smith, counsel
Notes: Fund formation counsel to Cleveland Avenue Advisers’ new impact fund, Cleveland Avenue State Treasurer’s Urban Success Fund LP, which is focused on investing in founders and entrepreneurs who are underrepresented minorities and/or women that generate economic, social or environmental benefits in the Chicago region, primarily on the South and West sides of Chicago.
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Client: Manna Tree Partners, LLC
Type of Deal: Fund Formation
Team: Elizabeth Sipes, Partner; Erica Smith, Counsel
Notes: Perkins Coie served as fund formation counsel to Manna Partners in the launch of its co-investment fund, MTP Co-Investment C L.P., for its investment together with Manna Tree Partners Fund I L.P. in Gotham Greens.
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Perkins Coie
Client: Mass Movement
Type of Deal: Sale transaction
Team: Nate Ford, partner; Tim Fete, partner; Rachel Shapiro, associate
Other Parties: JB Hunt
Other Firms: Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard
Notes: Perkins Coie represented Boston-based Mass Movement in connection with its acquisition by JB Hunt. Mass Movement provides logistics, delivery, assembly and installation services for the commercial fitness industry.
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Client: Parkway Venture Capital LLC
Type of Deal: Fund Formation
Team: Elizabeth Sipes, partner; Erica Smith, counsel; Debra Howerton, paralegal
Notes: Perkins Coie served as fund formation counsel to Parkway Venture Capital in the launch of its second venture capital fund.
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Sherman & Howard
Client: The CE Shop Inc.
Type of Deal: Equity Sale
Team: Lyle Wallace, lead partner; Michael Dubetz, partner; Garth Jensen, partner; Jon Tandler, partner; George Tsai, partner; Cory Smith, associate; Elaine Nolen, associate; Alex Mancero, associate.
Other Parties: Waud Capital Partners
Other Firms: Kirkland & Ellis
Notes: Waud Capital Partners, a growth-oriented middle market private equity firm, entered a strategic partnership with The CE Shop, a digital provider of compliance-driven education solutions for career professionals seeking to pursue or advance their employment in regulated job markets. This partnership will further enable CES’s organic value-creation initiatives, allow CES to pursue a robust acquisition pipeline and expand its presence into new end markets to support the next phase of its growth, according to a press release.