Big Deals Q4 2019

Colorado attorneys closed 67 Big Deals at the end of 2018. Two deals topped $1 billion, while several others were just below that mark.

ACQUISITION

$220,000,000


Ballard Spahr

Client: 2-10 Home Buyers Warranty

Team: John Ruppert, partner; Michele Rowland, partner; Alicia Clark, partner; Conor Crawford, associate

Other Parties: Genstar Capital; Silver Point Capital

Other Firms: Debevoise & Plimpton (the company’s parent, as the acquired entity); Ropes & Gray (Genstar Capital as acquirers); Skadden Arps (Silver Point, as the largest shareholder)

Notes: Ballard represented the company and the management team in connection with the acquisition of 2-10 Home Buyers Warranty and its affiliates by Genstar Capital, a private equity Fund.

$98,110,000

Hogan Lovells

Client: Partners Group

Team: Lea Ann Fowler, partner; Scott Campbell, senior associate; Sandra Harris, senior associate; Ben Unger, associate, (New York); Jennifer Guzman, associate

Other Parties: Equus Capital Partners, Liberty Bank

Other Firms: Cozen O’Connor (Equus Capital Partners); Fox Rothschild (Liberty Bank) 

Notes: Advised on the joint venture purchase of a portfolio of U.S. industrial buildings and vacant land, located in Virginia and West Virginia.

$71,900,000

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Client: Waterton

Team: Aaron Hyatt, shareholder; Caitlin Quander, shareholder

Other Parties: Real Capital Solutions

Notes: Brownstein represented Waterton, a Chicago-based real estate investor and property management company, in the acquisition of The Ridge at Thornton Station, a 280-unit apartment complex in Thornton, from Louisville-based Real Capital Solutions. The property is adjacent to Thornton Station on RTD’s North Metro Line, slated to open by 2020.

$34,000,000

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Client: JMA Ventures, LLC

Team: Nicole Ament, shareholder; Rebecca Miltenberger, shareholder

Other Parties: American Nevada Company

Other Firms: Holley Driggs Walch Fine Puzey Stein & Thompson

Notes: Brownstein represented JMA Ventures, LLC, in the acquisition of three office buildings located in Henderson, Nevada. The buildings were acquired in part two of an eight-office building acquisition.

$24,124,375 

Kutak Rock

Client: Confidential

Team: Bill Martin, partner; Heather Kendrick, partner

Other Parties: Confidential

Other Firms: Confidential

$4,000,000

Perkins Coie

Client: GeoStabilization International

Team: Kester Spindler, partner; Katherine Reilly, counsel

Other Parties: Gannett Fleming Affiliates, Inc. 

Notes: Represented Soil-Nail Holdings, LLC, in its acquisition of GeoBuild, LLC, from Gannett Fleming Affiliates, Inc., for $4,000,000, subject to customary adjustments. 

$2,685,000

Burns Figa & Will

Client: Barrons

Team: Matt Dillman, shareholder; Georginne Dudash, associate

Other Parties: Lorenz Sound LLC; Winkes Sound LLC

Other Firms: Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson

Notes: Burns Figa & Will represented the buyer in the purchase of commercial property located in Douglas County.

Confidential

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Client: ClubCorp Holdings, Inc. 

Team: Nicole Ament, shareholder

Other Parties: Tournament Players Club at Craig Ranch, L.P.

Other Firms: Dentons US

Notes: Brownstein represented ClubCorp Holdings, Inc., through a subsidiary, in its acquisition of a golf course consisting of approximately 220 acres and related improvements, located in Collin County, McKinney, Texas.

Confidential

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Client: Heavenly Daze, LLC

Team: Alexandra Metzl, shareholder; Erik Jensen, shareholder

Other Parties: Baird Capital Partner and Affiliates; Workforce Insight, LLC; and WFI, Inc.

Other Firms: Godfrey & Kahn (counsel to Baird Capital Partners and affiliates) Bowstring Advisors (investment banker to Workforce Insight, LLC)

Notes: Brownstein represented Heavenly Daze, LLC, in its acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding membership interests in Workforce Insight, LLC.

Confidential

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Client: Vigeo Investments, LLC 

Team: Matthew Nyberg, shareholder; Erik Jenson, shareholder; David Spaulding, shareholder; Christine Samsel, shareholder

Other Parties: Energy Hydraulics, LLC

Other Firms: Hallack Law Firm

Notes: Brownstein represented Vigeo Investments, LLC, in its acquisition of and acquisition financing for Energy Hydraulics.

Confidential

Holland & Hart

Client: Swiftpage, Inc.

Team: Susan Oakes, partner; Ryan Nichols, associate; Kenyon Redfoot, associate

Other Parties: Charles Ruff, Jr.

Other Firms: Morris Manning & Martin

Notes: Holland & Hart represented Swiftpage, Inc., a Delaware corporation, in a strategic stock acquisition of Kuvana, Inc., a Georgia corporation and developer of InboxGuru, pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement between the foregoing parties and Charles Ruff, Jr., the founder and former sole shareholder of Kuvana. After a strategic investment from SFW Capital Partners in May 2018, this transaction represented Swiftpage’s first foray into growth through acquisition activity and was motivated by a desire to integrate certain Kuvana intellectual property and service offerings into Swiftpage’s flagship Act! platform (a suite of CRM and marketing automation software).

Confidential

Perkins Coie

Client: TL Life Science Solutions LLC

Team: Sonny Allison, partner; Danielle Fortier, partner; Elizabeth Dietz, associate; Cory Smith, associate

Other Parties: Bank of Montreal; Pennside Partner Holdings, Inc.; PenResearch Group Holdings, Inc

Notes: Perkins Coie represented Excellere Partners and Two Labs Marketing for debt financing of  their acquisition of Pennside Partners. The facilities consisted of senior secured revolving and term loan facilities led by a sponsor finance group.

DEBT FINANCE

$867,414,000

Kutak Rock

Client: Confidential

Team: Bill Martin, partner; Heather Kendrick, partner

Other Parties: Confidential

Other Firms: Troutman Sanders

$600,000,000

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Client: Atmos Energy Corporation

Team: Robyn Zolman, partner; Bryan McCutcheon, associate; Erica Cushing, associate

Other Parties: Shearman & Sterling

Notes: Gibson Dunn represented Atmos Energy in connection with a $600 million offering of senior notes.

$125,000,000

Ballard Spahr

Client: Confidential

Team: Alicia Clark, partner; Carrie Marfitano, associate; Steve Park, partner; Patrick Compton, partner; David Armstrong, partner

Other Parties: Confidential

Notes: The property was a building in Downtown Denver of over 500,000 square feet, with a complex ownership structure consisting of fee, ground lease and sub-ground lease property.  

$125,000,000

Ballard Spahr

Client: Confidential 

Team: Alicia Clark, partner; Carrie Marfitano, associate

Other Parties: Confidential

Notes: Property was a multi-family development with mid- and high-rise buildings containing over 500 units in Denver’s Cherry Creek neighborhood.  

$120,000,000

Ballard Spahr

Client: 2-10 Home Buyers Warranty

Team: John Ruppert, partner; Michele Rowland, partner; Alicia Clark, partner; Conor Crawford, associate

Other Parties: Confidential

Other Firms: Katten Muchin (lenders counsel); Ropes & Gray (counsel to Genstar Capital as the holding company)

Notes: Ballard Spahr represented the company in connection with debt financing put in place in connection with the acquisition of 2-10 Home Buyers Warranty by Genstar Capital, a private equity fund.

$15,100,000

Hogan Lovells

Client: Centum Health Properties

Team: Lea Ann Fower, partner; Janae Magee, attorney; Jennifer Guzman, associate

Other Parties: Zions Bancorporation, N.A.

Other Firms: Snell & Wilmer

Notes: Advised on the refinancing of a medical office building.

Confidential

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Client: Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

Team: Jay Spader, shareholder; Trayton Oakes, associate; Nicholas Larson, associate; Elaine Bailey, associate

Other Parties: S&S Fuels

Other Firms: Jones & Keller

Notes: Brownstein represented Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in a revolving and term credit facility for S&S Fuels.

DISPOSITION

$205,000,000

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Client: Canyon Bakehouse

Team: Gino Maurelli, shareholder; Justin Hahn, associate; Charlotte Phelps, associate; Andrew Elliott, shareholder; David Spaulding, shareholder; Noelle Riccardella, shareholder

Other Parties: Flowers Foods, Inc.

Other Firms: Jones Day, legal counsel to Flowers Foods; Deutsche Bank, financial advisor to Flowers Foods; Integris Partners, financial Advisor to Canyon Bakehouse

Notes: Brownstein represented Canyon Bakehouse, a Colorado-based bakery focused on gluten-free baked goods, in its sale to Flowers Foods for $205 million. Brownstein advised the client on a variety of mergers and acquisitions, employee benefits and executive compensation, labor law, intellectual property and real estate matters throughout the transaction.

$125,000,000

Ballard Spahr

Client: Confidential

Team: Alicia Clark, partner; Laura Redstone, of counsel

Other Parties: Confidential

Notes: Property was a newly built multi-family development with class AA amenities in Denver’s LoHi neighborhood.  

$87,200,000 

Perkins Coie

Client: Ecoserv, LLC

Team: Nate Ford, partner; Kester Spindler, partner; Tim Andree, associate; Dean Galaro, associate

Other Parties: US Ecology Inc.

Other Firms: Holland & Hart

Notes: Represented Lariat Partners in the sale of one of its portfolio companies, Ecoserv Industrial Disposal, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ecoserv, LLC, and a provider of non-hazardous industrial wastewater disposal solutions in the Gulf Coast. Total consideration for the business and related property was $87.2 million, subject to a working capital adjustment, and was funded from cash on hand and US Ecology, Inc.’s credit facility. 

$15,000,000 

Davis Graham & Stubbs

Client: Confidential

Team: Lamont Larsen, partner; Brian Annes, associate; Stacie Carter, associate

Other Parties: Confidential

Notes: Represented seller in divestiture of oil and gas properties.

$5,057,000

Burns Figa & Will

Client: West Coast Highway, LLC

Team: Matt Dillman, shareholder; Georginne Dudash, associate

Other Parties: Joanne Baizer, Successor Trustee of the Mildred G. Segal Trust U/D/T dated Feb. 4, 1992, as amended

Other Firms: Sherry Law Ltd.

Notes: Burns Figa & Will represented the seller in the sale of retail property located in Northglenn.

$3,900,000 

Davis Graham & Stubbs

Client: Confidential

Team: Lamont Larsen, partner; Hayden Weaver, associate

Other Parties: Confidential

Notes: Represented seller in the divestiture of oil and gas properties.

$3,300,000 

Davis Graham & Stubbs

Client: Confidential

Team: Lamont Larsen, partner; Brian Annes, associate

Other Parties: Confidential

Notes: Represented the seller in the divestiture of oil and gas properties.

$3,090,000

Burns Figa & Will

Client: Kalyx Colorado 695 Bryant, LLC

Team: Matt Dillman, shareholder; Georginne Dudash, associate

Other Parties: Beizaei Properties LLC

Other Firms: Antonio Bates Bernard

Notes: Burns Figa & Will represented seller regarding the sale of commercial property located in Denver.

Confidential

Berg Hill Greenleaf + Ruscitti

Client: Laurus Transaction Advisors

Team: Jared Crain, partner; Jim Fipp, partner

Other Parties: CBIZ CMF, LLC

Other Firms: BakerHostetler

Confidential

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Client: Alpha Milling Company, Inc.

Team: Kevin Cudney, shareholder; Daniel Winer, associate; Tenley Oldak, shareholder; David Spaulding, shareholder; Connor Hannagan, associate

Other Parties: Mid-State Restoration, Inc., as buyer, a portfolio company of private equity organization of Stone Arch Capital Management II, L.P.

Other Firms: Ballard Spahr, counsel to buyer; W.G. Nielsen & Co., financial advisor to seller; BNY Wealth Management, wealth manager for seller

Notes: Brownstein represented Alpha Milling Company, Inc., a provider of rotomilling and asphalt removal service, in its sale of all of the issued and outstanding shares of its capital stock.

Confidential

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Client: Mai Mechanical, Corp.

Team: Kevin Cudney, shareholder; Scott McEachron, associate; Christopher Hand, associate; Andrew Meyers, shareholder; David Spaulding, shareholder; Christine Samsel, shareholder

Other Parties: MAI Mechanical, LLC; J.R. Hobbs Co-Atlanta LLC, a portfolio company of Gladstone Investment Corporation

Other Firms: Blank Rome, counsel to MAI Mechanical, LLC; Capstone Headwaters, investment banking advisors to Mai Mechanical, LLC

Notes: Brownstein represented Mai Mechanical, Corp. in the sale of all its shares of capital stock to J.R. Hobbs Co-Atlanta LLC, a portfolio company of Gladstone Investment Corporation.

Confidential

Davis Graham & Stubbs

Client: Encana Corporation

Team: Sam Niebrugge, partner; Brian Boonstra, partner; Michael Snider, partner; Anastasia Carter, associate; Nathan James Goergen, associate; David Weil, associate; Tim Canon, associate; Jessica Fredrickson, associate; Hayden Weaver, associate; Sarah Lozano, associate

Other Parties: DJR Energy LLC 

Other Firms: Latham & Watkins

Notes: Represented seller in the divestiture of oil and gas properties located in the San Juan Basin of New Mexico.

Confidential

Perkins Coie

Client: GeoStabilization International

Team: Kester Spindler, partner; Katherine Reilly, counsel; Tim Andree, associate; John Sirjord, associate

Other Parties: KKR

Other Firms: Kirkland & Ellis 

Notes: Represented Soil-Nail Holdings, LLC, a Colorado-based company and provider of landslide repair and rockfall mitigation services in the U.S. and Canada, in its sale to KKR. 

Confidential

Perkins Coie

Client: Daniel McNeil

Team: Andy Villier, partner; Tim Andree, associate

Other Parties: Arch Insurance Company

Notes: Represented Daniel McNeil in his sale of McNeil & Company, Inc., to Arch Insurance Company.

Confidential

Hogan Lovells

Client: KRG Capital Partners and Advanced Traffic Solutions, Inc.

Team: Mark Kurtenbach, partner, Denver; Christopher Weigand, senior associate; Garrett Johnston, counsel, Houston; Samuel Posnick, associate

Other Parties: Cubic Corporation

Notes: Hogan Lovells advised KRG Capital Partners and its portfolio company, Advanced Traffic Solutions, Inc., in connection with the sale of Trafficware to Cubic Corporation, a publicly traded company based in San Diego.  

EQUITY FINANCE

$750,000,000

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Client: Atmos Energy Corporation

Team: Robyn Zolman, partner; Darius Mehraban, partner; Bryan McCutcheon, associate; Erica Cushing, associate

Other Parties: Shearman & Sterling

Notes: Gibson Dunn represented Atmos Energy in a block trade of $750 million of shares of its common stock, including shares sold through forward sale arrangements. 

$500,000,000

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Client: Atmos Energy Corporation

Team: Robyn Zolman, partner; Darius Mehraban, partners; Bryan McCutcheon, associate; Erica Cushing, associate

Other Parties: Shearman & Sterling

Notes: Gibson Dunn represented Atmos Energy in connection with a $500 million equity at the market offering program, which included the ability to issue shares through forward sale arrangements.

$375,000,000

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Client: Goldman Sachs and BofA Merrill Lynch, as underwriters for Alliant Energy Corporation   

Team: Robyn Zolman, partner; Darius Mehraban, partner; Branden Berns, associate; Meredith Ashlock, associate; Erica Cushing, associate

Other Parties: Perkins Coie

Notes: Gibson Dunn represented the underwriters in connection with the forward sale of $375 million of shares of common stock by Alliant Energy Corporation.

$100,000,000 

Holland & Hart

Client: DCP Midstream Partners LP

Team: Lucy Stark, partner; Adam Cohen, partner; Michael Dill, partner; Sarah Ritchey Haradon, of counsel; Paige Coriden, associate; Leah Neumann, associate; Ryan Nichols, associate

Other Parties: RBC Capital Markets

Other Firms: Baker Botts

Notes: Holland & Hart advised DCP Midstream LP in connection with its underwritten offering of $100,000,000 of its 7.95 percent Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units.

$60,738,000

Hogan Lovells

Client: EverWest 

Team: Lea Ann Fowler, partner; Scott Campbell, senior associate; Jennifer Guzman, associate

Other Parties: KMK Capital, Bank OZK

Other Firms: Briggs and Morgan

Notes: Hogan Lovells negotiated and advised on the closing of a mezzanine loan/preferred equity transaction on behalf of a mezzanine lender that secured by an equity pledge from the 100 percent owner of a joint venture. The project is a to-be-constructed multi-family property and underground parking structure located at 3100 West Lake Street in Minneapolis. This deal value was made up of a $15,623,000 mezzanine loan and a $45,125,000 senior loan.

$55,000,000

Perkins Coie

Client: Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc.

Team: Sonny Allison, partner; Ned Prusse, partner; Jonathan Schulman, associate

Other Parties: A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners; SternAegis Ventures

Other Firms: Littman Krooks

Notes: Represented Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc., a leading independent wholesaler and manufacturer of hydroponics equipment and horticultural products, in its $55 million private placement.

$50,000,000

Perkins Coie

Client: Leerink Partners LLC

Team: Ned Prusse, partner; Jonathan Schulman, associate

Other Parties: Fate Therapeutics, Inc.

Other Firms: Goodwin Procter

Notes: Represented Leerink Partners as sales agent in an at-the-market offering program for Fate Therapeutics, Inc.

$30,000,000

Holland & Hart

Client: CyberGRX

Team: Sam Edwards, partner; Nick Venetz, associate; Morgan Liphart, associate

Notes: Holland & Hart represented CyberGRX, Inc., a provider of a cyber risk exchange, in its growth investment of $30 million in Series C funding. The company plans to use the secured capital to support user growth, extend augmentation capabilities with an analytics package and advance its mission to build a community where enterprises can organize a collective defense against attackers.

$694,650

Holland & Hart

Client: Voyage Mobile, Inc.

Team: Amos Barclay, partner; Paige Coriden, associate; Louise Mousseau, paralegal

Notes: Holland & Hart represented Voyage Mobile, Inc., an emerging growth company focused on mobile device marketing, in its seed round financing by Guild Capital. Voyage will use the funds to continue to develop its mobile marketing platform and to make crucial new hires.

Confidential

Berg Hill Greenleaf +Ruscitti

Client: Avery Brewing Company, LLC

Team: Patrick Perrin, partner; Jared Crain, partner; Jessica Pingleton, associate

Other Parties: Mahou San Miguel

Other Firms: Hogan Lovells

Confidential

Berg Hill Greenleaf +Ruscitti

Client: Rise Interactive Media & Analytics, LLC

Team: Jared Crain, partner; Jessica Pingleton, associate

Other Parties: Quad/Graphics, Inc.

Other Firms: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren

Confidential

Berg Hill Greenleaf +Ruscitti

Client: Offbeat Ventures, LLC

Team: Jared Crain, partner; Jessica Pingleton, associate

Other Parties: Confidential

Confidential

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Client: Double Helix Optics, Inc.

Team: Avi Loewenstein, shareholder; David Spaulding, shareholder; Connor Hannagan, associate; Gregory Berger, shareholder

Other Parties: Luminate Venture Challenge Corp.

Other Firms: Nixon Peabody

Notes: Brownstein represented Double Helix Optics, Inc., a precision 3D nano-scale imaging start-up out of Boulder, in its Series A financing and corporate reorganization.

Confidential

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Client: JMA Ventures, LLC

Team: Nicole Ament, shareholder; Rebecca Miltenberger, shareholder, Brooke Holmes, associate

Other Parties: BPC Lending I, LLC

Notes: Brownstein represented JMA Ventures, LLC, in the financing of a construction loan by and between JMA Reno Hotel Holdings, LLC, and BPC Lending I, LLC, for development of a new Aloft Hotel in Reno, Nevada, across from the Reno-Tahoe International Airport.

Confidential

Holland & Hart

Client: Gorilla Logic, Inc.

Team: Chris Groll, partner; Paige Coriden, associate; Rebecca Hudson, partner; Peter Perla, partner; Mark Wiletsky, partner; Ken Logsdon, associate

Other Parties: Sverica Capital Management LP, SCP IV AIV IV LP

Other Firms: Choate Hall Stewart LLP

Notes: Holland & Hart recently represented Gorilla Logic, LLC, in its growth investment from Sverica Capital Management LP. Based in Boulder, Gorilla Logic provides software development and consulting services through distributed Agile teams both onshore in the U.S., and nearshore from its development center in Costa Rica. Sverica is a lower-middle-market-focused private equity firm that targets investment in companies operating in business and IT services, healthcare services and high value manufacturing.

Confidential

Holland & Hart

Client: Needed LLC

Team: Sam Edwards, partner; Leah Neumann, associate; Leigh Mah, paralegal

Other Parties: N/A

Other Firms: N/A

Notes: Holland & Hart represented Needed PBC in its Series Seed financing round. In connection with the financing, Holland & Hart also advised regarding converting the company from a Delaware limited liability company to a Delaware public benefit corporation. Needed PBC produces and sells nutritional supplements that are nature-first, integrative, proven, and tailored to each client’s needs.

Confidential

Perkins Coie

Client: Rubicon Technology Management, LLC

Team: Nate Ford, partner; Kester Spindler, partner; Serena Ross, associate

Other Parties: Tendril, Inc.

Notes: Rubicon Technology Partners, a private equity firm that specializes in software companies, strategically invested in Tendril, a Boulder-based company specializing in home energy management software. Morgan Stanley Alternative Investments and ZOMA Capital joined as minority investors.

Confidential

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Client: Vigeo Investments, LLC

Team: Matthew Nyberg, shareholder

Other Parties: Pinnacle Manufacturing, LLC; Turning Basin Capital

Other Firms: Hunton & Williams

Notes: Brownstein represented Vigeo Investments, LLC, in its investment in Pinnacle Manufacturing, LLC, a manufacturer of mobile metal tanks for the environmental, industrial and gas markets.

OTHER DEALS

$3,650,000,000 

Sherman & Howard

Client: QVC, Inc. 

Type of Deal: Credit Agreement

Team: Michael Borchlewicz, partner; Steven Miller, partner; Bryce Wilson, associate

Other Parties: Zulily, LLC; JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Other Firms: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Notes: Fourth amended and restated credit agreement

$1,000,000,000

Sherman & Howard

Client: CoBiz Financial, Inc. 

Type of Deal: Sale of Company

Team: Jeff Kesselman, partner; Kathy Odle, partner; George Tsai, associate; Jay Sturhahn, partner; Stefan Stein, partner

Other Parties: BOK Financial Corporation

Other Firms: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (lead counsel); Frederic Dorwart Lawyers (counsel to BOK Financial Corporation)

Notes: Sherman & Howard served as co-counsel and chief local counsel for CoBiz Financial, Inc. in sale of the company to BOK Financial Corporation. 

$620,000,000

Ballard Spahr

Client: Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping, Inc.

Type of Deal: Sale of Company

Team: John Ruppert, partner; Michele Rowland, partner; Alicia Clark, partner; Andrew Spruiell, associate; Steve Suflas, partner; Conor Crawford, associate

Other Parties: Industria Acquisition Corp.; Argand Capital Group; Peninsula Pacific

Other Firms: Latham & Watkins (Peninsula Pacific, the company’s largest shareholder, and the company’s parent, as the acquired entity); Winston & Strawn (Industria and Argand as acquirers); Geldards LLP (UK operations and UK management)

Notes: Ballard Spahr represented the company and the management team in connection with the acquisition of Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping, Inc., and its affiliates through a special purpose acquisition company and IPO.

$550,000,000 

Sherman & Howard

Client: GCI, LLC

Type of Deal: Credit Facility

Team: Michael Borchlewicz, partner; Jeff Kesselman, partner; Bryce Wilson, associate 

Other Parties: Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank

Other Firms: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Notes: Amendment to credit agreement.

$50,000,000

Hogan Lovells

Client: Fisher Island

Type of Deal: Other Refinance

Team: Lea Ann Fowler, partner; Janae Magee, attorney; Jennifer Guzman, associate

Other Parties: Mack Real Estate Group

Other Firms: Schulte Roth & Zabel

Notes: Hogan Lovells sdvised Fisher Island on the construction loan upsize for a luxury condominium development project.

$44,000,000

Davis Graham & Stubbs

Client: Ubisense Group plc

Type of Deal: Restructuring

Team: Trent Martinet, partner; Michael Snider, partner; Adrienne Kovac, associate; Justin Taylor, associate; Maria del Rosario Oxman, associate; Rachel James, partner; Sybil Kisken, partner; David Weil, associate

Other Parties: Investcorp Technology Partners

Notes: Davis Graham & Stubbs represented Ubisense Group in an international restructuring and asset sale.

$5,910,000

Holland & Hart

Client: Comrit Investments I, LP

Type of Deal: Tender Offers

Team: Amos Barclay, partner; Sarah Ritchey Haradon, of counsel

Notes: Holland & Hart represented Comrit Investments I, LP, in the following tender offers: SEC-registered tender offer for shares of Benefit Street Partners Realty Trust, Inc., SEC-registered tender offer for shares of InvenTrust Properties Corp., and mini-tender offer for shares of Hospitality Investors Trust, Inc.

Confidential

Davis Graham & Stubbs

Client: KSL Capital Partners, LLC

Type of Deal: Equity Investment

Team: Bruce Stocks, partner; Mark Bussey, partner; Erin Simmons, partner; Catherine Hance, partner; Chris Lane, associate; Teghan Setty, associate; Jonathan Goldstein, associate; Colin Roche, associate; Larry Nemirow, special tax counsel; Jonathan Marks, partner; Alena Prokop, associate; Jim Witwer, of counsel; Michelle Craig DeVoe, of counsel; Sybil Kisken, partner; Pantea Garroussi, partner; Tessa Weingold, associate; Maria del Rosario Oxman, associate

Other Parties: Under Canvas, Inc.; Sarah Dusek and Jacob Dusek

Notes: Represented a KSL Capital Partners, LLC, affiliate in its equity investment in Under Canvas, Inc.

Confidential

Davis Graham & Stubbs

Client: The Gart Companies

Type of Deal: Investment

Team: Bruce Stocks, partner; Larry Nemirow, special tax counsel; Catherine Hance, partner; Nathan James Goergen, associate

Other Parties: Zoma Capital and Pacific Group Resorts, Inc.

Notes: Represented The Gart Companies and affiliates in connection with an investment by Zoma Capital in Powderhorn Mountain Resort and an operating lease with Pacific Group Resorts, Inc.

Confidential

Davis Graham & Stubbs

Client: Nighthawk Energy, PLC and its subsidiaries

Type of Deal: Restructuring andSale of Assets

Team: Mark Bloom, shareholder; Marc Musyl, shareholder; Stephen Brown, consultant; Andrew Caunt, shareholder; John Dodd, of counsel; Dennis Meloro, shareholder; Ari Newman, of counsel; Andrew Rubin, associate

Other Parties: Polaris Production Partners, LLC; Morse Energy Capital Partners

Other Firms: Andrews Kurth, Davis Graham & Stubbs, KL Gates

Notes: The Greenberg Traurig team represented Nighthawk Energy entities as U.S. corporate and bankruptcy counsel and UK securities counsel in its Chapter 11 cases pending in the District of Delaware. Parent Nighthawk Energy PLC, a company incorporated in England and Wales, which was listed on AIM (a market operated by the London Stock Exchange) until its listing was cancelled, and three U.S. subsidiaries are engaged directly and indirectly in oil and gas exploration activities in Colorado. After a series of nine amendments to a credit agreement with the senior secured lender, an Australian financial institution, the Nighthawk companies elected to pursue a sale or restructuring through Chapter 11 filings in Delaware, accompanied by an ancillary cross-border filing for Nighthawk Energy PLC, obtaining recognition and relief in the High Court of Justice in London. 

Confidential

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Client: Jemez Technology, LLC

Type of Deal: Sale of Controlling Interest

Team: Kevin Cudney, shareholder; Tenley Oldak, shareholder

Other Parties: ReignRock Capital Partners, LLC

Other Firms: McGuireWoods

Notes: Brownstein represented Jemez Technology, LLC, a high-resolution security and imagery technology company, in the sale of all its capital stock to ReignRock Capital Partners, LLC.

Confidential

Arnold & Porter

Client: Fleet-Car Lease, Inc. (d/b/a Fleet Car Carriers)

Type of Deal: Strategic Bolt-on for a Private Equity Portfolio Company

Team: Ron Levine, partner; Evan Leitch, associate; Carlyn Williams, associate

Other Parties: United Road Services

Other Firms: Kirkland & Ellis

Notes: Arnold & Porter represented Fleet-Car Lease, Inc. and its shareholders in its sale to United Road Services, a Carlyle Group portfolio company.

Confidential

Jones & Keller

Client: GOLFTEC Enterprises LLC, a Colorado limited liability company

Type of Deal: Sale of Majority Interest

Team: Reid Godbolt, partner; David Thayer, partner; Christopher Johnson, associate

Other Parties: Golf Digest of Japan, through its U.S. Subsidiary, GDO Sports Inc.

Other Firms: Nozomi Los Angeles Law Office

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