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