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Corporate Finance

Structuring for success with a corporate finance lawyer

As strategic business partners to our clients, our corporate finance lawyers apply deep experience, strong technical skills, and an efficient team approach to help them achieve the financing and capital structure needed to increase the value of their business.

We have helped clients—from start-ups to established multinational corporations—with our legal and business expertise that covers the entire financing life cycle. And we do it with a team approach that draws on the expertise of our senior lawyers while technical details are managed efficiently.

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Areas of Focus

We are experienced in lending and factoring transactions to help clients structure innovative financing that utilizes practical documentation while providing optimum security. As both legal and business counsel to our clients, we document new transactions and solve associated non-performing credit problems. And when finance transactions are in a workout or recovery mode, we work closely with our Litigation Group to help clients recoup maximum amounts.

  • All forms of capital-raising
  • Financing and work out arrangements
  • Choice of entity
  • Commercial contracts

Corporate Finance Representative Matters

Industrial Services

Industrial Services

Represented a Houston-based industrial tank cleaning business in connection with a $13 million refinance transaction with a senior commercial lender. Represented same company in a later $60 million majority recapitalization transaction with a St. Louis based private equity firm.

Manufacturing & Distribution

Manufacturing & Distribution

Private placement of debt and equity securities for a manufacturer of wastewater processing equipment and developer of facilities to convert municipal waste water biosolids into a renewable energy source.

Manufacturing & Distribution

Manufacturing & Distribution

Restructure and capitalization of a direct to consumer supplier of beef, poultry and sea food using a combination of new equity and warrant supported debt.

Manufacturing & Distribution

Manufacturing & Distribution

Restructure and capitalization of a direct to consumer supplier of beef, poultry and sea food using a combination of new equity and warrant supported debt.

Energy-Power

Energy-Power

Represented the owners of a horizontal boring business in partial recapitalization and debt restructure.

Energy-Power

Energy-Power

Represented the owners of a horizontal boring business in partial recapitalization and debt restructure.

Manufacturing & Distribution

Manufacturing & Distribution

Restructure of corporate documents and private placement of subordinated notes and warrants in connection with bridge financing for a manufacturer of access control equipment

Wireless

Wireless

Led buyer in an acquisition of one of its largest competitors in the cloud-based voice, internet and unified communication services space. Negotiated and simultaneously closed an amended credit agreement to provide financing for the transaction. Utilized and negotiated representations and warranty insurance policy to mitigate post transaction risk and provide added security for loan.

Hospitality

Hospitality

Representation of the minority owners and operators of a multi-location fast casual food franchise in the transfer of majority ownership from one private equity owner to another private equity owner and the restructure of operating lines of credit.

Manufacturing & Distribution

Manufacturing & Distribution

Private placement of debt and equity securities for a manufacturer of waste water processing equipment and developer of facilities to convert municipal waste water biosolids into a renewable energy source.

Wireless

Wireless

Lead outside counsel for largest AT&T dealer in the U.S., in connection with acquisitions and financing activities

Energy-Oil & Gas

Energy-Oil & Gas

Represented a Texas-based mezzanine financing fund in the corporate restructuring of its portfolio company which included amended senior and subordinated debt facilities and the purchase and financing of mobile servicing oil rigs.

Represented a traffic systems company in connection with a $55 million syndicated credit facility.

Manufacturing & Distribution

Manufacturing & Distribution

Represented a national retailer in connection with a $280 million credit facility secured by borrower-owned locations.

Healthcare

Healthcare

Represented the borrower in a senior loan comprised of an $11,300,000 term loan and a revolving loan not to exceed $2,000,000 as well as a subordinated non-revolving $5,000,000 loan by a national veterinary medical service provider.

Energy-Oil & Gas

Energy-Oil & Gas

Represented the borrower in a $38,000,000 senior term loan and a revolving loan not to exceed $7,000,000 to a company that provides products relating to the exploration and refining of oil, including traveling blocks, rotary tables, swivel joints and pressure gauges.

Manufacturing & Distribution

Manufacturing & Distribution

Represented the existing entity in an equity investment and reorganization in conjunction with a $20,000,000 loan commitment from a private equity investor into a business specializing in the purchase, sale and rent-to-own of residential storage buildings, carports, gazebos and other manufactured structures.

Hospitality

Hospitality

Representation of the minority owners and operators of a multi-location fast casual food franchise in the transfer of majority ownership from one private equity owner to another private equity owner and the restructure of operating lines of credit.

Manufacturing & Distribution

Manufacturing & Distribution

Private placement of debt and equity securities for a manufacturer of waste water processing equipment and developer of facilities to convert municipal waste water biosolids into a renewable energy source.

Wireless

Wireless

Lead outside counsel for largest AT&T dealer in the U.S., in connection with acquisitions and financing activities

Energy-Oil & Gas

Energy-Oil & Gas

Represented a Texas-based mezzanine financing fund in the corporate restructuring of its portfolio company which included amended senior and subordinated debt facilities and the purchase and financing of mobile servicing oil rigs.

Represented a traffic systems company in connection with a $55 million syndicated credit facility.

Manufacturing & Distribution

Manufacturing & Distribution

Represented a national retailer in connection with a $280 million credit facility secured by borrower-owned locations.

Healthcare

Healthcare

Represented the borrower in a senior loan comprised of an $11,300,000 term loan and a revolving loan not to exceed $2,000,000 as well as a subordinated non-revolving $5,000,000 loan by a national veterinary medical service provider.

Energy-Oil & Gas

Energy-Oil & Gas

Represented the borrower in a $38,000,000 senior term loan and a revolving loan not to exceed $7,000,000 to a company that provides products relating to the exploration and refining of oil, including traveling blocks, rotary tables, swivel joints and pressure gauges.

We dig deep to truly understand our clients and their ventures. We are devoted to the success of each client, focused wholeheartedly on the accomplishment of their business goals.

Steve Kesten

Shareholder, Corporate M&A Group Chair

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