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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

• Represented privately held, regional transportation company in the acquisition of one of the largest and most diversified household goods moving companies in the State of Texas. This transaction was structured as a taxable reverse subsidiary merger because of the diversified (though private) share ownership of the seller, and involved operations and facilities in every major city in Texas and many states of the union.
• Represented major Borderplex-based and mid-western based manufacturing companies in the acquisition of other businesses representing expansion opportunities. These transactions have been structured as asset purchases, stock purchases, and mergers, and have involved companies based in California, Minnesota, Florida, New Jersey, Connecticut, Texas, Oklahoma, and other states, the operations of which were often consolidated to the Borderplex region following the acquisition. One particular transaction, involving the acquisition of the stock of a Connecticut Subchapter S corporation, was structured as a §338 (h)(10) election under the Internal Revenue Code to allow the buyer to account for the transaction as an asset purchase rather than a stock purchase, thus giving the seller and the buyer the desired favorable tax treatment.
• Represented the seller of a large regional retail furniture business to a major, nationwide furniture chain.
• Represented the purchaser in the acquisition of a large, regional insurance brokerage firm.
• Represented the purchaser in the acquisition of a large, regional and multi-state real estate brokerage firm.
• Represented the purchaser in the acquisition of two (2) large FM radio stations in the Borderplex.
• Represented the owner with respect to ongoing operations and the simultaneous sale of a television station, AM radio station, and FM radio station.
• Represented the owner with respect to ongoing operations and the simultaneous sale of a television station and two (2) FM radio stations.
• Represented the purchaser in the acquisition of a New Mexico radio station in the Borderplex.
• Represented the seller in the sale of the largest multi-state beer distributorship in the Borderplex.
• Representation of the seller of the largest waste management company in the Borderplex to a publicly traded company.
• Representation of sellers and purchasers of automobile dealerships, in both acquisition and disposition transactions, including issues related to floor plan financing and interim operating agreements.
• Representation of the seller of a heavy duty truck dealership.
• Counsel to the buyer in the acquisition of several multimillion manufacturing, packaging and logistics businesses with operations in the U.S. and Mexico (maquiladora operations).
• Counsel to the seller in a $71.1 million sale of its business, involving operations in the U.S. and maquiladora operations in Mexico, to a large, private equity group.
• Counsel to the seller in a $16 million dollar sale of its packaging business, involving operations in the U.S. and maquiladora operations in Mexico, to a large, publicly held global corporation.
• Represented sellers and purchasers with respect to medical practice acquisitions and practice sales.
• Represented the purchasers in simultaneous purchases of three (3) acute care hospitals in a large metropolitan area in Texas.
• Represented the seller of an acute care hospital in a large metropolitan area in Texas.

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