Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Finance
- Noble Corporation - spin-off of Paragon Offshore
- Liberty Media - acquisition of 27 percent equity interest in Charter Communications
- Dawson Geophysical - public merger with TGC Industries
- E&P management teams - multiple formations of ventures with private equity firms specializing in oil and gas
- GENBAND – strategic business combination with Sonus Networks to form new publicly traded company, Ribbon Communications
- Manufacturing Company – sale of business to financial acquirer for cash proceeds in excess of $1 billion
- Multiple transactions involving the acquisition or divestiture of offshore drilling assets for publicly traded clients
- Zix Corporation – acquisition of AppRiver for $275 million, including related $100 million PIPE financing and $175 million term debt financing
- Global consulting and technology services company - strategic acquisition of assets from publicly traded technology company
- GENBAND - global restructuring transaction and acquisition of assets from Nortel Networks completed under Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code
- Manufacturing Company - sale of assets to financial acquirer for cash proceeds in excess of $200 million
- GENBAND - $375 million term debt and private equity financing transaction to finance acquisition from Nortel Networks
- Technology Company - spin-off of separate business to existing shareholders and related financing
- RealPage - multiple acquisition transactions, including $300 million acquisition of Lease Rent Options, $250 million acquisition of On-Site Manager and $70 million acquisition of American Utility Management
- GENBAND - multiple rounds of venture capital and private equity financing involving proceeds of over $500 million
- Technology Company - sale of substantially all assets to strategic acquirer
- Global developer of data centers and cloud computing environments - joint venture for development of data centers in Asia
Bank Financings
- Offshore drilling contractor - $2.4 billion commercial paper program
- Liberty Media - $1.0 billion syndicated margin loan facility
- Liberty Media - $1.25 billion syndicated margin loan facility
- Liberty Interactive - $400 million margin loan facility
- Offshore oil and gas construction company - $900 million syndicated credit facility secured by vessels and real property
- Power generation company - $700 million syndicated senior secured credit facility
- Lead arranger and administrative agent - $610 million syndicated senior secured credit facility for a media distribution company supporting the acquisition of a competitor
Private Placements
- Institutional purchasers - purchase of $250 million of senior secured notes issued by a publicly traded midstream energy company
- Institutional purchasers - purchase of $51 million of senior secured notes issued by a privately owned designer and manufacturer of consumer goods
- Institutional purchasers - purchase of $50 million of senior unsecured notes issued by a publicly traded utilities holding company
- Institutional purchasers - $45 million subordinated second lien note facility issued by a privately owned manufacturer of specialty vehicles
- Institutional purchasers - purchase of $28.5 million of senior secured notes issued by private outsourcing company supporting the acquisition of a competitor
