Matters for private companies.

Established and owner-led companies often carry agreements and ownership arrangements that made sense years ago. We help owners bring that framework in line with the business they run today, from governance and key contracts through acquisitions, succession and sale.

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  1. Represented The 86 Company, owner of Fords Gin, in its $22 million sale to Brown-Forman Corporation in 2019.

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  2. Represented a consumer-brand founder in private-capital matters, a proposed majority-sale negotiation and subsequent restructuring-related advice

  3. Manufacturers of a high-profile brand fan in a $500M deal with a private equity firm. The fan manufacturer is the leading manufacturer of high-volume, low-speed industrial fans, lights, and control systems. With approximately 500 patents and patent applications worldwide, as well as hundreds of trademarks, the company places an emphasis on energy efficiency for industrial, commercial and residential use.The fan manufacturer is the leading manufacturer of high-volume, low-speed industrial fans, lights, and control systems. With approximately 500 patents and patent applications worldwide, as well as hundreds of trademarks, the company places an emphasis on energy efficiency for industrial, commercial and residential use.

  4. Served as counsel and a founding equityholder of Freespeech, helping launch the venture at SXSW. Continued advising Jason Fertel on DealBurner, including its incorporation and sale to CityPockets.

  5. Represented GigLocator and founder James Proud in company matters and the sale of the business

  6. Represented Invisible North and predecessor interests in corporate matters, and represented founder and majority owner Ebenezer Bond in the negotiated sale of his ownership interests to fellow founders. Negotiated and closed the founder-liquidity transaction.

  7. Represented iAnthus on corporate structuring, acquisitions and strategic investments involving licensed cannabis operators across multiple U.S. jurisdictions.

  8. Represented Mondo Publishing and founder Mark Vineis in the company's sale to EMC School, a division of Carnegie Learning, combining company and owner counsel in an education-publishing transaction.

  9. Established the acquisition platform and represented it in a series of home-health and hospice business acquisitions across the United States.

  10. Represented a technology entrepreneur in connection with his personal interests in the sale of a software business

  11. Represented Vine from formation through its acquisition by Twitter and served as a founding adviser, combining early company-building counsel with transaction execution for the short-form video business.

  12. Represented Proximo Spirits in acquisitions, investments and strategic joint ventures, including ventures involving Proper No. Twelve Irish Whiskey, Virginia Black whiskey and Old Camp Whiskey, and the acquisition of Owney's Rum.

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Representative matters may include work performed at prior law firms. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Representative matters may include work performed at prior law firms.

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