- Represented a privately-owned pharmaceutical software company in its sale to a Tier 1 PE sponsor for $400 million.
- Represented a NYSE-listed FinTech company in its acquisition of a privately held eCommerce solutions provider.
- Represented a leading provider of paperboard packaging in a transformational combination with a division of a Fortune 100 competitor using an Up-C partnership structure.
- Represented a worldwide technology systems integration services company in the acquisition of a distressed public company via a tender offer structure.
- Represented a NYSE-listed REIT in forming a joint venture with a consortium of institutional investors to acquire 1.1 million acres of prime East Texas timberlands for $1.39 billion.
- Represented a leading Scandinavian aluminum manufacturer as the successful bidder in a Section 363 auction that doubled the size of the company.
- Represented multiple REITs in mergers, internalizations, and other strategic liquidity transactions.
- Represented a publicly traded telecommunications firm in a $2.6 billion leveraged buyout by an affiliate of the Carlyle Group.
- Represented a publicly traded biometric security company in a $400 million sale to the world's largest technology company.
- Represented a leading agricultural company in several transactions, including the defense of a hostile takeover and a subsequent negotiated sale for $1.25 billion, a $200 million high-yield debt offering, and a $600 million conversion/recapitalization from a cooperative association to a for-profit company and the related $150 million initial public offering.
- Represented a publicly traded casual dining restaurant chain in its sale for more than $1.3 billion.
- Represented a specialty pharmaceutical company in its sale for more than $2.2 billion.
Partner,
- Phone: +1 404 881 7758
- Email: justin.howard@alston.com
Justin helps both domestic and international clients transform their businesses and industries through high-profile, complex M&A, and capital-raising transactions.