- Represented a timber REIT in the negotiation of, and subsequent follow-on investments into, a joint venture to acquire $1.39 billion of timberlands with a consortium of private equity investors.
- Represented a paper manufacturer in the sale of multiple paper mills and facilities with significant operations, including with complex ongoing environmental issues.
- Represented a leading fuel cards payments company in its $690 million acquisition of a Canadian global payments technology company. The transaction won “Foreign Inbound Deal of the Year” from Canadian Dealmakers.
- Represents a privately held leading restaurant franchisor in the start-up and establishment of a food manufacturing business, as well as a logistics and distribution business.
- Represented a leading restaurant franchisor in the negotiation of technology, logistics, and distribution agreements.
- Counsel to several venture capital and private equity firms in investments into portfolio companies and other matters.
- Represented a publicly traded paper and packaging manufacturer in its $1.8 billion acquisition of a consumer packaging business, including mills and converting facilities, in a transaction structured as an UP-C, forming a $6 billion joint venture partnership.
- Represented a leading payments provider in negotiations to establish a closed-loop gift card joint venture with an aggregate value of more than $1 billion.
- Represented a leading packaging and paper provider in more than ten acquisitions of converting manufacturing businesses in multiple bolt-on transactions ranging in value from $30 million to $300 million.
- Represented a leading fuel cards payments company in a $3.4 billion acquisition of a fleet and diversified payments technology company.
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- Phone: 404.881.4955
- Email: scott.kitchens@alston.com
Clients welcome Scott’s strategic approach to corporate transactions, venture investments, and technology and logistics transactions. He assists companies in the technology, payments, and industrial sectors, among others, as they embark on mergers and acquisitions, investments, supply chain agreements, licensing, and other commercial arrangements to strengthen their companies.