We represent publicly and privately held businesses in connection with both specialized and routine corporate legal needs. Mergers, consolidations, reorganizations, recapitalizations, spin-offs, exchange offers, and sales, or acquisitions of assets or controlling blocks of stock form important aspects of our practice. Typically, we assist either the acquirer or the seller in business transactions from the initial stages through negotiation and preparation of the documents necessary for closing the transactions. Our clients frequently operate in highly regulated industries. Consequently, the closing of a merger or acquisition usually involves obtaining the consent of one or more regulatory agencies with jurisdiction over the industries or transactions involved.

We also represent both privately owned and publicly held companies in financial transactions, many of which are regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Our securities practice involves not only assisting clients in initial or secondary public offerings of debt or equity securities, but also advising clients with regard to the periodic reporting requirements for public companies under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. We also represent clients in administrative, compliance, and enforcement matters before the SEC and other federal and state securities and banking regulatory agencies and self-regulatory organizations, such as the FINRA and the NYSE. We also advise boards of directors and committees in connection with corporate governance and securities compliance matters, including issues arising under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

We have acted as counsel in connection with a very wide variety of significant corporate and securities transactions in a number of diverse industry groups. For a description of representative corporate and securities transactions which we have handled for our clients, please click on the link below.

Meadows Collier has a significant practice in the area of corporate mergers and acquisitions. The firm also represents parties in various other complex securities transactions which are structured as either debt financings or public or private offerings of equity securities. Our clients have entrusted us to represent them in corporate and securities transactions involving well over $1 billion. The following transactions in which the firm represented one side or the other are illustrative of this area of the firm’s practice.

  • a $65 million acquisition of a western apparel manufacturer by an international private equity group;
  • a $44 million acquisition of a wholesale pharmaceutical firm through merger with a Fortune 100 publicly traded corporation;
  • a $16 million acquisition of a ceramic tile business for cash and subordinated debentures by a publicly traded building products manufacturer;
  • a $2 million acquisition of a storage container rental business by a publicly traded storage company;
  • a $2 million purchase of stock in a Texas-based retail restaurant chain by an East Coast venture capital group;
  • a $1.4 million acquisition of a cable television system by a nation-wide telecommunications company;
  • a $200 million acquisition of a Texas-based waste management firm through merger with a Fortune 500 publicly traded company;
  • a $100 million acquisition of two Texas-based commercial banks by a publicly traded regional bank holding company;
  • a $57 million acquisition of an internationally known group of health resorts by a publicly traded corporation;
  • a $50 million acquisition of a resort hotel in Colorado and related business assets by a publicly traded corporation;
  • a $115 million acquisition of a downtown hotel and office building complex and related assets in a major Midwestern city by a publicly traded corporation;
  • a $12 million acquisition of an Arizona based metal recycling facility by a publicly traded corporation;
  • a $10 million acquisition of an oil and gas drilling company by a publicly traded corporation;
  • a $10 million acquisition of a Texas based metal recycling facility by a publicly traded corporation;
  • a $42 million acquisition through merger of a Texas based group of automobile dealerships by a publicly traded corporation;
  • a $12 million acquisition of a group of metal recycling facilities located in the Southeastern U.S. by a publicly traded corporation;
  • a $50 million initial public offering of common stock by a Texas based NYSE listed company;
  • a $75 million public offering of senior subordinated notes by a NYSE listed company;
  • a $48 million secondary offering of common stock by a NYSE listed company;
  • a $17 million acquisition through merger of a Texas based group of automobile dealerships with a publicly traded corporation;
  • an $18 million acquisition through merger with a public corporation of a Texas based international aircraft parts distributor;
  • an $8.5 million acquisition of an industrial metal treatment business and related assets by a major subsidiary of a publicly traded manufacturing company;
  • a $14 million sale of assets related to a petroleum products distribution business by a major regional consolidator of petroleum products distribution facilities;
  • a $15 million sale of an investment advisory and financial consulting business to a publicly traded national consolidator of financial service businesses;
  • a $7 million acquisition of a European-based specialty retail franchise operation by a U.S. based private investment partnership;
  • a $4.5 million debt and equity venture capital investment in a telecommunication industry development company by a U.S. based private investment partnership;
  • a $12.5 million acquisition of a Texas based computer consulting firm by a national consolidator of e-commerce businesses;
  • a $100 million Texas based telecommunications investment fund for which the firm provided representation in connection with structuring, capitalization, and portfolio acquisitions;
  • a $10 million sale of assets by a Texas based road and paving contractor to a Louisiana based competitor;
  • a $14 million acquisition of a Texas based aircraft component manufacturer by a NYSE listed aerospace manufacturing company;
  • a $75 million exchange offer by a Texas based publicly traded corporation directed to a class of the corporation’s subordinated bondholders;
  • a $5 million acquisition of a Texas based internet data delivery service by a U.S. subsidiary of a European publicly traded corporation engaged in the business of transaction management and payment infrastructure solutions;
  • a sale of assets by a Dallas-based apparel manufacturer to a large privately owned Florida-based catalog sales corporation;
  • a sale of a controlling interest in an independent Texas banking association to a private investment group affiliated with a Texas based bank holding company;
  • an acquisition from an Ohio based public corporation of the assets of its SEC registered investment advisory subsidiary by a Texas based investment advisory firm;
  • a $28 million offer to exchange one class of senior subordinated notes for another by a Texas based publicly traded corporation;
  • a $109 million securitization transaction through a wholly owned subsidiary of a publicly traded corporation;
  • a $128 million securitization transaction through a wholly owned subsidiary of a publicly traded corporation;
  • a $28 million placement of common stock of a publicly traded corporation with institutional investors and the subsequent registration of the stock with the SEC;
  • a $5 million acquisition of the stock of a Texas-based construction equipment distributor by a European-based international construction equipment manufacturer;
  • a $40 million sale of an affiliated group of East Texas-based building materials manufacturing companies to a large publicly traded company;
  • a $32 million stock acquisition of an East Texas gas gathering system and related gas processing plant by a Nasdaq listed publicly traded company;
  • an $18 million acquisition of an internet discount shopping website by an NYSE listed publicly traded company; and 
  • a $42 million acquisition of a Texas-based multi-metal distribution business by the U.S. subsidiary of a European-based international producer and distributor of multi-metal products.

In addition to the above transactions which have all previously closed, the firm is presently involved in numerous other similar transactions which are in various phases of completion.

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