Jackson Walker Team Represents Starmount in Acquisition by Infor

August 1, 2016 | Client Results



12363378_1_Invest-Finance-EconomicThe transaction closed on Monday, August 1. Infor is one of the largest suppliers of cloud-based “enterprise resource planning” software, and hopes to bolster their new CloudSuite Retail platform with Starmount technology.

Representing Starmount was a Jackson Walker team led by Brandon Janes that included Carlos Treviño and Jessica Verran-Lingard. This successful transaction demonstrates Jackson Walker’s depth of experience representing technology sector clients in all types of mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, and other strategic alliances.

Founded in 2006 by Joe Halloum, Starmount makes point-of-sale, mobile shopping and store inventory management software, making it easier for salespeople to process transactions while interacting with customers. With 90 employees in Austin, Infor plans to expand the Austin workforce. Starmount is fast-growing and recently reported that it had 42 percent year-over-year growth in sales revenue.

About the Jackson Walker Team

Brandon Janes has extensive experience in corporate governance, capital transactions and mergers and acquisitions. He has been involved in a number of international and domestic financings. Carlos R. Treviño is a corporate and securities lawyer with extensive experience handling both domestic and cross-border transactions for clients in a wide variety of industry sectors. Jessica Verran-Lingard is an associate in the Corporate & Securities practice group in the Austin office.  At JW, she is rapidly gaining hands-on experience in an array of corporate and entertainment matters