W. Bowman Givhan

Mergers and Acquisitions

The following is a subset of representative M&A transactions with which Bowman has been involved with deal values ranging from $5 million to over $1 billion:

• Represented healthcare technology company in its merger into a private equity backed company.
• Represented owners of healthcare technology company, focused on assisting hospitals and hospital systems in the processing and management of Medicare and Medicaid claims, in the sale of all of their stock to a private equity firm.
• Represented private equity firm in numerous roll-up transactions of ophthalmology centers.
• Represented health insurance company in purchase of all of the equity of third party administrator.
• Represented Dallas-based American Group Insurance Service Inc., a top insurance brokerage company in the United States, in the sale of its equity to Integrity Marketing Group, LLC, the nation’s largest independent distributor of life and health insurance products.
• Represented group of insurance brokerage companies in sale of substantially all of their assets to private equity firm.
• Represented a public mobile advertising solutions provider in its transformative acquisitions of three international mobile advertising companies valued in excess of $1 billion.
• Represented public oilfield services company in the sale to competitor of certain salt water disposal well and pipeline assets in east Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana.
• Represented a provider of produced water infrastructure solutions in acquiring a portfolio of operating assets in New Mexico from a major public oil producer, including 23 saltwater disposal wells and 300 miles of water gathering pipelines.
• Represented private equity firm in the sale of substantially all of the assets of one of the industry’s largest plastic distributors.
• Represented a food handler certification company in the sale of substantially all of its assets to a private equity firm.
• Representation of alcoholic beverage distributer in the acquisition of distribution rights for prominent wine labels from competitor.
• Represented family office in sale of its equity interests in global call center company with substantial operations in Australia, the Philippines and the United States.
• Represented family office in purchase of equity in fast casual restaurant chain and negotiation of joint venture with current owners and ongoing equity holders.
• Represented public company in the purchase of substantially all of the assets of Texas homebuilder.
• Represented private equity firm in purchase of substantially all of the assets of logistics company.
• Represented pension fund administrator in purchase of the membership interests of newspaper publisher.

Real Estate Funds and Joint Ventures

• Represented investor/developer in formation of real estate joint venture to develop multi-building warehouse facilities in Denver, Colorado.
• Represented KDC, an award-winning national developer of commercial office buildings, corporate build-to-suit facilities and mixed-use projects, in the (a) sale of a 50% equity interest to Cadillac Fairview, the global real estate arm of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, and (b) formation with Cadillac Fairview and KDC’s long-time partner, Compatriot Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sammons Enterprises, Inc., of an $800 million U.S. commercial office and mixed-use fund.
• Represented real estate developer in the formation of real estate joint venture leading to the purchase of two large shopping malls.
• Represented two different commercial real estate developers in various joint ventures for the purpose of purchasing single tenant properties throughout the United States.
• Represented developer in formation of qualified opportunity zone fund to finance the construction of new master planned community outside of Houston, Texas.
• Represented developer in the formation of a qualified opportunity zone fund to finance the acquisition and upgrade of low income housing facility.
• Represented real estate developer in the formation of a real estate investment fund to finance development of new build to rent residential community.
• Represented global alternative asset investment firm in joint venture with real estate developer for the development of hospitality assets.
• Represented commercial real estate debt fund in formation of fund and fund management.

Other Matters

• Represented investment fund specializing in the purchase and sale of precious metals in the cash out and dissolution of its fund.
• Represented management team in the formation of a joint venture with a private equity firm for the purpose of pursuing natural gas assets.
• Represented management team in the formation of a joint venture with a private equity firm for the purpose of pursuing oil assets.
• Act as outside general counsel to California winery which includes formation of its new business ventures, overseeing litigation matters and negotiating commercial agreements.
• Represented community bank in drafting and implementation of new corporate Bylaws.
• Represented respiratory medical device company in negotiation of new revolving credit facility.
• Represented global pipe manufacturer in conversion from Massachusetts corporation to Texas corporation.
• Represented early stage dental staffing company in its series seed investment round capital raise.

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