$165,000,000
Davis Graham & Stubbs
Client: KSL Capital Partners, LLC
Team: Bruce Stocks, partner;
Catherine Hance, partner; Nate Goergen, associate; Jon Goldstein, associate; Michelle DeVoe, of counsel; Pantea Garroussi, of counsel; Sterling LeBoeuf, associate
Other Parties: CBH20, LP and CBK Lodge, LP, sellers
Other Firms: Hodgson Russ
Notes: Davis Graham & Stubbs represented the purchaser of a ski resort and water park.
$18,750,000
Davis Graham & Stubbs
Client: Confidential
Team: Lamont Larsen, partner; Brian Annes, associate; Hayden Weaver, associate; Jennifer Williams, associate
Other Parties: Confidential
Notes: Davis Graham & Stubbs represented the buyer in its acquisition of oil and gas properties.
$11,390,000
Davis Graham & Stubbs
Client: Confidential
Team: Lamont Larsen, partner; Jessica Fredrickson, associate
Other Parties: Confidential
Notes: Davis Graham & Stubbs represented the buyer in its acquisition of oil and gas properties.
$3,700,000
Dorsey & Whitney
Client: Colorado Resources Ltd.
Team: Ken Sam, partner; John Hollinrake, partner
Other Parties: Buckingham Copper Corp.
Other Firms: Gowlings (Canadian counsel to Colorado Resources); DuMoulin Black (Counsel to Buckingham)
$3,400,000
Burns Figa & Will
Client: Strada Idaho Holdings, Inc., an Idaho nonprofit corporation
Team: Matt Dillman, shareholder; Georginne Dudash, associate
Other Parties: HH Moscow, LLC
Notes: Burns Figa & Will represented a client regarding the purchase of commercial property in Moscow, Idaho.
Confidential
Arnold & Porter
Client: BRX Transportation Holdings, LLC
Team: Ronald Levine, partner; Sheryl Gittlitz, partner; Jeff London, partner; Ben Berk, partner; Will Needle, counsel; Sarah Grey, senior associate; Megan Juel, senior associate; Sarah Soloveichik, senior associate; Carlyn Williams, associate; Evan Leitch, associate
Other Parties: Pioneer Railcorp
Other Firms: Briggs & Morgan, P.A., adviser to Pioneer Railcorp; Fried Frank, adviser to Related Infrastructure
Notes: Arnold & Porter advised BRX Transportation Holdings, LLC, in its acquisition of Pioneer Railcorp, a railroad holding company that owns short-line railroads and several other railroad-related businesses including a railroad equipment company and a contract switching services company. BRX, an entity formed by Brookhaven Rail Partners, Related Infrastructure and Stephens Capital, acquired Pioneer for $18.81 per share in cash. Pioneer shareholders approved the transaction on July 19, and the transaction closed on July 31.
BRX was formed to purchase Pioneer as a platform investment and intends to invest additional capital to upgrade Pioneer’s existing infrastructure and grow Pioneer’s franchise through industrial development and the expansion of services to its customers. BRX also intends to pursue the acquisition of additional short-line railroad companies.
Confidential
Berg Hill Greenleaf + Ruscitti
Client: Dry Fly Capital, LLC; Tri-Arc, LLC
Team: Jim Fipp, partner (lead)
Other Parties: Linett Manufacturing Co., Inc. and Melfred Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Other Firms: Rothman Gordon
Notes: Berg Hill Greenleaf + Ruscitti represented Dry Fly Capital and Tri-Arc, LLC, in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Tri-Arc Manufacturing Co. Tri-Arc Manufacturing Co., a manufacturer and distributor of passive fall protection and climbing equipment has been in business for over 60 years.
Confidential
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Client: Lion Equity Holdings II LLC
Team: Avi Loewenstein, shareholder; Jimmy Leighton, associate
Other Parties: Design Packaging, Inc.
Other Firms: Titus Brueckner & Levine Plc
Notes: Vivabox Solutions, LLC, a creative design and custom packaging company, acquired the assets of Design Packaging, Inc., a Scottsdale, Arizona-based provider of advanced packaging solutions to luxury retailers.
Confidential
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Client: NexusTek Holdings, LLC
Team: Kevin Cudney, shareholder; Daniel Winer, associate; Andrew Elliot, shareholder; Connor Hannagan, associate
Other Parties: Notonsite, Inc
Other Firms: Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
Notes: Brownstein represented NexusTek Holdings, LLC, a portfolio company of Boston-based private equity from ABRY Partners, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Notonsite Acquisition, LLC, in the acquisition of substantially all of the assets relating to the business of Notonsite, Inc.
Confidential
Hogan Lovells
Client: AEG Presents, LLC
Team: Mark Kurtenbach, lead partner; Matthew Johnson, partner (Perth, Australia); Mark Weinstein, tax partner (New York); Michael Brady, senior associate (Perth, Australia); Christopher Weigand, senior associate; Alexander Duffy, associate (Perth, Australia); Melissa Moravec, associate; Eric Van Winssen, associate (London)
Other Parties: Frontier Touring
Other Firms: Thomson Greer
Notes: Advised AEG Presents in connection with the formation of a strategic joint venture with Frontier Touring, the third-largest music promoter in the world, to jointly operate their respective live music touring and promotion businesses within Australia and New Zealand. This high-profile transaction was announced in connection with the opening of AEG Presents’ 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
Confidential
Hogan Lovells
Client: Anschutz Entertainment Group, Inc.
Team: Mark Kurtenbach, lead partner; Mark Weinstein, partner (New York); Mark Jones, partner (London); Joe Krauss, partner (Washington, D.C.); Carin Carithers, partner (Washington, D.C.); David London, partner; Timothy Lyden, partner (Northern Virginia); Christopher Weigand, senior associate; Andrew Brandes, associate; Melissa Moravec, associate; William Nunn, associate; Samuel Posnick, associate; Brittany Raway, associate; Brittany Wolma, associate; Zoe Bartlett, associate (London)
Other Parties: Onex Partners, SMG
Notes: Hogan Lovells advised Anschutz Entertainment Group, Inc. in connection with the formation of a new joint venture with Onex Partners, named ASM Global that owns and operates the combined worldwide venue management businesses of AEG Facilities and SMG. ASM Global is headquartered in Los Angeles with key operations based in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. The company will operate a diversified portfolio of arenas, stadiums, convention centers and performing arts centers, with more than 310 venues across five continents.
Confidential
Hogan Lovells
Client: Mikhail Prokhorov
Team: Matt Eisler, lead partner; Craig Umbaugh, lead partner; Helen Atkeson, partner; Carin Carithers, partner (Washington, D.C.); Lea Ann Fowler, partner; Michele Harrington, partner (Northern Virginia); David London, partner; Timothy Lyden, partner (Northern Virginia); Mark Weinstein, partner (New York); Sandra Harris, senior associate; Russell Hedman, senior associate; Robert Baldwin, senior associate (Washington, D.C.; Scott Campbell, senior associate; Jordan Chase, senior associate; Laura Szarmach, senior associate (Washington, D.C.); Lewis Turner, senior associate; Hao Wang, senior associate; Andrew Brandes, associate; Caroline Brown, associate; Eric Einhorn, associate; Stephen Grodski, associate; Melissa Moravec, associate; Brittany Raway, associates
Other Firms: Sullivan & Cromwell
Notes: Hogan Lovells advised Mikhail Prokhorov’s investment group, Onexim Sports and Entertainment Holding USA, on the sale of a 100& ownership interest in the Barclays Center to Joe Tsai, co-founder of Alibaba.
Confidential
Hogan Lovells
Client: Mikhail Prokhorov
Team: Matt Eisler, lead partner; Craig Umbaugh, lead partner; Helen Atkeson, partner; Carin Carithers, partner (Washington, D.C.); Lea Ann Fowler, partner; Michele Harrington, partner (Northern Virginia); David London, partner; Timothy Lyden, partner (Northern Virginia); Mark Weinstein, partner (New York); Sandra Harris, senior associate; Russell Hedman, senior associate; Robert Baldwin, senior associate (Washington, D.C.); Scott Campbell, senior associate; Jordan Chase, senior associate; Laura Szarmach, senior associate (Washington, D.C.); Lewis Turner, senior associate; Hao Wang, senior associate; Andrew Brandes, associate; Caroline Brown, associate; Eric Einhorn, associate; Stephen Grodski, associate; Melissa Moravec, associate; Brittany Raway, associates
Other Firms: Sullivan & Cromwell
Notes: Hogan Lovells advised Mikhail Prokhorov’s investment group, Onexim Sports and Entertainment Holding USA, on the sale of a 49.9% interest in the Brooklyn Nets and the subsequent sale of the remaining 50.1% interest to Joe Tsai, co-founder of Alibaba. With the purchase of Prokhorov’s shares of the Nets, Tsai will become the sole investor in the team.
The Wall Street Journal estimated that the deal marks the highest price paid for a U.S. professional sports franchise.
Confidential
Holland & Hart
Client: Caliber Midstream Partners, LLC
Team: James Crowe, partner; Paige Coriden, associate; Leslie Boyle, partner; Chris Boling, associate; Adam Cohen, partner; John Ludlum, partner; Mark Wiletsky, partner; Even Randall, partner
Other Parties: American Midstream Partners LP
Other Firms: Locke Lord
Notes: Holland & Hart represented Caliber Midstream Partners LLC, an independent energy company providing producers with solutions that link wellhead to market, in its recent acquisition of the North Dakota assets previously owned by American Midstream Partners, LP, including a FERC-regulated crude oil gathering and pipeline transportation system consisting of a 47-mile pipeline and related facilities with the ability to transport crude oil to the Tesoro High Plains Pipeline and the Energy Transfer Dakota Access Pipeline.
The acquisition expands Caliber’s crude oil gathering and transportation service lines and widens Caliber’s area of operations within McKenzie County, North Dakota.
Confidential
Koenig Oelsner Taylor Schoenfeld & Gaddis
Client: New Century Software
Team: Jennifer Rosenthal, partner; Ryan Sykora, attorney
Other Parties: MISTRAS Group
Notes: KO client New Century Software, a pipeline data management provider, was recently acquired by MISTRAS Group, a global provider of technology-enabled asset protection solutions used to maximize the uptime and safety of critical energy, industrial and public infrastructure. New Century’s software suite complements MISTRAS’ facility data management capabilities.
Confidential
Koenig Oelsner Taylor Schoenfeld & Gaddis
Client: SSB
Team: Jennifer Rosenthal, partner; Ryan Sykora, attorney
Other Parties: HEPdata
Notes: KO client SSB, a data management and analytics platform for the higher education and sports industries, recently acquired HEPdata, a gift-matching solution and employment data provider. The acquisition allows SSB, which is backed by Strattam Capital, to expand its products to boost revenue and fundraising efforts for the higher education and sports industries.
Confidential
Perkins Coie
Client: Rubicon Technology Partners and Uplight, Inc. (f/k/a Tendril Networks, Inc.)
Team: Nathaniel Ford, partner; Kester Spindler, partner; Danielle Fortier, partner; Rachel Shapiro, associate; Daniel White, associate; Andrew Perez, associate
Other Parties: AES Next, LLC; Simple Energy, Inc.
Other Firms: Cooley, Arnold & Porter
Notes: Perkins Coie represented Uplight, Inc., a portfolio company of Rubicon Technology Partners, in connection with its business combination with Simple Energy, Inc.
Confidential
Perkins Coie
Client: Infrastructure Group, LLC
Team: Sonny Allison, partner; Bryan Smith, partner; Daniel Sito, associate
Other Parties: ITL Global Services, LLC
Other Firms: Connell Foley
Notes: Perkins Coie represented Infrastructure Group, LLC, in the acquisition of interest in ITL Global Services, LLC.
Confidential
Perkins Coie
Client: Trimble Inc.
Team: Jeff Beuche, partner; Danielle Fortier, partner; Kelly Payne, associate; Sergio Ibarra, associate
Other Parties: 3Log Systems Inc.
Notes: Perkins Coie represented Trimble Inc. in its acquisition of 3Log Systems Inc.
$600,000,000
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Client: WPX Energy, Inc.
Team: Robyn Zolman, partner; Bryan McCutcheon, associate; Meredith Ashlock, associate; Eric Pacifici, associate
Other Parties: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Notes: Gibson Dunn represented WPX in its SEC registered offering of senior notes.
$115,000,000
Jackson Kelly
Client: Confidential
Team: Alexis Lyn Hailpern, Counsel; John Zakhem, member
Other Parties: Confidential
Notes: Jackson Kelly’s client, a Colorado company that serves communities in farming, cattle and land reclamation, obtained a loan in order to expand its business and take on a nationwide pipeline job. The client has been instrumental in reclaiming land after fires and preventing rock slides in the high country.
$42,000,000
Dorsey & Whitney
Client: DionyMed Brands Inc.
Team: Jason Brenkert, partner; Ken Sam, partner; Laura Gunn, partner; Joe Genereux, partner
Other Parties: Cassels Brock (Canadian counsel to DionyMed); Gotham Green Partners
Notes: Dionymed Brands Inc., a multistate cannabis brand and delivery platform, signed a definitive agreement for a two-year, up to $40 million senior secured credit facility from a syndicate of investors. The credit facility consists of a $15 million term loan facility and a $25 million asset-backed loan facility. DionyMed will draw $13 million following the completion of certain conditions to the satisfaction of the investors.
$264,000,000
Perkins Coie
Client: Peak Resorts
Team: Jeff Beuche, partner; Jason Day, partner; Elizabeth Dietz, associate; Dan White, associate; Johnathan Schulman, associate
Other Parties: Vail Resorts, Inc.
Other Firms: WilmerHale
Notes: Perkins Coie represented Missouri-based Peak Resorts, Inc., a publicly traded owner and operator of 17 ski resorts in the Northeast and Midwest, in its acquisition by Vail Resorts, Inc., for approximately $264 million in cash and assumption of additional debt.
$165,000,000
Davis Graham & Stubbs
Client: Encana Corporation
Team: Sam Niebrugge, partner; Brian Boonstra, partner; Michael Snider, partner; Sarah Lozano, associate; David Weil, associate
Notes: Davis Graham & Stubbs served as deal counsel for Encana in the divestiture of oil and gas assets in 10 counties in central Oklahoma.
CA$18,900,000
Dorsey & Whitney
Client: MC Brands LLC
Team: Ken Sam, partner; John Hollinrake, partner; Van Vu, associate; Dale Williams, associate; Brad Hattenbach, of counsel
Other Parties: Green Thumb Industries
Other Firms: Husch Blackwell
Notes: Green Thumb Industries Inc., a national cannabis consumer packaged goods company and owner of Rise and Essence retail stores, acquired MC Brands, LLC, a Colorado-based edibles brand, incredibles, to GTI’s brand portfolio. The incredibles brand is currently distributed in Colorado, Oklahoma, Nevada, Illinois, and Massachusetts.
$14,373,755
Burns Figa & Will
Client: Kristine Sell Delagnes; Misty Sell; The Brennen B. Bounds Trust dated Feb. 6, 2002; The Petriello Revocable Trust dated July 26, 2017; Tyron Sell; Monica Sell; Barry Bounds
Team: Matt Dillman, shareholder; Amy Fliam, shareholder; Georginne Dudash, associate
Other Parties: NP Stafford I, LLC
Notes: Burns Figa & Will represented clients regarding the sale of a 110-acre development site in Aurora.
$9,750,000
Davis Graham & Stubbs
Client: Confidential
Team: Lamont Larsen, partner; Brian Annes, associate
Other Parties: Confidential
Other Firms:
Notes: Davis Graham & Stubbs represented the seller in the divestiture of oil and gas properties.
$8,700,000
Davis Graham & Stubbs
Client: Confidential
Team: Lamont Larsen, partner; Brian Annes, associate; Hayden Weaver, associate; Jennifer Williams, associate
Other Parties: Confidential
Notes: Davis Graham & Stubbs represented the seller in the divestiture of oil and gas properties.
$3,700,000
Davis Graham & Stubbs
Client: Confidential
Team: Lamont Larsen, partner; Brian Annes, associate; Hayden Weaver, associate
Other Parties: Confidential
Notes: Davis Graham & Stubbs represented the seller in divestiture of oil and gas properties.
$1,640,000
Burns Figa & Will
Client: New Regatta, LLC
Team: Matt Dillman, shareholder; Georginne Dudash, associate
Other Parties: Orchard Mesa Retail LLC
Notes: Burns Figa & Will represented a client regarding the sale of a retail property in Grand Junction.
$1,300,000
Burns Figa & Will
Client: ROC III DPC Denver Corporate Center, LLC
Team: Matt Dillman, shareholder; Georginne Dudash, associate
Other Parties: ANB Bank
Other Firms: Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti
Notes: Burns Figa & Will represented a client regarding the sale of a retail pad site located in Denver.
Confidential
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Client: KAABOO, LLC
Team: Adam Agron, shareholder; Patrick Berry, associate; Scott McEachron, associate
Other Parties: Virgin Fest Investco, LLC
Other Firms: Latham & Watkins
Notes: Brownstein represented KAABOO, LLC, in its sale of all assets relating to the KAABOO Del Mar Festival to Virgin Fest Investco, LLC.
Confidential
Holland & Hart
Client: RES Distributed, LLC
Team: Ashley Wald, partner; Adrienne Bell, partner; Jordan Bunch, associate; Adam Cohen, partner; Paige Coriden, associate; Leah Neumann, associate; Jill Van Noord, of counsel; Jennifer Horne, associate
Other Parties: DG Northeast Portfolio 2020, LLC; DG1 Acquisition Co., LLC; Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC; Solvay Finance America, LLC
Other Firms: Axiom Global, Fox Rothschild
Notes: Holland & Hart served as lead counsel in the negotiation of a power purchase agreement with Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC, for the sale of power and New Jersey S-RECs generated by an up to 8 MW solar facility, as well as the sale of the project to a subsidiary of NextEra Resources, LLC, which will serve as the long-term owner and operator. This is the first behind-the-meter corporate PPA for the RES Distributed, LLC, a subsidiary of RES Americas, and the first behind-the-meter solar project in the U.S. for Solvay.
Confidential
Holland & Hart
Client: Roaring Fork Wind, LLC
Team: Ashley Wald, partner; Paige Coriden, associate; Todd Criger, partner; Nick Venetz, associate; Adam Cohen, partner; Michael Dill, partner; Kenyon Redfoot, associate
Other Parties: Algonquin Power Co.
Other Firms: Husch Blackwell
Notes: Holland & Hart served as lead counsel to Roaring Fork Wind, LLC, a joint venture between subsidiaries of Renewable Energy Systems Americas, Inc., and Vestas Wind Systems A/S, in the sale of the Maverick Creek Wind Project, an approximately 480 MW (AC) wind electric generating facility under development in Concho County, Texas.
During the development of the Maverick Project, Holland & Hart advised on issues arising as to the qualification of the Maverick Project for production tax credits. In connection with the sale, the firm also assisted Roaring Fork with internal restructuring, as well as establishing a joint venture with the purchaser of the Maverick Project. Additionally, Holland & Hart represented RES, LP, (a subsidiary of Renewable Energy Systems Americas, Inc.) in the negotiation of a balance of plant engineering, procurement and construction agreement for the Maverick Project.
Confidential
Holland & Knight
Client: Core Solar, LLC
Team: Seth Belzley, partner; Andrew Gillespie, associate; Lacey Croy, associate
Other Parties: Confidential
Notes: Holland & Knight represented Core Solar, LLC, a solar developer, in its disposition of a 250MW approved solar development project.
Confidential
Holland & Knight
Client: Horizon Air Freight, Inc.
Team: Stephen Dietrich, partner; Mark Melton, partner; Christopher Buch, partner; Phillip Schreiber, partner; Mark Francis, partner; Sarah Seedig, senior counsel; Philippa Balestrieri, associate
Other Parties: ICV Partners, LLC
Other Firms: DLA Piper
Notes: Holland & Knight represented Horizon Air Freight, Inc., a specialized freight forwarder focused on the marine industry serving U.S. and international shipping companies and cruise lines, in its sale to private equity firm ICV Partners, LLC.
Confidential
Perkins Coie
Client: Northern Agri Holdings, LLC
Team: Nate Ford, partner; Timothy Andree, associate; Peter Kinsella, partner; John Sirjord, associate
Other Parties: Nutrien AG Solutions, Inc.
Other Firms: Faegre Baker Daniels
Notes: Perkins Coie represented Northern Agri Holdings, LLC, a portfolio company of Lariat Partners, in the sale of Northern Seed LLC’s seed business to Nutrien AG Solutions, Inc.
Confidential
Perkins Coie
Client: Rubicon Technology Partners II, L.P.
Team: Nathaniel Ford, partner; Kester Spindler, partner; Tim Andree, associate
Other Parties: Leeds Equity Partners VI, L.P., Scaled Agile Holdings, LLC
Other Firms: Cooley, Latham & Watkins, Bryan Cave
Notes: Perkins Coie represented Rubicon Technology Partners in connection with its disposition of equity interests in Scaled Agile Holdings, LLC, and contemporaneous rollover into Business Agility Holdco, LP
Confidential
Perkins Coie
Client: Blackmore Sensors and Analytics, Inc.
Team: Sonny Allison, partner; Shirley Huang, counsel; Trevor Lovell, associate; Ashley Poon, associate; Bryan Smith, partner; Lynn Hvalsoe, partner; Rick Oehler, partner
Other Parties: Aurora Innovation, Inc.
Other Firms: Wilson Sonsini
Notes: Represented Blackmore Sensors & Analytics, Inc., a lidar developer, in its acquisition by Aurora Innovation, Inc., a developer of self-driving car systems.
Confidential
Perkins Coie
Client: Pinnacle Development Inc.
Team: Sonny Allison, partner; Bryan Smith, partner; Shirley Huang, Counsel
Other Parties: Sure Shot Holdings, LLC
Other Firms: Nixon Peabody
Notes: Represented Pinnacle Development Inc. in sale to Sure Shot Holdings, LLC, a portfolio company of Banyan Investment Partners, Asydan Capital Management, Post Road Group and Diamond State Ventures.
$162,700,000
Perkins Coie
Client: Jefferies, LLC; Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; SVB Leerink, LLC; Wells Fargo Securities, LLC; Wedbush Securities Inc.; Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.
Team: Ned Prusse, partner; Jonathan Schulman, associate
Other Parties: Fate Therapeutics, Inc.
Other Firms: Goodwin Procter
Notes: Perkins Coie represented the underwriters in the follow-on public offering of common stock by Fate Therapeutics, Inc.
$105,000,000
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Client: Forestar Group Inc.
Team: Robyn Zolman, partner; Meredith Ashlock, associate; Nick Linke, associate
Other Parties: Cahill Gordon & Reindel represented the underwriters
Notes: Gibson Dunn represented Forestar Group in its SEC registered public stock offering.
CA$8,500,000
Dorsey & Whitney
Client: Rubicon Organics
Team: Chris Doerksen, partner; Ken Sam, partner; Stephanie Gambino, associate; Alison Pascucci, associate; Jason Brenkert, partner
Other Parties: BLG
$5,000,000
Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti
Client: Quality Biomedical, Inc.
Team: Jared Crain, lead partner; Yasmina Shaush, associate
Other Parties: Aeonic Partners, LLC
Other Firms: Lape Mansfield Nakasiann & Gibson
$3,700,000
Dorsey & Whitney
Client: Oncolytics Biotech Inc.
Team: Jason Brenkert, partner; Ken Sam, partner
Other Parties: Ladenburg Thalmann (underwriter)
Notes: Oncolytics announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 4,619,773 common shares and warrants to purchase up to 4,619,773 common shares at a combined public offering price of $0.81 per share and warrant, resulting in gross proceeds of approximately $3.7 million. Each warrant has an exercise price of $0.90 per common share, is exercisable immediately and will expire five years from the date of issuance.
$500,000
Ballard Spahr
Client: Confidential
Team: John Ruppert, partner; Michele Rowland, partner
Other Parties: Confidential
Other Firms: Troutman Sanders
Notes: Ballard Spahr represented a client in connection with a third party’s $500,000 investment in the client’s Series B Preferred Stock.
Confidential
Holland & Hart
Client: ServiceCore, Inc.
Team: Michael Dill, partner; Benjamin Gibbons, associate; Sarah Haradon, of counsel; Leah Neumann, associate; Lindsay Silber, partner; Sara Shelly, paralegal
Other Parties: CanPal LLC
Other Firms: Willkie Farr Gallagher
Notes: Holland & Hart represented ServiceCore, Inc., a provider of cloud-based software that helps companies in the liquid waste industry to better manage their routing, scheduling, accounting and invoicing, in connection with its Series A preferred equity financing and related reorganization. ServiceCore’s investor in the Series A preferred equity financing was an affiliate of Full In Partners, and the proceeds will enable ServiceCore to accelerate and expand its SAAS-based software platform offering to a growing customer base in the liquid waste industry.
$750,000,000
Dorsey & Whitney
Client: Eldorado Gold
Team: Ken Sam, partner; Erin McCrady, partner; James Guttman, partner; Adam Wickens, associate
Other Firms: Faskens (Canadian Counsel)
CA$25,300,000
Dorsey & Whitney
Client: SilverCrest Metals
Team: Ken Sam, partner; James Guttman, partner; Muhammad Sohail, associate; Sudeep Simkhada, associate; John Hollinrake, partner
Other Parties: Kaufman Kalef (Canadian counsel to SilverCrest); BLG (counsel to underwriters). Underwriters: National Bank Financial Inc. and Desjardins Capital Markets on behalf of a syndicate of underwriters that included Cormark Securities Inc., PI Financial Corp., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., Eight Capital, Beacon Securities Limited, Roth Capital Partners, LLC and Scotia Capital Inc.
$750,000,000
Dorsey & Whitney
Client: Eldorado Gold
Type of Deal: F-10 Shelf Registration
Team: Ken Sam, partner; Erin McCrady, partner; James Guttman, partner; Adam Wickens, partner
Other Parties: N/A
Other Firms: Faskens (Canadian counsel)
$550,000,000
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Client: WPX Energy, Inc.
Type of Deal: Tender Offer
Team: Robyn Zolman, partner; Bryan McCutcheon, associate; Meredith Ashlock, associate; Eric Pacifici, associate
Other Parties: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett represented the dealer managers
Notes: Gibson Dunn represented WPX in its tender offer for $550 million of certain series of its outstanding notes
$150,000,000
Ballard Spahr
Client: Confidential
Type of Deal: creation of second funding vehicle
Team: Nathan E. Seiler, partner; John Levy, partner Mark Salsbury, partner; Andrew Spruiell, associate
Other Parties: Confidential
Other Firms: Confidential
Notes: Ballard Spahr represented a client in the creation of its second funding vehicle. This $150 million fund included a new lead investor as well as participation by a university.
$130,000,000
Butler Snow
Client: The Housing Authority of the City of Denver
Team: Dawn Bookhardt, attorney; Sally Tasker, attorney; Maria Harwood, attorney; Dillon Peters, attorney
Type of Deal: Denver’s Affordable Housing Program
Other Parties: The City of Denver and its City Attorney’s Office; JP Morgan, Stifel
Other Firms: Kline Alvarado Veio PC
Notes: The City of Denver partnered with the Denver Housing Authority to deliver affordable housing throughout the city. The Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Denver and the Denver Housing Authority served as the financing tool upon which the bond deal was based. The revenues generated via the IGA will provide the revenues to repay DHA’s debt.
$100,000,000
Ballard Spahr
Client: Confidential
Type of Deal: limited partnership investment
Team: John L. Ruppert, partner; Michele Rowland, partner
Other Parties: Confidential
Other Firms: Kirkland & Ellis
Notes: Ballard Spahr represented a client in connection with its $100 million limited partnership investment in a private equity fund.
$32,000,000
Koenig Oelsner Taylor Schoenfeld & Gaddis
Client: Havenly
Type of Deal: Series C financing
Team: Kevin Gibson, partner; Melissa Mellen, attorney; Krystal Rushton, corporate paralegal
Other Parties: Series C investors included Foundry Group, Lerer Hippeau, Kickstart Ventures and Gingerbread Capital.
Notes: KO client, Denver-based startup and interior design platform Havenly is raising $32 million in new funding. The funding will be used to create Havenly’s first private-label brand as it aims to integrate its own products into its design recommendation engine.
$13,600,000
Holland & Hart
Client: Comrit Investments I, LP
Type of Deal: Tender Offer
Team: Amos Barclay, of counsel; Kenyon Redfoot, associate
Notes: Holland & Hart represented Comrit Investments 1, LP, in its mini-tender offer for shares of Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT, Inc, its second mini-tender offer for shares of KBS Real Estate Investment Trust II, and its mini-tender offer for shares of Hines Global REIT, Inc.
CA$12,500,000
Dorsey & Whitney
Client: Integra Resources Corp.
Type of Deal: Non-Brokered Private Placement of Special Warrants
Team: Ken Sam, partner; James Guttman, partner; Tiffanie Pearson, associate
Other Firms: Cassels Brock Blackwell LLP was Canadian Counsel
$6,500,000
Dorsey & Whitney
Client: Alexco Resource Corp.
Type of Deal: Bought Deal Offering of Common Shares
Team: Jason Brenkert, partner; Ken Sam, partner; John Hollinrake, partner
Other Parties: Cantor Fitzgerald Canada (Underwriter)
$5,700,000
Koenig Oelsner Taylor Schoenfeld & Gaddis
Client: Dapix, Inc.
Type of Deal: Series A financing
Team: Jennifer Rosenthal, partner; Ian Kuliasha, attorney
Other Parties: The round was led by Binance Labs.
Notes: KO client Dapix raised $5.7 million in Series A funding to speed up the launch of its FIO mainnet. The round was led by Binance Labs.
$5,500,000
Koenig Oelsner Taylor Schoenfeld & Gaddis
Client: Bobo’s
Type of Deal: Series B1 financing
Team: Jennifer Rosenthal, partner; Melissa Mellen, attorney
Other Parties: Round was led by Boulder Food Group and supported by existing investors BIGR Ventures and Ridgeline Ventures
Notes: KO client Boulder-based Bobo’s raised $5.5 million to expand production in anticipation of 40% growth this year.
Confidential
Davis Graham & Stubbs
Client: Newmont Goldcorp Corporation
Type of Deal: Joint Venture
Team: Bruce Stocks, partner; Mark Bussey, partner; Nate Goergen, associate; Pantea Garroussi, of counsel; Scott Hardt, partner; Almira Moronne, associate; Sterling LeBoeuf, associate; Laurence Nemirow, special tax counsel
Other Parties: Barrick Gold Corporation
Other Firms: Parsons Behle & Latimer (Barrick’s U.S. counsel); Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg (Barrick’s Canadian Counsel); Cravath Swaine and Moore (Barrick’s U.S. counsel); Goodmans (Newmont’s Canadian counsel)
Notes: Davis Graham & Stubbs represented Newmont Goldcorp Corporation in the negotiation, design and implementation of a joint venture between Newmont and Barrick Gold Corporation. The joint venture created Nevada Gold Mines, LLC, the world’s third-largest gold mining company (behind Barrick and Newmont).
Confidential
Arnold & Porter
Client: The AES Corporation (as the majority stockholder in Simple Energy)
Type of Deal: Merger
Team: Ronald Levine, partner; Evan Leitch, senior associate
Other Parties: Simple Energy, Tendril Networks
Other Firms: Cooley (advised on all aspects on behalf of Simple Energy); Perkins Coie (adviser to Tendril Networks and adviser to Rubicon Technology Partners, Tendril’s majority unitholder)
Notes: Arnold & Porter represented the AES Corporation (as the majority stockholder in Simple Energy) in the merger of Simple Energy into Tendril Networks. Simple Energy and Tendril Networks are two Boulder, Colorado-based companies providing technology solutions to energy utilities.
Confidential
Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti
Client: Handyman Matters, Inc.
Type of Deal: Asset Sale
Team: Patrick Perrin, lead partner; Kathleen Lucas, associate; Jacob Scarr, associate
Other Parties: Ace Services Holdings, LLC
Other Firms: DLA Piper
Confidential
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Client: Stronghill Capital, LLC
Type of Deal: Structured Finance
Team: Jay Spader, shareholder; Chris Hand, associate
Other Parties: DZ Bank AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main, New York Branch
Other Firms: Arnold & Porter
Confidential
Perkins Coie
Client: Summit Trail Advisors, LLC
Type of Deal: Fund Formation
Team: Elizabeth Sipes, partner; Erica Smith, associate
Notes: Fund formation counsel to Summit Trail Advisors in its launch of Ascent Private Investment Fund II, L.P. The strategy of the fund is to make investments in underlying private investment funds, which will utilize a variety of investment strategies, including, but not limited to, growth equity, buyout, distressed debt, special situations and real assets.
Confidential
Perkins Coie
Client: Sun Mountain Capital Advisors, LLC
Type of Deal: Fund Formation
Team: Elizabeth Sipes, partner; Erica Smith, associate
Notes: Fund formation counsel to Sun Mountain Capital in its launch of Sun Mountain Private Credit Fund I, L.P. The strategy of the fund is to provide a range of debt and equity financing solutions to growth stage companies.
$165,000,000
Davis Graham & Stubbs
Client: KSL Capital Partners, LLC
Team: Bruce Stocks, partner;
Catherine Hance, partner; Nate Goergen, associate; Jon Goldstein, associate; Michelle DeVoe, of counsel; Pantea Garroussi, of counsel; Sterling LeBoeuf, associate
Other Parties: CBH20, LP and CBK Lodge, LP, sellers
Other Firms: Hodgson Russ
Notes: Davis Graham & Stubbs represented the purchaser of a ski resort and water park.
$18,750,000
Davis Graham & Stubbs
Client: Confidential
Team: Lamont Larsen, partner; Brian Annes, associate; Hayden Weaver, associate; Jennifer Williams, associate
Other Parties: Confidential
Notes: Davis Graham & Stubbs represented the buyer in its acquisition of oil and gas properties.
$11,390,000
Davis Graham & Stubbs
Client: Confidential
Team: Lamont Larsen, partner; Jessica Fredrickson, associate
Other Parties: Confidential
Notes: Davis Graham & Stubbs represented the buyer in its acquisition of oil and gas properties.
$3,700,000
Dorsey & Whitney
Client: Colorado Resources Ltd.
Team: Ken Sam, partner; John Hollinrake, partner
Other Parties: Buckingham Copper Corp.
Other Firms: Gowlings (Canadian counsel to Colorado Resources); DuMoulin Black (Counsel to Buckingham)
$3,400,000
Burns Figa & Will
Client: Strada Idaho Holdings, Inc., an Idaho nonprofit corporation
Team: Matt Dillman, shareholder; Georginne Dudash, associate
Other Parties: HH Moscow, LLC
Notes: Burns Figa & Will represented a client regarding the purchase of commercial property in Moscow, Idaho.
Confidential
Arnold & Porter
Client: BRX Transportation Holdings, LLC
Team: Ronald Levine, partner; Sheryl Gittlitz, partner; Jeff London, partner; Ben Berk, partner; Will Needle, counsel; Sarah Grey, senior associate; Megan Juel, senior associate; Sarah Soloveichik, senior associate; Carlyn Williams, associate; Evan Leitch, associate
Other Parties: Pioneer Railcorp
Other Firms: Briggs & Morgan, P.A., adviser to Pioneer Railcorp; Fried Frank, adviser to Related Infrastructure
Notes: Arnold & Porter advised BRX Transportation Holdings, LLC, in its acquisition of Pioneer Railcorp, a railroad holding company that owns short-line railroads and several other railroad-related businesses including a railroad equipment company and a contract switching services company. BRX, an entity formed by Brookhaven Rail Partners, Related Infrastructure and Stephens Capital, acquired Pioneer for $18.81 per share in cash. Pioneer shareholders approved the transaction on July 19, and the transaction closed on July 31.
BRX was formed to purchase Pioneer as a platform investment and intends to invest additional capital to upgrade Pioneer’s existing infrastructure and grow Pioneer’s franchise through industrial development and the expansion of services to its customers. BRX also intends to pursue the acquisition of additional short-line railroad companies.
Confidential
Berg Hill Greenleaf + Ruscitti
Client: Dry Fly Capital, LLC; Tri-Arc, LLC
Team: Jim Fipp, partner (lead)
Other Parties: Linett Manufacturing Co., Inc. and Melfred Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Other Firms: Rothman Gordon
Notes: Berg Hill Greenleaf + Ruscitti represented Dry Fly Capital and Tri-Arc, LLC, in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Tri-Arc Manufacturing Co. Tri-Arc Manufacturing Co., a manufacturer and distributor of passive fall protection and climbing equipment has been in business for over 60 years.
Confidential
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Client: Lion Equity Holdings II LLC
Team: Avi Loewenstein, shareholder; Jimmy Leighton, associate
Other Parties: Design Packaging, Inc.
Other Firms: Titus Brueckner & Levine Plc
Notes: Vivabox Solutions, LLC, a creative design and custom packaging company, acquired the assets of Design Packaging, Inc., a Scottsdale, Arizona-based provider of advanced packaging solutions to luxury retailers.
Confidential
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Client: NexusTek Holdings, LLC
Team: Kevin Cudney, shareholder; Daniel Winer, associate; Andrew Elliot, shareholder; Connor Hannagan, associate
Other Parties: Notonsite, Inc
Other Firms: Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
Notes: Brownstein represented NexusTek Holdings, LLC, a portfolio company of Boston-based private equity from ABRY Partners, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Notonsite Acquisition, LLC, in the acquisition of substantially all of the assets relating to the business of Notonsite, Inc.
Confidential
Hogan Lovells
Client: AEG Presents, LLC
Team: Mark Kurtenbach, lead partner; Matthew Johnson, partner (Perth, Australia); Mark Weinstein, tax partner (New York); Michael Brady, senior associate (Perth, Australia); Christopher Weigand, senior associate; Alexander Duffy, associate (Perth, Australia); Melissa Moravec, associate; Eric Van Winssen, associate (London)
Other Parties: Frontier Touring
Other Firms: Thomson Greer
Notes: Advised AEG Presents in connection with the formation of a strategic joint venture with Frontier Touring, the third-largest music promoter in the world, to jointly operate their respective live music touring and promotion businesses within Australia and New Zealand. This high-profile transaction was announced in connection with the opening of AEG Presents’ 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
Confidential
Hogan Lovells
Client: Anschutz Entertainment Group, Inc.
Team: Mark Kurtenbach, lead partner; Mark Weinstein, partner (New York); Mark Jones, partner (London); Joe Krauss, partner (Washington, D.C.); Carin Carithers, partner (Washington, D.C.); David London, partner; Timothy Lyden, partner (Northern Virginia); Christopher Weigand, senior associate; Andrew Brandes, associate; Melissa Moravec, associate; William Nunn, associate; Samuel Posnick, associate; Brittany Raway, associate; Brittany Wolma, associate; Zoe Bartlett, associate (London)
Other Parties: Onex Partners, SMG
Notes: Hogan Lovells advised Anschutz Entertainment Group, Inc. in connection with the formation of a new joint venture with Onex Partners, named ASM Global that owns and operates the combined worldwide venue management businesses of AEG Facilities and SMG. ASM Global is headquartered in Los Angeles with key operations based in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. The company will operate a diversified portfolio of arenas, stadiums, convention centers and performing arts centers, with more than 310 venues across five continents.
Confidential
Hogan Lovells
Client: Mikhail Prokhorov
Team: Matt Eisler, lead partner; Craig Umbaugh, lead partner; Helen Atkeson, partner; Carin Carithers, partner (Washington, D.C.); Lea Ann Fowler, partner; Michele Harrington, partner (Northern Virginia); David London, partner; Timothy Lyden, partner (Northern Virginia); Mark Weinstein, partner (New York); Sandra Harris, senior associate; Russell Hedman, senior associate; Robert Baldwin, senior associate (Washington, D.C.; Scott Campbell, senior associate; Jordan Chase, senior associate; Laura Szarmach, senior associate (Washington, D.C.); Lewis Turner, senior associate; Hao Wang, senior associate; Andrew Brandes, associate; Caroline Brown, associate; Eric Einhorn, associate; Stephen Grodski, associate; Melissa Moravec, associate; Brittany Raway, associates
Other Firms: Sullivan & Cromwell
Notes: Hogan Lovells advised Mikhail Prokhorov’s investment group, Onexim Sports and Entertainment Holding USA, on the sale of a 100& ownership interest in the Barclays Center to Joe Tsai, co-founder of Alibaba.
Confidential
Hogan Lovells
Client: Mikhail Prokhorov
Team: Matt Eisler, lead partner; Craig Umbaugh, lead partner; Helen Atkeson, partner; Carin Carithers, partner (Washington, D.C.); Lea Ann Fowler, partner; Michele Harrington, partner (Northern Virginia); David London, partner; Timothy Lyden, partner (Northern Virginia); Mark Weinstein, partner (New York); Sandra Harris, senior associate; Russell Hedman, senior associate; Robert Baldwin, senior associate (Washington, D.C.); Scott Campbell, senior associate; Jordan Chase, senior associate; Laura Szarmach, senior associate (Washington, D.C.); Lewis Turner, senior associate; Hao Wang, senior associate; Andrew Brandes, associate; Caroline Brown, associate; Eric Einhorn, associate; Stephen Grodski, associate; Melissa Moravec, associate; Brittany Raway, associates
Other Firms: Sullivan & Cromwell
Notes: Hogan Lovells advised Mikhail Prokhorov’s investment group, Onexim Sports and Entertainment Holding USA, on the sale of a 49.9% interest in the Brooklyn Nets and the subsequent sale of the remaining 50.1% interest to Joe Tsai, co-founder of Alibaba. With the purchase of Prokhorov’s shares of the Nets, Tsai will become the sole investor in the team.
The Wall Street Journal estimated that the deal marks the highest price paid for a U.S. professional sports franchise.
Confidential
Holland & Hart
Client: Caliber Midstream Partners, LLC
Team: James Crowe, partner; Paige Coriden, associate; Leslie Boyle, partner; Chris Boling, associate; Adam Cohen, partner; John Ludlum, partner; Mark Wiletsky, partner; Even Randall, partner
Other Parties: American Midstream Partners LP
Other Firms: Locke Lord
Notes: Holland & Hart represented Caliber Midstream Partners LLC, an independent energy company providing producers with solutions that link wellhead to market, in its recent acquisition of the North Dakota assets previously owned by American Midstream Partners, LP, including a FERC-regulated crude oil gathering and pipeline transportation system consisting of a 47-mile pipeline and related facilities with the ability to transport crude oil to the Tesoro High Plains Pipeline and the Energy Transfer Dakota Access Pipeline.
The acquisition expands Caliber’s crude oil gathering and transportation service lines and widens Caliber’s area of operations within McKenzie County, North Dakota.
Confidential
Koenig Oelsner Taylor Schoenfeld & Gaddis
Client: New Century Software
Team: Jennifer Rosenthal, partner; Ryan Sykora, attorney
Other Parties: MISTRAS Group
Notes: KO client New Century Software, a pipeline data management provider, was recently acquired by MISTRAS Group, a global provider of technology-enabled asset protection solutions used to maximize the uptime and safety of critical energy, industrial and public infrastructure. New Century’s software suite complements MISTRAS’ facility data management capabilities.
Confidential
Koenig Oelsner Taylor Schoenfeld & Gaddis
Client: SSB
Team: Jennifer Rosenthal, partner; Ryan Sykora, attorney
Other Parties: HEPdata
Notes: KO client SSB, a data management and analytics platform for the higher education and sports industries, recently acquired HEPdata, a gift-matching solution and employment data provider. The acquisition allows SSB, which is backed by Strattam Capital, to expand its products to boost revenue and fundraising efforts for the higher education and sports industries.
Confidential
Perkins Coie
Client: Rubicon Technology Partners and Uplight, Inc. (f/k/a Tendril Networks, Inc.)
Team: Nathaniel Ford, partner; Kester Spindler, partner; Danielle Fortier, partner; Rachel Shapiro, associate; Daniel White, associate; Andrew Perez, associate
Other Parties: AES Next, LLC; Simple Energy, Inc.
Other Firms: Cooley, Arnold & Porter
Notes: Perkins Coie represented Uplight, Inc., a portfolio company of Rubicon Technology Partners, in connection with its business combination with Simple Energy, Inc.
Confidential
Perkins Coie
Client: Infrastructure Group, LLC
Team: Sonny Allison, partner; Bryan Smith, partner; Daniel Sito, associate
Other Parties: ITL Global Services, LLC
Other Firms: Connell Foley
Notes: Perkins Coie represented Infrastructure Group, LLC, in the acquisition of interest in ITL Global Services, LLC.
Confidential
Perkins Coie
Client: Trimble Inc.
Team: Jeff Beuche, partner; Danielle Fortier, partner; Kelly Payne, associate; Sergio Ibarra, associate
Other Parties: 3Log Systems Inc.
Notes: Perkins Coie represented Trimble Inc. in its acquisition of 3Log Systems Inc.
$600,000,000
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Client: WPX Energy, Inc.
Team: Robyn Zolman, partner; Bryan McCutcheon, associate; Meredith Ashlock, associate; Eric Pacifici, associate
Other Parties: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Notes: Gibson Dunn represented WPX in its SEC registered offering of senior notes.
$115,000,000
Jackson Kelly
Client: Confidential
Team: Alexis Lyn Hailpern, Counsel; John Zakhem, member
Other Parties: Confidential
Notes: Jackson Kelly’s client, a Colorado company that serves communities in farming, cattle and land reclamation, obtained a loan in order to expand its business and take on a nationwide pipeline job. The client has been instrumental in reclaiming land after fires and preventing rock slides in the high country.
$42,000,000
Dorsey & Whitney
Client: DionyMed Brands Inc.
Team: Jason Brenkert, partner; Ken Sam, partner; Laura Gunn, partner; Joe Genereux, partner
Other Parties: Cassels Brock (Canadian counsel to DionyMed); Gotham Green Partners
Notes: Dionymed Brands Inc., a multistate cannabis brand and delivery platform, signed a definitive agreement for a two-year, up to $40 million senior secured credit facility from a syndicate of investors. The credit facility consists of a $15 million term loan facility and a $25 million asset-backed loan facility. DionyMed will draw $13 million following the completion of certain conditions to the satisfaction of the investors.
$264,000,000
Perkins Coie
Client: Peak Resorts
Team: Jeff Beuche, partner; Jason Day, partner; Elizabeth Dietz, associate; Dan White, associate; Johnathan Schulman, associate
Other Parties: Vail Resorts, Inc.
Other Firms: WilmerHale
Notes: Perkins Coie represented Missouri-based Peak Resorts, Inc., a publicly traded owner and operator of 17 ski resorts in the Northeast and Midwest, in its acquisition by Vail Resorts, Inc., for approximately $264 million in cash and assumption of additional debt.
$165,000,000
Davis Graham & Stubbs
Client: Encana Corporation
Team: Sam Niebrugge, partner; Brian Boonstra, partner; Michael Snider, partner; Sarah Lozano, associate; David Weil, associate
Notes: Davis Graham & Stubbs served as deal counsel for Encana in the divestiture of oil and gas assets in 10 counties in central Oklahoma.
CA$18,900,000
Dorsey & Whitney
Client: MC Brands LLC
Team: Ken Sam, partner; John Hollinrake, partner; Van Vu, associate; Dale Williams, associate; Brad Hattenbach, of counsel
Other Parties: Green Thumb Industries
Other Firms: Husch Blackwell
Notes: Green Thumb Industries Inc., a national cannabis consumer packaged goods company and owner of Rise and Essence retail stores, acquired MC Brands, LLC, a Colorado-based edibles brand, incredibles, to GTI’s brand portfolio. The incredibles brand is currently distributed in Colorado, Oklahoma, Nevada, Illinois, and Massachusetts.
$14,373,755
Burns Figa & Will
Client: Kristine Sell Delagnes; Misty Sell; The Brennen B. Bounds Trust dated Feb. 6, 2002; The Petriello Revocable Trust dated July 26, 2017; Tyron Sell; Monica Sell; Barry Bounds
Team: Matt Dillman, shareholder; Amy Fliam, shareholder; Georginne Dudash, associate
Other Parties: NP Stafford I, LLC
Notes: Burns Figa & Will represented clients regarding the sale of a 110-acre development site in Aurora.
$9,750,000
Davis Graham & Stubbs
Client: Confidential
Team: Lamont Larsen, partner; Brian Annes, associate
Other Parties: Confidential
Other Firms:
Notes: Davis Graham & Stubbs represented the seller in the divestiture of oil and gas properties.
$8,700,000
Davis Graham & Stubbs
Client: Confidential
Team: Lamont Larsen, partner; Brian Annes, associate; Hayden Weaver, associate; Jennifer Williams, associate
Other Parties: Confidential
Notes: Davis Graham & Stubbs represented the seller in the divestiture of oil and gas properties.
$3,700,000
Davis Graham & Stubbs
Client: Confidential
Team: Lamont Larsen, partner; Brian Annes, associate; Hayden Weaver, associate
Other Parties: Confidential
Notes: Davis Graham & Stubbs represented the seller in divestiture of oil and gas properties.
$1,640,000
Burns Figa & Will
Client: New Regatta, LLC
Team: Matt Dillman, shareholder; Georginne Dudash, associate
Other Parties: Orchard Mesa Retail LLC
Notes: Burns Figa & Will represented a client regarding the sale of a retail property in Grand Junction.
$1,300,000
Burns Figa & Will
Client: ROC III DPC Denver Corporate Center, LLC
Team: Matt Dillman, shareholder; Georginne Dudash, associate
Other Parties: ANB Bank
Other Firms: Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti
Notes: Burns Figa & Will represented a client regarding the sale of a retail pad site located in Denver.
Confidential
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Client: KAABOO, LLC
Team: Adam Agron, shareholder; Patrick Berry, associate; Scott McEachron, associate
Other Parties: Virgin Fest Investco, LLC
Other Firms: Latham & Watkins
Notes: Brownstein represented KAABOO, LLC, in its sale of all assets relating to the KAABOO Del Mar Festival to Virgin Fest Investco, LLC.
Confidential
Holland & Hart
Client: RES Distributed, LLC
Team: Ashley Wald, partner; Adrienne Bell, partner; Jordan Bunch, associate; Adam Cohen, partner; Paige Coriden, associate; Leah Neumann, associate; Jill Van Noord, of counsel; Jennifer Horne, associate
Other Parties: DG Northeast Portfolio 2020, LLC; DG1 Acquisition Co., LLC; Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC; Solvay Finance America, LLC
Other Firms: Axiom Global, Fox Rothschild
Notes: Holland & Hart served as lead counsel in the negotiation of a power purchase agreement with Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC, for the sale of power and New Jersey S-RECs generated by an up to 8 MW solar facility, as well as the sale of the project to a subsidiary of NextEra Resources, LLC, which will serve as the long-term owner and operator. This is the first behind-the-meter corporate PPA for the RES Distributed, LLC, a subsidiary of RES Americas, and the first behind-the-meter solar project in the U.S. for Solvay.
Confidential
Holland & Hart
Client: Roaring Fork Wind, LLC
Team: Ashley Wald, partner; Paige Coriden, associate; Todd Criger, partner; Nick Venetz, associate; Adam Cohen, partner; Michael Dill, partner; Kenyon Redfoot, associate
Other Parties: Algonquin Power Co.
Other Firms: Husch Blackwell
Notes: Holland & Hart served as lead counsel to Roaring Fork Wind, LLC, a joint venture between subsidiaries of Renewable Energy Systems Americas, Inc., and Vestas Wind Systems A/S, in the sale of the Maverick Creek Wind Project, an approximately 480 MW (AC) wind electric generating facility under development in Concho County, Texas.
During the development of the Maverick Project, Holland & Hart advised on issues arising as to the qualification of the Maverick Project for production tax credits. In connection with the sale, the firm also assisted Roaring Fork with internal restructuring, as well as establishing a joint venture with the purchaser of the Maverick Project. Additionally, Holland & Hart represented RES, LP, (a subsidiary of Renewable Energy Systems Americas, Inc.) in the negotiation of a balance of plant engineering, procurement and construction agreement for the Maverick Project.
Confidential
Holland & Knight
Client: Core Solar, LLC
Team: Seth Belzley, partner; Andrew Gillespie, associate; Lacey Croy, associate
Other Parties: Confidential
Notes: Holland & Knight represented Core Solar, LLC, a solar developer, in its disposition of a 250MW approved solar development project.
Confidential
Holland & Knight
Client: Horizon Air Freight, Inc.
Team: Stephen Dietrich, partner; Mark Melton, partner; Christopher Buch, partner; Phillip Schreiber, partner; Mark Francis, partner; Sarah Seedig, senior counsel; Philippa Balestrieri, associate
Other Parties: ICV Partners, LLC
Other Firms: DLA Piper
Notes: Holland & Knight represented Horizon Air Freight, Inc., a specialized freight forwarder focused on the marine industry serving U.S. and international shipping companies and cruise lines, in its sale to private equity firm ICV Partners, LLC.
Confidential
Perkins Coie
Client: Northern Agri Holdings, LLC
Team: Nate Ford, partner; Timothy Andree, associate; Peter Kinsella, partner; John Sirjord, associate
Other Parties: Nutrien AG Solutions, Inc.
Other Firms: Faegre Baker Daniels
Notes: Perkins Coie represented Northern Agri Holdings, LLC, a portfolio company of Lariat Partners, in the sale of Northern Seed LLC’s seed business to Nutrien AG Solutions, Inc.
Confidential
Perkins Coie
Client: Rubicon Technology Partners II, L.P.
Team: Nathaniel Ford, partner; Kester Spindler, partner; Tim Andree, associate
Other Parties: Leeds Equity Partners VI, L.P., Scaled Agile Holdings, LLC
Other Firms: Cooley, Latham & Watkins, Bryan Cave
Notes: Perkins Coie represented Rubicon Technology Partners in connection with its disposition of equity interests in Scaled Agile Holdings, LLC, and contemporaneous rollover into Business Agility Holdco, LP
Confidential
Perkins Coie
Client: Blackmore Sensors and Analytics, Inc.
Team: Sonny Allison, partner; Shirley Huang, counsel; Trevor Lovell, associate; Ashley Poon, associate; Bryan Smith, partner; Lynn Hvalsoe, partner; Rick Oehler, partner
Other Parties: Aurora Innovation, Inc.
Other Firms: Wilson Sonsini
Notes: Represented Blackmore Sensors & Analytics, Inc., a lidar developer, in its acquisition by Aurora Innovation, Inc., a developer of self-driving car systems.
Confidential
Perkins Coie
Client: Pinnacle Development Inc.
Team: Sonny Allison, partner; Bryan Smith, partner; Shirley Huang, Counsel
Other Parties: Sure Shot Holdings, LLC
Other Firms: Nixon Peabody
Notes: Represented Pinnacle Development Inc. in sale to Sure Shot Holdings, LLC, a portfolio company of Banyan Investment Partners, Asydan Capital Management, Post Road Group and Diamond State Ventures.
$162,700,000
Perkins Coie
Client: Jefferies, LLC; Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; SVB Leerink, LLC; Wells Fargo Securities, LLC; Wedbush Securities Inc.; Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.
Team: Ned Prusse, partner; Jonathan Schulman, associate
Other Parties: Fate Therapeutics, Inc.
Other Firms: Goodwin Procter
Notes: Perkins Coie represented the underwriters in the follow-on public offering of common stock by Fate Therapeutics, Inc.
$105,000,000
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Client: Forestar Group Inc.
Team: Robyn Zolman, partner; Meredith Ashlock, associate; Nick Linke, associate
Other Parties: Cahill Gordon & Reindel represented the underwriters
Notes: Gibson Dunn represented Forestar Group in its SEC registered public stock offering.
CA$8,500,000
Dorsey & Whitney
Client: Rubicon Organics
Team: Chris Doerksen, partner; Ken Sam, partner; Stephanie Gambino, associate; Alison Pascucci, associate; Jason Brenkert, partner
Other Parties: BLG
$5,000,000
Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti
Client: Quality Biomedical, Inc.
Team: Jared Crain, lead partner; Yasmina Shaush, associate
Other Parties: Aeonic Partners, LLC
Other Firms: Lape Mansfield Nakasiann & Gibson
$3,700,000
Dorsey & Whitney
Client: Oncolytics Biotech Inc.
Team: Jason Brenkert, partner; Ken Sam, partner
Other Parties: Ladenburg Thalmann (underwriter)
Notes: Oncolytics announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 4,619,773 common shares and warrants to purchase up to 4,619,773 common shares at a combined public offering price of $0.81 per share and warrant, resulting in gross proceeds of approximately $3.7 million. Each warrant has an exercise price of $0.90 per common share, is exercisable immediately and will expire five years from the date of issuance.
$500,000
Ballard Spahr
Client: Confidential
Team: John Ruppert, partner; Michele Rowland, partner
Other Parties: Confidential
Other Firms: Troutman Sanders
Notes: Ballard Spahr represented a client in connection with a third party’s $500,000 investment in the client’s Series B Preferred Stock.
Confidential
Holland & Hart
Client: ServiceCore, Inc.
Team: Michael Dill, partner; Benjamin Gibbons, associate; Sarah Haradon, of counsel; Leah Neumann, associate; Lindsay Silber, partner; Sara Shelly, paralegal
Other Parties: CanPal LLC
Other Firms: Willkie Farr Gallagher
Notes: Holland & Hart represented ServiceCore, Inc., a provider of cloud-based software that helps companies in the liquid waste industry to better manage their routing, scheduling, accounting and invoicing, in connection with its Series A preferred equity financing and related reorganization. ServiceCore’s investor in the Series A preferred equity financing was an affiliate of Full In Partners, and the proceeds will enable ServiceCore to accelerate and expand its SAAS-based software platform offering to a growing customer base in the liquid waste industry.
$750,000,000
Dorsey & Whitney
Client: Eldorado Gold
Team: Ken Sam, partner; Erin McCrady, partner; James Guttman, partner; Adam Wickens, associate
Other Firms: Faskens (Canadian Counsel)
CA$25,300,000
Dorsey & Whitney
Client: SilverCrest Metals
Team: Ken Sam, partner; James Guttman, partner; Muhammad Sohail, associate; Sudeep Simkhada, associate; John Hollinrake, partner
Other Parties: Kaufman Kalef (Canadian counsel to SilverCrest); BLG (counsel to underwriters). Underwriters: National Bank Financial Inc. and Desjardins Capital Markets on behalf of a syndicate of underwriters that included Cormark Securities Inc., PI Financial Corp., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., Eight Capital, Beacon Securities Limited, Roth Capital Partners, LLC and Scotia Capital Inc.
$750,000,000
Dorsey & Whitney
Client: Eldorado Gold
Type of Deal: F-10 Shelf Registration
Team: Ken Sam, partner; Erin McCrady, partner; James Guttman, partner; Adam Wickens, partner
Other Parties: N/A
Other Firms: Faskens (Canadian counsel)
$550,000,000
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Client: WPX Energy, Inc.
Type of Deal: Tender Offer
Team: Robyn Zolman, partner; Bryan McCutcheon, associate; Meredith Ashlock, associate; Eric Pacifici, associate
Other Parties: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett represented the dealer managers
Notes: Gibson Dunn represented WPX in its tender offer for $550 million of certain series of its outstanding notes
$150,000,000
Ballard Spahr
Client: Confidential
Type of Deal: creation of second funding vehicle
Team: Nathan E. Seiler, partner; John Levy, partner Mark Salsbury, partner; Andrew Spruiell, associate
Other Parties: Confidential
Other Firms: Confidential
Notes: Ballard Spahr represented a client in the creation of its second funding vehicle. This $150 million fund included a new lead investor as well as participation by a university.
$130,000,000
Butler Snow
Client: The Housing Authority of the City of Denver
Team: Dawn Bookhardt, attorney; Sally Tasker, attorney; Maria Harwood, attorney; Dillon Peters, attorney
Type of Deal: Denver’s Affordable Housing Program
Other Parties: The City of Denver and its City Attorney’s Office; JP Morgan, Stifel
Other Firms: Kline Alvarado Veio PC
Notes: The City of Denver partnered with the Denver Housing Authority to deliver affordable housing throughout the city. The Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Denver and the Denver Housing Authority served as the financing tool upon which the bond deal was based. The revenues generated via the IGA will provide the revenues to repay DHA’s debt.
$100,000,000
Ballard Spahr
Client: Confidential
Type of Deal: limited partnership investment
Team: John L. Ruppert, partner; Michele Rowland, partner
Other Parties: Confidential
Other Firms: Kirkland & Ellis
Notes: Ballard Spahr represented a client in connection with its $100 million limited partnership investment in a private equity fund.
$32,000,000
Koenig Oelsner Taylor Schoenfeld & Gaddis
Client: Havenly
Type of Deal: Series C financing
Team: Kevin Gibson, partner; Melissa Mellen, attorney; Krystal Rushton, corporate paralegal
Other Parties: Series C investors included Foundry Group, Lerer Hippeau, Kickstart Ventures and Gingerbread Capital.
Notes: KO client, Denver-based startup and interior design platform Havenly is raising $32 million in new funding. The funding will be used to create Havenly’s first private-label brand as it aims to integrate its own products into its design recommendation engine.
$13,600,000
Holland & Hart
Client: Comrit Investments I, LP
Type of Deal: Tender Offer
Team: Amos Barclay, of counsel; Kenyon Redfoot, associate
Notes: Holland & Hart represented Comrit Investments 1, LP, in its mini-tender offer for shares of Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT, Inc, its second mini-tender offer for shares of KBS Real Estate Investment Trust II, and its mini-tender offer for shares of Hines Global REIT, Inc.
CA$12,500,000
Dorsey & Whitney
Client: Integra Resources Corp.
Type of Deal: Non-Brokered Private Placement of Special Warrants
Team: Ken Sam, partner; James Guttman, partner; Tiffanie Pearson, associate
Other Firms: Cassels Brock Blackwell LLP was Canadian Counsel
$6,500,000
Dorsey & Whitney
Client: Alexco Resource Corp.
Type of Deal: Bought Deal Offering of Common Shares
Team: Jason Brenkert, partner; Ken Sam, partner; John Hollinrake, partner
Other Parties: Cantor Fitzgerald Canada (Underwriter)
$5,700,000
Koenig Oelsner Taylor Schoenfeld & Gaddis
Client: Dapix, Inc.
Type of Deal: Series A financing
Team: Jennifer Rosenthal, partner; Ian Kuliasha, attorney
Other Parties: The round was led by Binance Labs.
Notes: KO client Dapix raised $5.7 million in Series A funding to speed up the launch of its FIO mainnet. The round was led by Binance Labs.
$5,500,000
Koenig Oelsner Taylor Schoenfeld & Gaddis
Client: Bobo’s
Type of Deal: Series B1 financing
Team: Jennifer Rosenthal, partner; Melissa Mellen, attorney
Other Parties: Round was led by Boulder Food Group and supported by existing investors BIGR Ventures and Ridgeline Ventures
Notes: KO client Boulder-based Bobo’s raised $5.5 million to expand production in anticipation of 40% growth this year.
Confidential
Davis Graham & Stubbs
Client: Newmont Goldcorp Corporation
Type of Deal: Joint Venture
Team: Bruce Stocks, partner; Mark Bussey, partner; Nate Goergen, associate; Pantea Garroussi, of counsel; Scott Hardt, partner; Almira Moronne, associate; Sterling LeBoeuf, associate; Laurence Nemirow, special tax counsel
Other Parties: Barrick Gold Corporation
Other Firms: Parsons Behle & Latimer (Barrick’s U.S. counsel); Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg (Barrick’s Canadian Counsel); Cravath Swaine and Moore (Barrick’s U.S. counsel); Goodmans (Newmont’s Canadian counsel)
Notes: Davis Graham & Stubbs represented Newmont Goldcorp Corporation in the negotiation, design and implementation of a joint venture between Newmont and Barrick Gold Corporation. The joint venture created Nevada Gold Mines, LLC, the world’s third-largest gold mining company (behind Barrick and Newmont).
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Arnold & Porter
Client: The AES Corporation (as the majority stockholder in Simple Energy)
Type of Deal: Merger
Team: Ronald Levine, partner; Evan Leitch, senior associate
Other Parties: Simple Energy, Tendril Networks
Other Firms: Cooley (advised on all aspects on behalf of Simple Energy); Perkins Coie (adviser to Tendril Networks and adviser to Rubicon Technology Partners, Tendril’s majority unitholder)
Notes: Arnold & Porter represented the AES Corporation (as the majority stockholder in Simple Energy) in the merger of Simple Energy into Tendril Networks. Simple Energy and Tendril Networks are two Boulder, Colorado-based companies providing technology solutions to energy utilities.
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Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti
Client: Handyman Matters, Inc.
Type of Deal: Asset Sale
Team: Patrick Perrin, lead partner; Kathleen Lucas, associate; Jacob Scarr, associate
Other Parties: Ace Services Holdings, LLC
Other Firms: DLA Piper
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Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Client: Stronghill Capital, LLC
Type of Deal: Structured Finance
Team: Jay Spader, shareholder; Chris Hand, associate
Other Parties: DZ Bank AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main, New York Branch
Other Firms: Arnold & Porter
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Perkins Coie
Client: Summit Trail Advisors, LLC
Type of Deal: Fund Formation
Team: Elizabeth Sipes, partner; Erica Smith, associate
Notes: Fund formation counsel to Summit Trail Advisors in its launch of Ascent Private Investment Fund II, L.P. The strategy of the fund is to make investments in underlying private investment funds, which will utilize a variety of investment strategies, including, but not limited to, growth equity, buyout, distressed debt, special situations and real assets.
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Perkins Coie
Client: Sun Mountain Capital Advisors, LLC
Type of Deal: Fund Formation
Team: Elizabeth Sipes, partner; Erica Smith, associate
Notes: Fund formation counsel to Sun Mountain Capital in its launch of Sun Mountain Private Credit Fund I, L.P. The strategy of the fund is to provide a range of debt and equity financing solutions to growth stage companies.