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Kamlet Reichert attorneys assist private equity investors in evaluating, structuring, negotiating and completing private equity transactions ranging from initial investments to exit events. We work with our clients to effectively implement the preferred exit strategy, whether through a private sale, an initial public offering, a recapitalization, a merger or an acquisition. The 2010 edition of Best Lawyers®, the oldest and one of the most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has recognized the firm’s Venture Capital practice area with a #1 ranking for Denver, Colorado.
We Have a Wide Range of Experience
In addition to representing a variety of companies that are backed by private equity investors (ranging from early-stage startups to emerging growth companies), our private equity client base also includes the following types of investors:
- Angel investors
- Distressed company funds
- Early and late stage funds
- Hedge funds
- MBO/LBO funds
- Mezzanine financiers
- Real estate funds
- Venture capital funds
We Work as a Team
Our private equity team works closely with other Kamlet Reichert specialists, including our securities, tax, intellectual property, employment, environmental and litigation attorneys, to bring specialized and business and legal knowledge to the unique issues and particular challenges of each deal that we work on. Our broad-based experience covers the gamut of private equity activities -- from initial due diligence through post-sale indemnification disputes and dissolutions of portfolio companies.
Some representative examples include the following:
- Representing fund clients and portfolio companies on tax-efficient and strategic deal structures as well as the satisfaction of regulatory requirements.
- Advising clients regarding securities law compliance requirements with regard to private placements, complex debt or equity financings, and public offerings.
- Advising members of private equity funds who sit on the boards of directors of portfolio companies with regard to fiduciary duty and other corporate governance issues, including duties implicated by down-rounds.
- Advising parties who act as shareholder representatives of companies that have gone through an exit event.
We Make Deals Happen
Some representative recent private equity transactions include:
- Representation of a specialized investment firm in its $70 million leveraged buyout of a yarn and broadloom carpets manufacturer.
- Representation of billion dollar venture capital fund in dozens of investments in communications, IT services and related technologies.
- Formation and representation of various private equity funds investing in real estate, software, communications, biotech and Internet companies.
- Representation of the Rocky Mountain Region’s oldest venture capital fund with regard to various cash and stock mergers involving its portfolio companies located throughout the United States with NYSE, Nasdaq and foreign listed companies.
- Representation of medical device manufacturer, mobile applications provider, internet services company and energy company in obtaining early and later stage funding.
- Representation of private equity-backed consolidation in leveraged acquisitions of software and online businesses.
We Have Advised Clients Across a Broad Range of Industries
In addition to a wide variety of service and manufacturing clients, we have advised clients in the following industries in their private equity and venture capital activities:
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