Private Equity/Venture Capital

Maryland counsel to numerous real estate investment trusts (REITs), business development companies (BDCs) and closed-end funds in response to activist stockholders, contested election matters, proxy contests and bet-the-company litigation. Maryland counsel to BDC attendant to multiparty transaction involving sale of investment portfolio followed by strategic stock sale and investment management agreement with new investment advisor. Maryland counsel to private equity buyer of publicly-traded REITs, non-traded REITs and other Maryland corporations. Maryland counsel to private credit fund attendant to conversion to BDC. Maryland counsel to multiple publicly-traded Maryland corporations and their special committees in connection with strategic transactions. Counsel to external advisor to Maryland REIT. Maryland counsel to multiple REITs and BDCs in connection with follow-on offerings.

Represented a private equity firm with investments in several waste-to-energy facilities, including assessing environmental site conditions and addressing permitting issues related to the handling and management of solid wastes.

Represented private equity fund in connection with its investment into a leading provider of training solutions and intelligence analysis to DSS, CENTCOM and SOCOM.

Represented private equity serial acquirer in several initial platform investments and subsequent bolt-on and tuck-in acquisitions, including pre- and post-acquisition business planning, integration, and strategy.

Represented an undisclosed company in connection with $30 million equity and mezzanine debt financing.