Overview
Lindsay Ferguson is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group and the Office Managing Partner of the firm's Dallas office. She is also the co-leader of the Food and Beverage Team.
Areas of Practice
Lindsay’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and private equity. Lindsay has experience in representing private equity sponsored buy-outs, and representing portfolio companies of sponsor funds in add-on acquisitions, dispositions, recapitalizations, financing transactions, corporate governance matters and day-to-day legal and commercial matters. Lindsay also has experience in the representation of public and private companies in securities issuances, securities regulations, corporate spin-offs and reorganizations and corporate governance and compliance.
Experience
Experience
- Represented private investment firm Littlejohn & Co in its acquisition of Sunbelt Modular, a leading designer and manufacturer of modular solutions.
- Represented Sensor Systems, Inc. in its sale to HEICO Corporation's Electronic Technologies Group.
- Represented Kevin's Natural Foods in its acquisition by Mars, Incorporated.
- Represented Kevin’s Natural Foods in a minority equity investment transaction.
- Represented Transhield, Inc. in the sell to Patrick Industries, Inc.
- Represent private equity firm in its acquisition of more than a dozen retail, food service, manufacturing and health care companies over the past approximate 10 years with a total deal value of more than $500 million.
- Represent private equity firm in disposition of multiple portfolio companies.
- Represented private equity investors in connection with numerous private leveraged buy-out transactions involving a wide number of industries, including medical device manufacturing, consumer products and food products manufacturing.
- Represented Cash America International, Inc. in its $2.4 billion merger of equals with First Cash Financial Services, Inc.
- Represented General Motors Financial Company, Inc. in multibillion-dollar SEC registered offerings and Rule 144A offering of senior notes.
- Represented Cash America International, Inc. in connection with its 2014 spin-off of Enova International, Inc. to its shareholders.
- Represented AmeriCredit Corp., a publicly traded NYSE corporation, in its $3.5 billion sale to General Motors.
- Represented a global private equity firm in $300 million acquisition of publicly traded NYSE Amex hotel corporation.
- Represents issuers in public and private offerings of debt and equity securities.
- Represents public and private companies in merger, acquisition and sale transactions and spin-off transactions.
- Advises companies on securities law compliance and reporting obligations.
- Advises publicly-traded companies on SEC and stock exchange compliance, public reporting and corporate governance matters.
- Advises public and private companies on general corporate governance issues.
Honors
Honors
Texas Rising Star, Mergers & Acquisitions, Super Lawyers, 2012-2021.
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Education
J.D., Texas Tech University School of Law, 2007, summa cum laude, Order of the Coif;
Articles Editor, Texas Tech Law Review, Order of the Barristers, Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Fraternity
B.A., Texas Tech University, 2003, summa cum laude
Admissions
- Texas