Jeffrey S. Gardner

Overview

Jeffrey Gardner is special counsel in the Corporate Practice Group in the firm's Chicago office.

Areas of Practice

Jeffrey concentrates his practice on transactional and securities matters, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, private equity and venture capital investments, financings and Securities Act of 1933 and Securities Exchange Act of 1934 compliance. He represents public and private clients based in the basic materials, biotech, finance, hospitality and technology industries.

Jeffrey also advises entrepreneurs and startup ventures in connection with formation and general corporate matters, and he counsels public and private companies in all aspects of corporate governance.

Experience

Representative Transactions

M&A

Represented owner of CauseForce, Inc., in sale of 50% of the company to Bregal Partners
Represented OmniForce, LLC, in multiple roll-up acquisitions of race events and a cross-border acquisition of event production company
Represented OmniForce, LLC, in sale of for-profit race business
Represented Edgewater Growth Capital Partners in acquisition of American Piping Products
Represented National Surgical Care in several roll-up acquisitions of majority interests in ambulatory surgery centers
Represented Ridge Capital Partners in acquisition of WeCare Organics and WeCare Transportation
Represented Solo Cup Company in divestiture of Hoffmaster division to private equity investors
Represented StandardVision, LLC, in note purchase financing transaction with Eldridge Capital
Represented Parlano, Inc., in sale via merger with Microsoft, Inc.
Represented Sarvega, Inc., in sale via merger with Intel
Represented SourceCode Technology Holdings, Inc., in purchase of IP assets from a privately held South African software company
Represented a subsidiary of John Deere in acquisition of GeoVantage
Represented BOP, LLC, in sale of shopbop.com to Amazon.com, Inc.
Represented Stats, LLC, in acquisition of PA SportsTicker, Inc.
Represented Fitch Risk Management in cross-border acquisition of Algorithmics Incorporated
Represented Targeted Molecular Diagnostics, LLC, in sale of the company to Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc.
Represented Nuseed Holding Co. in acquisition of Seeds 2000, Inc.
Represented Oxford Capital Partners, LLC, in multiple acquisitions and sales of hotel properties
Represented Mandalay Baseball Properties, LLC, in acquisition of the assets of the Oklahoma City RedHawks
Represented Toter, Incorporated, in sale via merger to Wastequip, Inc.
Represented Aligned Equity Partners, LLC, in million acquisition of the assets of American Bin & Conveyor
Represented Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc., in acquisition of private financial services company
Represented Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc., in going-private transaction
Represented HGDS Acquisition LLC in acquisition of certain assets of Hub Group Distribution Services, LLC
Represented Securitas Security Services USA, Inc., in acquisition of The Security Professionals, Inc. and Security Services USA, Inc.

IPOs/Venture Capital Transactions

Represented shareholders of Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc., in IPO
Represented SourceCode Technology Holdings, Inc., in Series B and Series C venture financings and related tender offer
Represented Chromatin, Inc., in Series B and Series C venture financings
Represented Firm58, Inc., in Series B and Series C venture financings

Real Estate/Hospitality Joint Ventures

Represented Oxford Capital Partners, LLC, in multiple joint ventures with capital partners for the acquisition, development and operation of U.S. hotel properties
Represented Geolo Capital II, L.P., in multiple joint ventures with developers for the acquisition, development and operation of U.S. and foreign hotel properties
Represented Quadrum Global in multiple joint ventures with developers for the acquisition, development and operation of multiple properties to be developed into hotels, apartment complexes and mixed-use developments
Represented Cachet Hotel Group in master franchising agreement with Wahlburgers Franchising International, Inc.
Represented Cachet Hotel Group in venue licensing agreement with Playboy Enterprises International, Inc.