J. Todd Butler is the national ESOP Team Leader and practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, financial transaction, business exit strategies, structured finance and employee stock ownership plans. Mr. Butler is experienced in various corporate acquisition and financing methods and structures, including special purpose/bankruptcy remote structures for securitized transactions and ESOP financing and structures.
Representative Transactions Include:
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Represented the Company, a manufacturer of licensed-brands of sports apparel, in the reorganization and recapitalization of the company and affiliates, and subsequent leveraged-ESOP transaction for the transfer of $120,000,000 of Class B ESOP Convertible Preferred Stock
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Represented the Acquirer and issued an opinion as to substantive consolidation in connection with the assumption by the Acquirer of $21,500,000 in structured indebtedness secured by a shopping mall
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Represented the Company, a leading manufacturer of decorative towels, in the reorganization and recapitalization of the company and affiliates, and subsequent leveraged-ESOP transaction for the transfer of $40,000,000 of Class B ESOP Convertible Preferred Stock
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Represented the Company, a leading provider of interior/exterior landscape for office buildings, in the S-corporation consolidation and reorganization of multiple operating companies, and subsequent leveraged-ESOP transaction for the transfer of Convertible Preferred Stock of the holding company for several operating entities ($7,700,000 transaction value)
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Represented the Trustee (Corporate Fiduciary) in the S-corporation consolidation and reorganization of multiple real estate management companies, and subsequent leveraged-ESOP transaction for the transfer of Common Stock of the holding company for several operating entities ($19,700,000 transaction value)
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Represented the Borrower in obtaining $290,000,000 in revolving, term and private placement credit
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Represented the Acquirer in an $8,000,000 limited liability company (joint venture model) acquisition of manager or distressed property portfolios