Overview

Roddy Bailey is a deal lawyer and serves as an executive partner of Holland & Knight's Chattanooga office. Mr. Bailey's mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and investment transactions experience is prized by clients who value his ability to see the entire playing field from pre-deal investment or corporate planning through transformative transactions and post-closing matters.

Mr. Bailey is a trusted advisor in the private equity space, where he leads and advises on private equity, M&A transactions as well as growth equity financings. He works with private equity buyers on platform and add-on transactions in the middle market, including related credit financings and co-investment arrangements. Mr. Bailey also works with founders who are seeking to sell their business, including issues related to rollover equity investments with a sponsor-buyer.  

In the venture capital space, issuers and investors at every stage – angel, growth and late stage – value Mr. Bailey's insight and experience. He represents investors and portfolio companies in venture capital investment transactions, including seed, early-stage and late-stage equity investments. Mr. Bailey works with companies at all stages in its funding life cycle, including Simple Agreements for Future Equity (SAFEs), priced equity, growth equity and eventual exit/M&A transactions.

Mr. Bailey also advises clients on the formation of investment funds – including private equity, venture capital and hedge funds – as well as institutional and individual investors in those funds. He has also worked with founders who form and operate long-term holding companies as a different way of allocating investment capital for long-term value appreciation. Related to this practice, Mr. Bailey counsels clients on a wide variety of operational and strategic issues, including joint ventures, technology licenses, commercial contracts and general corporate matters.

Representative Experience

  • Represented Aevcor, a long-term holding company seeking to invest in companies operating in the software and services sectors, in its acquisition of Biometrics4ALL, a leading biometrics technology company specializing in FBI Certified Live Scan and related products and services for Applicant Background Check, Criminal Booking and Biometrics Identity Management
  • Represented Capital Alignment Partners in its acquisition of ADMO Inc., a state-of-the-art manufacturer of plastic injection-molded parts and assemblies
  • Represented Capital Alignment Partners in its acquisition of American Pavement Preservation LLC, a Western asphalt preservation company
  • Represented Capital Alignment Partners in its acquisition of Bayou Home Care, a full-service home healthcare company located in Louisiana, and in subsequent related add-on acquisitions in Texas and Louisiana
  • Represented Netform, a leading manufacturer of advanced, highly engineered flow-formed and cold-formed components and assemblies and a portfolio company of Torque Capital Group, in its add-on acquisition of Vickers Engineering, a world-class precision machining and assembly company
  • Represented Dominus Capital and its portfolio company, Consolidated Equipment Group, a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of attachments for skid steers, mini skid steers, compact tractors and several other light construction power equipment, in its add-on acquisition of Agile Manufacturing, an innovative manufacturer of agricultural, industrial and construction material handling equipment
  • Represented Forfend Industries Inc., a serial acquisition long-term holding company formed by Hampton River Partners, in its acquisition of Billy Pugh Company, a leading manufacturer of safety equipment for the offshore and maritime end markets
  • Represented River Associates Investments in its acquisition of ID Label, an industry-leading manufacturer of variable information barcode labels and warehouse signage
  • Represented River Associates Investments in its acquisition of Minerva Beauty, a leading manufacturer and distributor of salon, spa and barbershop equipment to the beauty industry
  • Represented River Associates Investments in its acquisition of Dollamur, the largest global manufacturer and distributor of high-performance competitive sports flooring
  • Represented River Associates Investments in its acquisition of Pelco Products, Inc., an Oklahoma-based traffic and utility hardware manufacturer and supplier
  • Represented River Associates Investments in its acquisition of Yale Cordage, a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance synthetic rope and rope systems for critical, high cost-of-failure applications
  • Served as buyer's counsel to River Associates Investments in its acquisition of Quikserv Corp, which included negotiating the purchase agreement and senior financing documents, and advising on immigration related matters
  • Advised River Associates Investments on its acquisition of Texas-based Presco Polymers

  • Represented Brava Roof Tile, the leading independent provider of composite roofing materials in the U.S., in connection with a transaction with Golden Gate Capital
  • Represented Global Resources International Inc., a Georgia-based global medical consumables and industrial protective equipment company, in its sale of 75.2 percent equity stake to Winner Medical Co. Ltd., a publicly traded leading manufacturer of disposable medical products based in China, for approximately $120 million
  • Represented White Lake Dock & Dredge Inc., a premier environmental dredging, sediment capping and marine contractor, in its sale to ENTACT LLC, a leading provider of environmental remediation and geotechnical services and a portfolio company of investment affiliates of J.F. Lehman & Company
  • Served as legal advisor to truck brokerage firm Everest Transportation Systems in a transaction with Cambridge Capital, a leading investment firm focused on the applied supply chain, who made a majority investment in the company
  • Represented River Associates Investments in connection with the sale of portfolio company Weaver Leather to Blue Point Capital Partners
  • Served as lead counsel to Total Label USA LLC in its acquisition by Fortis Solutions Group LLC, a portfolio company of Main Post Partners specializing in packaging solutions
  • Acted as transaction counsel to Tri State Distribution Inc. and its shareholders in its sale to Consolidated Container Company

Credentials

Education
  • Syracuse University College of Law, J.D.
  • Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S., Business Management
Bar Admissions/Licenses
  • District of Columbia
  • Georgia
  • Tennessee
Memberships
  • Chattanooga Bar Association
  • Tennessee Bar Association
  • State Bar of Georgia
Honors & Awards
  • The Best Lawyers in America guide, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, 2025; Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2013-2025; Venture Capital Law, 2025
  • The Legal 500 USA, M&A/Corporate and Commercial – Private Equity Buyouts: Middle-Market (up to $500M), 2024
  • Chambers USA – America's Leading Business Lawyers guide, Corporate M&A (Tennessee), 2006-2010, 2022-2024
  • The Best Lawyers in America guide, Chattanooga Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year, 2024

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