Chad Barton

Chad Barton is a corporate attorney in Holland & Knight's Dallas office. Mr. Barton represents private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies and a variety of other public and private companies in complex strategic, financial and other business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), including bolt-on and roll-up transactions; divestitures; carve-outs; joint ventures; restructurings; private equity-backed investments and venture capital investments, as well as general corporate counseling.

Mr. Barton has substantial experience with planning, structuring and negotiating transactions for a diverse range of public company and private equity clients in the healthcare, energy, technology and telecommunications sectors. He also drafts purchase agreements, services and supply agreements, contribution and distribution agreements and other commercial contracts, joint venture agreements, confidentiality and exclusivity agreements, licensing agreements, earn-out agreements, term sheets and governance documents, such as limited liability company agreements, partnership agreements, corporate charters and bylaws, and various consents, authorizations and resolutions.

In addition, Mr. Barton assists strategic and private equity acquirers to realize their M&A goals (buy-side and sell-side), and advises clients in various debt and equity transactions. He also assists and advises clients' senior management, investment committees and boards with transactional and risk analysis in connection with crucial commercial decision-making, including analyzing diligence and documentation requirements, supervising associate teams' implementation of approved strategies, analyzing team diligence findings and work product and synthesizing the same into concise visual summaries, and ultimately comprehensive suites of transactional documents.

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Barton was an attorney for a national law firm in its Dallas office.