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Brandon Bloom
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Overview

Brandon Bloom is a tax partner in Holland & Knight's Dallas office. He advises on the structuring and tax implications of a broad range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), divestitures, restructurings, joint ventures, investment fund formation and financing transactions.

Mr. Bloom represents private equity funds and their portfolio companies, search funds, independent sponsors, venture capital-backed companies, family offices and public companies, as well as other closely held private companies and partnerships. He has experience assisting clients in a variety of industries and markets, and companies ranging from small private businesses to large public companies.

Representative Experience

  • Represented M/C Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm, in a significant growth investment in Celito, a communications and managed services provider based in Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Advised the energy division of a multinational chemical company in its entrance into the United States onshore oil and gas market with the $1.4 billion acquisition of a portion of an American exploration and production (E&P) company's oil and gas assets in South Texas
  • Advised a leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel in its acquisition of a company's used cooking oil (UCO) collection and aggregation business
  • Advised a leading global producer of specialty chemicals for water-intensive industries, on its acquisition of a specialty chemical manufacturer
  • Advised a search fund backed by a prominent group of family offices in the formation and funding of a real estate management, investment and development company in connection with its acquisition of a third party logistics provider
  • Advised a Dallas-based investment firm in its $1.3 billion business combination with a special purpose acquisition entity
  • Represented a private wealth management business in a $100 million sale to a public wealth management firm
  • Advised an oil and gas services business in a $200 million recapitalization and sale to a private equity fund
  • Advised a private waste collection company in a $150 million recapitalization and sale to a private equity fund
  • Advised a foreign company on a $300 million acquisition of a U.S. retail fuel station and travel center business
  • Advised a $1 billion oil and gas company in the corporate division of upstream and midstream businesses in a tax-free spin-off
  • Advised a residential construction supplies and home furnishings business in the corporate separation of business segments in a tax-free spin-off
  • Structured and negotiated a private equity fund portfolio company's $1 billion sale of a midstream oil and gas business to a master limited partnership (MLP)
  • Advised an industry-leading hydraulic fracking company on tax-efficient structure for initial public stock and debt offerings and the ultimate sale of the company for $3.5 billion

  • Represented a private equity firm in its acquisition of a leading provider of test and evaluation services, total life cycle acquisition support, medical and public health preparedness, and science and technology research and development to government customers
  • Advised an energy infrastructure company on an equity commitment by a Houston-based private equity firm
  • Represented a private equity firm in its substantial equity investments in two information technology (IT) and cybersecurity leaders that specialize in securing the nation's defense industrial base (DIB)
  • Represented a San Francisco-based private equity firm on its initial investment in a next generation financial services firm specializing in innovative investment, wealth advisory and credit solutions for families, endowments, foundations and advisors serving accredited investors
  • Advised a fund sponsor in the formation of a $650 million real estate fund
  • Advised a fund sponsor in the formation of a $1 billion upstream oil and gas fund
  • Advised a fund sponsor in the formation of a $500 million midstream oil and gas fund
  • Advised a fund sponsor in the formation of a $200 million oil and gas minerals fund
  • Advised a fund sponsor in the formation of a $250 million private debt fund
  • Advised a family office in structuring and negotiating multiple private equity fund investments
  • Advised a tax-exempt private foundation in structuring and negotiating multiple private equity fund investments

  • Advised a multinational chemical company that operates in a variety of industries on the acquisition of a major tranche of an energy company's oil and gas assets in the Eagle Ford shale in south Texas for $1.4 billion
  • Represented a privately held oil and natural gas company in its agreement to sell certain non-operated interests in the Delaware Basin to another gas company
  • Advised a private oil and gas company in structuring a $150 million sale of working interests to qualify as a Section 1031 like-kind exchange
  • Advised private equity fund portfolio companies in the tax partnership structure of farmout and drillco transactions, as well as other wellbore interest acquisitions

Credentials

Education
  • University of Florida Levin College of Law, LL.M.
  • University of Oklahoma College of Law, J.D.
  • Oklahoma Baptist University, B.P.A., cum laude
Bar Admissions/Licenses
  • Texas
Memberships
  • State Bar of Texas, Tax Section, Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Chair, 2013-2014; Vice Chair, 2011-2012
  • Watermark Community Development Corporation, Board of Directors, 2018-2021
  • Bryan's House, Board of Directors, 2013-2014
Honors & Awards
  • The Best Lawyers in America guide, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2025
  • Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine, Tax: General, 2022-2024
  • The Legal 500 USA, Tax: U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious, 2019-2020
  • Rising Star, Texas Super Lawyers magazine, Tax, 2013-2015