Geoff Allen Long
Consulting Counsel

Overview
Geoff Long is a corporate attorney in Holland & Knight's Houston office. Mr. Long has more than 25 years of buy and sell-side transactional experience, with an emphasis on mergers, divestitures and acquisitions, business entity structuring, corporate governance, commercial transactions, as well as general legal matters for a variety of private and publicly traded companies across various sectors, including manufacturing, medical devices, health information technology, petrochemicals, oil and gas, entertainment and construction.
Representative Experience
- Advised on the sale of a pediatric emergency care center
- Advised on the sale of an interest in a national building services company
- Advised on the equity financing for an early stage energy technology company
- Advised on the equity financing for an early stage medical device company
- Advised on the restructuring of an early stage medical device company in connection with a grant award
- Advised on the sale of more than 200 retail fuel facilities to various buyers
- Advised on the $180 million acquisition of the leading international manufacturer of patient lifts, slings and other patient mobility technology
- Advised on the spin-off of a death care industry leader from a medical technology company
- Advised on the reorganization of a commercial construction and real estate acquisition and development company
- Advised on the merger between leading fiber and textile manufacturers
- Advised on the purchase of 37 different entities comprising a roofing supply company, with each entity owned by separate individual shareholders
- Advised on the acquisition of the outstanding capital stock of a carpet backing and fiber mesh manufacturer and a related like-kind exchange
- Advised on the $83 million stock acquisition of a non-invasive airway clearance systems manufacturer
- Advised on the sale of assets by a financial services company in connection with the $264 million stock sale of the company
- Advised on the acquisition of the outstanding capital stock of a textile manufacturer and certain other related international entities and assets
- Advised on the sale of a marketing company
- Advised on the sale of more than 25 separate subsidiaries engaged in the commercial or residential heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) or plumbing business to separate buyers
- Advised on the purchase of the assets related to a flexible and specialty packaging business and related entities
- Advised on the acquisition of the assets of the flexible packaging division of a paper and packaging products manufacturer
- Advised on the $3.2 billion merger to form a facilities and business services company
- Advised on the formation and structure of a start-up entertainment facility development and event promotion company and private placement
- Advised on the spin-off of a core analogue X-ray film and diagnostic imaging business
- Advised on the purchase of a half dozen separate entities engaged in the commercial or residential HVAC or plumbing business
- Advised on the purchase of the assets related to a medical imaging business, including negotiation of a $75 million plus International Technology Services Agreement
- Advised on the acquisition of the assets of the worldwide X-ray film business
- Advised on the acquisition of the outstanding capital stock of an animal food product manufacturer
- Advised on the sale of the equity of a Houston-based medical device company
- Advised on the sale of substantially all of the equity and related entities of a business involved in the surface modification of plastics
- Advised on the purchase of the assets of an environmental remediation business
- Advised on the purchase of a driving safety school
- Advised on the sale of equity of a wholesale electric business
Credentials
- Baylor Law School, J.D.
- Baylor University, B.B.A.
- Texas
- State Bar of Texas
- Houston Bar Association
- Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
- Houston Downtown Alliance, Board of Directors, Chairman
- Harris County Municipal Utility District (MUD) 275, Board of Directors, Chairman
- Baylor University Alumni Association, Member of the Board
- British-American Business Council (BABC), President, Board of Directors
- The Best Lawyers in America guide, Corporate Governance Law, 2009, 2010, 2012-2023
- Community Service Award, Houston Downtown Alliance, 2010
- Friends of Children Professional Services Award, Boys and Girls Country, Inc., 2008
- Go Forward Award, Houston Downtown Alliance, 2004