Roddy Bailey

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.