Practice Areas
Corporate Finance & Securities
Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel's Corporate Finance and Securities law attorneys represent clients in structuring, negotiating, and consummating transactions, and also provide regular advice on securities laws, corporate finance, and other general corporate matters. Our firm provides services to a broad spectrum of clients, including:
- Equity/debt and venture capital funds
- Investment banking and management firms
- Public and private companies
- Investment advisers
- Broker dealers
- Financial institutions
- Governmental entities.
From start-up companies and individual entrepreneurs starting in Chattanooga to multi-national corporations, our clients conduct business in numerous sectors of the global economy, including food, retailing, manufacturing, real estate development and marketing, telecommunications, health care, insurance, financial services, e-commerce, transportation, publishing, entertainment, technology, and leasing.
With a diverse client base that has sophisticated needs and demands, we handle complex transactions, such as:
- Domestic and international joint ventures
- Domestic and international mergers and acquisitions
- Equity/debt fund formations and investments
- Leveraged and management buyouts
- Equity and debt securities offerings
- Restructurings
- Tax-exempt financings.
Several attorneys focus on private businesses, ranging from newly formed companies to well-established corporations. We assist these clients with private placements and other equity and debt financing transactions.
Our firm also represents several capital funds and investment firms, providing services with respect to formation, reporting and investment transactions.
Recent Representative Matters
- Represented seller in $95 million sale of long-term care facilities
- Represented mezzanine lenders in connection with numerous loans with related equity participation and preferred equity issues
- Represented private equity fund in connection with $40 million private placement of securities
- Represented publishing company in $18 million stock sale to private equity buyer
- Represented investor in connection with the private placement investments in $20 to $30 million multi-family projects
- Represented real estate development fund in connection with $10 million private placement of securities
- Represented purchaser in the acquisition and financing of $50 million convenience store business
- Represented seller in $90 million asset sale of communications company
- Represented sellers in $14 million stock sale to private equity buyer
- Represented numerous investment entities in their organization and raising of capital
- Represented sellers in $21 million cross-border sale of stock to publicly-traded buyer
- Represented several companies in negotiating construction and supply contracts in excess of $250 million
- Represented mortgage company in $5 million sale of Series A Preferred Stock
- Represented target in $4 million merger with REIT acquirer