Iain Wood

Iain Wood has extensive experience in representing companies and private equity funds on transactional matters and other complex business transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, venture capital/private equity investments, divestitures of subsidiaries and business segments, distressed Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) transactions and other strategic transactions across a broad range of industries.

Iain also has significant experience representing hedge funds, private equity funds and other investment funds and lenders in the corporate, securities and transactional aspects of restructurings, including Chapter 11 reorganizations, out-of-court restructurings and exchange offers.

Iain is a member of the working group that compiles the widely recognized “Deal Points Study,” a study of negotiated M&A terms that has been adopted by the Committee on Mergers and Acquisitions of the American Bar Association.

Experience:

• Represents clients in transactional matters and other complex business transactions.

Representative Work:

• Private Equity and Investment Funds:
  • Represented a private equity fund in connection with its minority investment in a water appliance and water treatment business..
  • Assisted a private equity fund in connection with its auction and subsequent sale of an international water treatment business to another private equity fund.
• Mergers and Acquisitions:
  • Advised a developer, manufacturer and supplier of casino games, systems and technology in connection with its strategic acquisitions, including its acquisition of a Class II gaming footprint and its acquisition of an iGaming aggregator and content provider.
  • Represented a NASDAQ-listed ready-mixed concrete and aggregate products company in numerous acquisitions throughout the United States.
• Venture Capital:
  • Assisted an integrated front door marketing company in its sale of senior subordinated debt.
  • Counseled a leading Beijing-based online social networking provider in several venture capital financings.

Education:

• J.D., Vanderbilt University School of Law, 2006
• B.A., Columbia University, 2003

Bar Admissions:

• District of Columbia
• Texas