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March Madness: Is Your Public Company an Acquisition Target?

You are the general counsel of a public company and expect M&A activity to increase in the United States during 2012. Do you know if your company looks like a good target to potential acquirors? >>

Let's Go Shopping

You’re the general counsel of a public company and your CEO calls you to tell you that he is interested in acquiring another public company. He’s already asking you how quickly this can get done and what the company needs to do. What are the first steps you should take? >>



Joshua S. Chaffin

Associate

Houston


1221 McKinney Street
Suite 2100
Houston, Texas 77010
T +1 713.547.2565
F +1 713.236.5655

Areas of Practice

Education

  • J.D., Baylor University School of Law, 2006, Executive Editor, Baylor Law Review; Order of the Barristers
  • B.A., Economics and Business Administration, Trinity University, 2002, Minor in Political Science

Bar Admissions

  • Texas, 2006

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Judicial Clerkships

Briefing Attorney to The Honorable Terry Jennings; First Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas (2006-2007)

Josh Chaffin is an associate in the Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital Markets and Securities and Energy Practice Groups in the Houston Office of Haynes and Boone, LLP.

His practice focuses on the representation of publicly traded and privately held companies, as well as individuals, in connection with general corporate and securities law matters, including mergers and acquisitions; divestitures; public and private offerings of equity, debt and convertible securities; contract negotiations; investments by public equity funds; advising special committees; formation and restructuring of business entities, including corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies; corporate governance; and state and federal corporate and securities compliance, including under the Securities Act of 1933, Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Representative Experience

  • Represented private oil and gas company in $150 million acquisition of public company and associated financing.
  • Represented NYSE Amex company in $210 million stock and asset acquisition of onshore seismic and multi-client library business of international company.
  • Represented individuals in connection with contribution of oil and gas assets into newly formed limited liability company.

Memberships

  • State Bar of Texas
  • Houston Bar Association
  • Houston Young Lawyers Association

Selected Representative Experience


Represented Landry's, Inc. in Rule 144A Debt Offering
Successfully represented Landry's, Inc. in a $1.6 billion refinancing, which included a new $1.2 billion credit facility, a Rule 144A offering of $425 million aggregate principal amount of 9.375 percent senior notes due 2020, and a tender offer for the repurchase of the issuer's outstanding notes.

Represented Callon Petroleum Company in $78.3 Million Common Stock Offering
Represented Callon Petroleum Company in $78.3 million common stock offering.

Represented Landry's Restaurants, Inc. in $87 Million Rule 144A Tack-On Note Offering
Represented Landry's Restaurants, Inc. in a Rule 144A tack-on offering of $87 million aggregate principal amount of their 11 5/8 percent Senior Secured Notes due 2015.

Represented Geokinetics Inc. in Private Placement of Warrants and Preferred Stock
Represented Geokinetics Inc. in $30 million private placement of warrants and new series of junior preferred stock.

Placement of Senior Notes
Represented Alta Mesa Holdings, L.P. in a $300 million placement of senior notes under Rule 144A and Regulation S.

Represented Alta Mesa Holdings, LP in Rule 144A Note Offering
Represented Alta Mesa Holdings, LP and Alta Mesa Finance Services Corp. in $300 million Rule 144A offering of 9.625 percent senior notes due 2018.

Represented Landry's Restaurants, Inc. in $1.2 Billion Management-Led Going Private Transaction
Represented Landry's Restaurants, Inc. in their $1.2 Billion management-led going private transaction.

Represented Landry's Holdings, Inc. in $110 Million Rule 144A Note Offering
Represented Landry's Holdings, Inc. in a $110 million Rule 144A offering of their 11.50 percent Senior Secured Notes due 2014.

Represented Landry's Restaurants, Inc. in $47 million Rule 144A Tack-On Note Offering
Represented Landry's Restaurants, Inc. in a Rule 144A tack-on offering of $47 million aggregate principal amount of their 11 5/8 percent Senior Secured Notes due 2015.

Public Offering of Shares
Represented Johnson Rice & Company LLC, as joint book-running manager, in a $44.7 million public offering of ordinary shares by Vantage Drilling Company.

Represented Johnson Rice & Company L.L.C. as Underwriter in Equity Offering by Vantage Drilling Company
Represented Johnson Rice & Company L.L.C. as joint book-running manager in $50.9 million public offering by Vantage Drilling Company.

144A Notes Offering
Represented Geokinetics, Inc. in a $300 million placement of senior secured notes under Rule 144A and Regulation S.

Public Stock Offering
Represented Geokinetics, Inc. in a $36.7 million public offering of common stock.

Represented Geokinetics Inc. in Rule 144A Note Offering
Represented Geokinetics Holdings USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Geokinetics Inc., in $300 million Rule 144A offering of 9.75 percent senior secured notes due 2014 in connection with financing of acquisition of onshore seismic business of Petroleum Geo-Services, ASA.

Represented Geokinetics Inc. in Common Stock Offering
Represented Geokinetics Inc. in $38.9 million common stock offering in connection with financing of acquisition of onshore seismic business of Petroleum Geo-Services, ASA.

Represented Landry's Restaurants, Inc. in $406.5 million Rule 144A Note Offering
Represented Landry's Restaurants, Inc. in a Rule 144A offering of $406.5 million aggregate principal amount of its 11-5/8 percent senior secured notes due 2015.

Represented Callon Petroleum Company in Exchange of Notes and Stocks
Represented Callon Petroleum Company in exchange of 9.75% senior notes due 2010 for 13% senior secured notes due 2016 and shares of common stock and convertible preferred stock.

Public Offerings of Common Units
Represented EV Energy Partners, L.P. in a $71.7 million public offering of common units.

Online Publications

03/20/2012 - March Madness: Is Your Public Company an Acquisition Target?
You are the general counsel of a public company and expect M&A activity to increase in the United States during 2012. Do you know if your company looks like a good target to potential acquirors?

01/18/2012 - Let's Go Shopping
You’re the general counsel of a public company and your CEO calls you to tell you that he is interested in acquiring another public company. He’s already asking you how quickly this can get done and what the company needs to do. What are the first steps you should take?