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Haynes and Boone Advises Prophet Equity’s Allegiance Crane in Acquisition of USA Mobile Crane

DALLAS – A team of Haynes and Boone, LLP attorneys advised Prophet Equity’s portfolio company, Allegiance Crane & Equipment, LLC, in completing the asset purchase of USA Mobile Crane, LLC, expanding the client’s crane fleet and service lines in the Eagle Ford Shale play. >>

Service King Acquisition Closes With Counsel from Haynes and Boone

Haynes and Boone, LLP announces the closing of the majority ownership acquisition of Service King Collision Repair Centers by the Carlyle Group, a global alternative asset manager company. >>

Haynes and Boone Advises Service King Collision Repair Centers in Acquisition Agreement with the Carlyle Group

Haynes and Boone, LLP attorneys advised Service King Collision Repair Centers in its agreement to be acquired by the Carlyle Group, a global alternative asset manager company. The Carlyle Group acquired majority ownership of the Service King Collision Repair Centers and plan on nationally expanding the auto body repair chain. >>

Haynes and Boone Assists Fossil in Acquisition of Skagen Designs

A team of Haynes and Boone, LLP attorneys assisted in the just-completed acquisition of Skagen Designs, Ltd. and certain of its international affiliates for $231.7 million in cash, which includes a working capital adjustment of approximately $6.7 million, and 150,000 shares of Fossil, Inc. common stock.

Randy S. Hyne, Fossil’s vice president and general counsel, led the transaction, assisted by a Haynes and Boone deal team that included Dallas partners Tom Harris and Garrett A. DeVries, and associates David J. Colletti Jr. and Mark J. Robinson Jr. >>

Haynes and Boone Announced as Finalist in 10th Annual M&A Advisor Awards

DALLAS – Haynes and Boone, LLP has been selected as a finalist in the 10th Annual M&A Advisor Awards in two categories ― Middle-Market Deal of the Year (from $250 million to less than $400 million) and Industrial Manufacturing/Distribution ($250 million and over) ― for its work on the sale of Industrial Container Services (ICS), which was owned by Dallas-based private equity client Wingate Partners LP. >>

Wingate Partners Assisted by Haynes and Boone in Sale of Industrial Container Services

DALLAS – A team of Haynes and Boone, LLP attorneys advised Dallas-based private equity client Wingate Partners in the just-announced sale of Industrial Container Services (ICS), the U.S. leader in the reconditioning, recycling and distribution of 55-gallon steel drums for use in food, industrial and energy markets.

The purchaser of ICS is Aurora Capital Group, a Los Angeles-based private equity concern. >>



Mark J. Robinson Jr.

Associate

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Areas of Practice

Education

  • J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 2009
  • B.A., Historical Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, 2006, magna cum laude

Bar Admissions

  • Texas, 2009
Mark J. Robinson Jr.

Mark Robinson is an associate in the Corporate Practice Group of Haynes and Boone, LLP.

Mark's practice is focused on mergers, acquisitions, private equity investments, and other corporate matters in a broad range of industries. Specifically, he has experience representing both corporate and private equity clients in structuring, negotiating, documenting and closing public and private mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, including assisting private equity funds with the purchase, ongoing representation and sale of portfolio companies. Mark also has experience representing clients in M&A transactions in the bankruptcy context.

Example transactions in which Mark has participated include his representation of:

  • Fossil Inc. in its acquisition of Skagen Designs, Ltd.
  • Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc. in its acquisition of Nix Health Care System.
  • Wingate Partners in the sale of Industrial Container Services (Dallas Business Journal 2011 Private Equity Deal of the Year).
  • Wingate Partners in its acquisition of Dunn Paper and Sunrise Oilfield Supply.
  • PlainsCapital Corporation in its private offering of $114 million of preferred stock to the U.S. Treasury under the Small Business Lending Fund.
  • Nex-Tech Aerospace Holdings, Inc. in its sale of assets to Gridiron Capital.
  • Prophet Equity L.P. in its bankruptcy acquisition of the assets of Gulfstream Crane, LLC
  • Prophet Equity L.P. in its acquisition of the stock of Ace Asphalt of Arizona, Inc.
  • Dean Foods Company in the sale of its customer-brand yogurt business to Schrieber Foods.
  • Dean Foods Company in the sale of its Mountain High Yoghurt business and the Mountain High brand to General Mills.
  • Harland Financial Solutions, Inc. in its acquisition of Parsam Technologies, LLC, a financial services application software company.
  • Archipelago Learning in its acquisition of Alloy Interactive, Inc.
  • Scantron Corporation in its acquisition of Spectrum K12 School Solutions.
  • Water Providers, Ltd., a provider of water transfer services in the natural gas industry, in its sale of assets to Select Energy Services, LLC.
  • CD Listening Bar, Inc., an Internet-based distributor of entertainment media, in its acquisition of Infinity Resources, Inc.
  • Frigelar North America, Inc. in its acquisition of multiple Johnstone Supply stores.

Selected Representative Experience


Acquisition of IGI Corp. and its subsidiaries by Nekoosa Coated Products, LLC, a Wingate Partners portfolio company
Represented Wingate Partners in the acquisition by its portfolio company, Nekoosa Coated Products, LLC, of IGI Corp., parent of RTape Corp. and CET Films Corp., New Jersey-based manufacturers of specialty pressure-sensitive application tapes and extruded films used in the graphic arts industry.

Acquisition of Assets of EP-Team, Inc. by Affiliates of BNSF Logistics, LLC
Represented BNSF Logistics International, Inc. in its acquisition of EP-Team, Inc., a privately held global logistics project cargo provider.

Acquisition of Stock and Assets of Albacor Shipping Inc. (Canada) by Affiliates of BNSF Logistics, LLC
Represented BNSF Logistics, LLC in its acquisition by affiliates of Albacor Shipping Inc., a Canada-based international global project and general cargo provider with locations across North America, Europe and Russia.

Acquisition of the Assets of USA Mobile Crane, LLC by Allegiance Crane & Equipment, LLC
Represented Allegiance Crane & Equipment, LLC, a subsidiary of Prophet Equity LP, in its acquisition of the assets of USA Mobile Crane, LLC.

Acquisition of Service King by the Carlyle Group
Advised Service King Collision Repair Centers in the sale of its operations to a private equity fund managed by The Carlyle Group.

Acquisition by Frigelar North America, Inc. of Four Johnstone Supply Locations from Jovan Corporation
Represented Frigelar North America, Inc. in its acquisition of four Johnstone Supply Locations from Jovan Corporation.

Acquisition of Skagen Designs, Ltd.
Assisted Fossil, Inc. in its agreement to acquire Skagen Designs, Ltd. and certain of its international affiliates for approximately $232 million in cash and 150,000 shares of Fossil common stock. The acquisition closed April 2, 2012.

Stock Purchase
Represented acquiror in the purchase of all of the stock of a provider of consumer bankruptcy and foreclosure services.

Acquisition of the Assets of Nix Health Care System by an affiliate of Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc.
Represented Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc. in the acquisition by an affiliate of the assets of Nix Health Care System from an affiliate of Merit Health Systems, LLC.

Sale of the Assets of Nex-Tech Aerospace, Inc. and Nex-Tech Aerospace Holdings, Inc.
Represented Nex-Tech Aerospace Holdings, Inc. in the sale of the assets of Nex-Tech Aerospace, Inc. and Nex-Tech Aerospace Holdings, Inc. to an affiliate of Gridiron Capital.

Represented PlainsCapital Corporation in Small Business Lending Fund Preferred Stock Issuance
Successfully represented PlainsCapital Corporation in its private offering of $114 million of preferred stock to the U.S. Treasury under the Small Business Lending Fund.

Sale of the Stock of ICS Holding Corp., Parent of Industrial Container Services, LLC
Represented Wingate Partners and ICS Holding Corp. (ICS) in the sale of all of ICS' stock to Aurora Capital Group.

Acquisition of a Steel Wire Manufacturer by a Private Equity Client
Represented North Texas-based private equity client in its acquisition of a steel wire manufacturer.

Dean Foods Sale of its Customer-Brand Yogurt Business to Schreiber Foods
Represented Dean Foods in the sale of the assets related to its customer-brand yogurt business to Schreiber Foods.

Water Providers
Represented Water Providers, Ltd., a provider of water transfer services in the natural gas industry, in the sale of its assets to Select Energy Services, LLC.

Dean Foods in Sale of Mountain High Yoghurt
Represented Dean Foods and its subsidiaries in the sale of assets related to the Mountain High yoghurt business to General Mills, Inc.

Gulfstream Crane Acquisition
Represented Prophet Equity LP in its acquisition, by an affiliate, of the assets of Gulfstream Crane, LLC out of bankruptcy.

Ace Asphalt of Arizona, Inc. Acquisition
Represented Prophet Equity LP in its acquisition, by an affiliate, of all of the stock of Ace Asphalt of Arizona, Inc.

Harland Financial Solutions, Inc. in its Acquisition of Software Companies
Represented Harland Financial Solutions, Inc. in its acquisition of Parsam Technologies, LLC, a financial services application software company, and SRC Software Private Limited, and an application development services company.

Acquisition of Infinity Resources, Inc.
Represented CD Listening Bar, Inc., an Internet-based distributor of entertainment media, in its acquisition of Infinity Resources, Inc.

Memberships

  • State Bar of Texas
  • Dallas Bar Association