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Jason Villalba

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Áreas de Practica

Educación

  • J.D., University of Texas at Austin School of Law, 1996
  • B.B.A., Baylor University, 1992

Bar Admissions

  • Texas, 1996
Jason Villalba

Jason Villalba concentrates his practice in the areas of public and private securities law, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate law.  He has experience in a wide array of corporate transactions including: public offerings of securities under the Securities Act of 1933; public company corporate compliance under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; mergers, acquisitions and divestitures of public, private and middle market companies; venture capital financing transactions; and transactions involving emerging growth and technology companies.

Mr. Villalba's corporate experience includes the following:

  • Representing and advising middle market companies with respect to the sale, exchange or divesture of such companies' stock or assets.
  • Representing and advising entrepreneurs, start-up companies and technology companies with respect to corporate formation and organization, drafting and implementation of business plans, and obtaining initial and subsequent rounds of venture capital and/or private equity financing.
  • Representing and advising venture capital funds, private equity companies, and "Angel" investors with respect to investments in early-stage emerging growth companies.
  • Representing and advising public companies with respect to the issuance of securities in public offerings and PIPES transactions.
  • Representing and advising public companies with respect to the issuance of private notes pursuant to Rule 144 A of the Securities Act of 1933, and the subsequent exchange of such private notes for publicly traded notes.

Publications

  • "Legal Tips for the Private Equity Professional," Private Capital Review, Association for Corporate Growth (ACG Global), July 13, 2011.
  • "Brokers, Advisors and Finders - Oh My!: The risks associated with hiring unregistered financial intermediaries," Bloomberg Banking & Finance Law Report, March 2009
  • "Legal Fees Can Balloon Out of Control," Dallas Business Journal, September 23, 2005 (Book of Money Magazine Supplement)
  • "What to Expect When You Are Expecting Venture Financing - A Practical Guide to Raising Capital," State Bar of Texas, April 6, 2005
  • "Financing the Purchase of a Business," University of Houston Law Foundation, September 18, 2003
  • "Dissent and Appraisal Rights in Texas: a Discussion of the Delaware Block Method and The Weinberger Approach as Techniques to Appraise Dissenting Minority Shareholders' Stock in Merger Transactions," Texas Journal of Business Law, Spring 1996

Professional and Civic Affiliations/Awards

  • Chairman of the Venture Capital and Private Equity Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Texas
  • Chairman of the Dallas Chapter of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly
  • Selected for inclusion in Texas Super Lawyers - Rising Stars Edition (2005-2006)

Selected Representative Experience


Acquisition of GreenSoft Solutions, Inc.
Represented Layered Technologies, Inc. in its acquisition of GreenSoft Solutions, Inc.

Acquisition of IMS Research
Represented IMS Group Holdings Ltd. in the sale of all of its shares to IHS Group Limited for approximately $46 million.

Acquisition of the Common Stock of Questa Software Systems, Inc.
Represented Avatar Systems, Inc. in its purchase of stock from Questa Software Systems, Inc.

Asset Purchase
Represented Global Enterprise Management Solutions, LP in the sale of assets to Electronic Data Systems Corporation.

Asset Purchase
Represented 20/20 Companies in the sale of assets to Golden Gate Private Equity, Inc. and JP Capital Partners.

Asset Sale
Represented Covaro Networks, Inc. in the sale of assets to ADVA Optical Networking (Germany).

Avatar Hospitality Systems, Inc. - Asset Purchase
Represented Avatar Systems, Inc. in its purchase of assets from Yellak, Price, and Associates.

Layered Technologies, Inc. Secured Credit Facility and Organizational Restructure
Represented Layered Technologies, Inc. in connection with a secured facility with a private lender and a simultaneous restructuring of the borrower.

Merger
Represented InnerWireless, Inc. in its acquisition of Pango Networks.

Merger
Represented Voyence, Inc. in the sale of the company to EMC Corporation.

Merger
Represented Insource Partners Corporation in a merger with EquaTerra, Inc.

Merger
Represented IPNetFusion, Inc. in a merger with Nethawk OYJ (Finland).

Securities Purchase
Represented CellXion LLC in the sale of the company to Corinthian Capital Group, LLC.

Series A-1 Preferred Stock Financing
Represented Movero Technology, Inc. in the sale of approximately $6 million of its Series A-1 Preferred Stock to certain private equity funds and individuals.

Series C Venture Funding - Private Fabless Semiconductor Company
Represented a private fabless semiconductor company in its Series C venture funding. The investor syndicate consisted of some of the nation’s leading venture funds. Haynes and Boone has represented the company since its Series A funding.

Series C-1 Funding - Leading 3D Technology Company
Represented a leading 3D technology company in its Series C-1 venture funding. The investor syndicate was led by a leading New York-based private equity firm. Haynes and Boone has represented this company since its Series A funding.

Series D Funding - Leading Wireless Network Company
Represented a leading wireless network company in its Series D venture funding. The investor syndicate included New York- and Dallas-based private equity firms. Haynes and Boone has represented the company since its inception.

Series I Preferred Stock Financing
Represented Layered Technologies, Inc. in the sale of approximately $50 million of its Series I Preferred Stock to certain private equity funds and individuals.

Stock and Partnership Interest Acquisition
Represented Jacob Garza in the sale of stock to Domin-8 Enterprise Solutions, LLC.

Stock Purchase Agreement
Represented Electronic Transaction Consultants in the sale of stock to Autostrade International U.S. Holdings, Inc.

Stock Sale
Represented Five D, Inc. in a merger with United Country Real Estate, Inc.

Voyence in Connection with its Acquisition by EMC Corporation
Represented Voyence (a private company) in connection with its acquisition by publicly-traded EMC Corporation. Voyence is a leading provider of automated telecommunications network configuration and change management. Haynes and Boone has represented Voyence since its initial venture funding.

Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • State Bar of Texas
  • Dallas Bar Association
  • Dallas Association of Young Lawyers

Online Publications

05/01/2012 - Development Opportunities in the Cloud
Haynes and Boone is proud to have participated in "Development Opportunities in the Cloud," presented by the Metroplex Technology Business Council (MTBC) on April 19, 2012.

04/19/2012 - Equity Investments in Cloud Based Companies
What are the relevant issues to consider when considering making an equity investment in a cloud-based company?

07/13/2011 - Legal Tips for the Private Equity Professional
As the general economy continues to stabilize, M&A transaction activity in the middle market is slowly beginning to increase. While transaction numbers are not yet comparable to the heady days of 2007, there is enough recent data to suggest that a recovery (albeit a mild one) is underway.

12/11/2009 - Jason Villalba Guest Column in Law360: The M&A Outlook For 2010
After toiling in the barren landscape of the financial sector for the last two years, M&A specialists are searching for any signs, however faint, that life exists within the frozen tundra that is our economy. And while no one can be certain what the immediate or long-term future holds for mergers and acquisitions activity, there are unquestionably some tender green shoots emerging from the soil that give us hope that the tide is indeed turning.

03/01/2009 - Brokers, Advisors and Finders—Oh My!: The risks associated with hiring unregistered financial intermediaries
Before the better mouse-trap can make it to market and before the “killer-app” can change the world, the entrepreneur will need funding to make it so. Unfortunately, early-stage financing is not easy to obtain.
© Bloomberg Finance L.P. 2009. Originally published by Bloomberg Finance LP. Reprinted by permission.