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David Sheinbein maintains a corporate transactional practice, serving both private and public middle-market companies.  He has represented both buyers and sellers on hundreds of corporate acquisitions with an aggregate value exceeding $1 billion and an average transactional range of $25-100 million dollars.  Mr. Sheinbein handles transactions that often involve complex securities, corporate governance, finance and real estate issues.

Mr. Sheinbein advises management teams, in-house general counsel, boards of directors and majority shareholders in the development and execution of their corporate strategies.  He frequently speaks to professional groups about issues arising in the context of structuring or negotiating a corporate sale or acquisition. 

Significant Transactions

Securities: Public and Private Offerings

• Assisted in the representation of an issuer in public security offering ($554 million raised).
• Assisted in the representation of a hedge fund in $175 million private placement of securities.
• Represented issuer in $125 million equity offering and listing on the American Stock Exchange.
• Represented issuer of $110 million Senior Floating Rate Notes.
• Represented retail real estate developer in various equity offerings, debt financings and mixed-use developments ($12 million in equity raised).
• Represented master franchisee of U.S. restaurant chain in Australia and New Zealand, including the raising of $8 million in debt and equity to fund operations.
• Negotiated loan documentation in the financing of construction loans for retail developer.
• Assisted developer of master-plan community in raising capital and partnership issues ($20 million in equity raised).
• Negotiated numerous commodity, financial derivatives (e.g., interest rate and foreign currency swaps) and gas marketing contracts on behalf of publicly-held oil and gas companies.

Mergers, Acquisitions and Significant Asset Sales

• Represented seller of food distribution business and underlying real estate ($112 million sale).
• Represented large, publicly-owned, seismic survey company in $105 million acquisition of competitor.
• Represented buyer in $55 million acquisition of an oil and gas equipment supplier.
• Assisted large food and beverage manufacturer in corporate reorganization ($18 million in approximate savings to client).
• Assisted in a management buyout of large shipping and platform design firm ($15 million acquisition).
• Served as co-counsel in the representation of buyer of several concrete asphalt production facilities ($9 million acquisition).
• Assisted in the representation of purchaser in $6 million acquisition of chemical pump manufacturing plants and related real estate assets.
• Represented sand and gravel production company in $5 million acquisition of competitor.
• Represented home electronics retailer in regional expansion and $3 million acquisition of business assets.
• Assisted seller in $3 million sale of assets of commercial insurance agency.
• Represented home builder in $2 million buy-out of outside investors.
• Assisted natural gas storage company in reorganization of corporate assets to limit liability exposure.

Real Estate Transactions

• Served as counsel to retail shopping center developer on several land acquisitions ($25 million in the aggregate).
• Represented natural gas storage operator in $18 million acquisition of 600 acres of land for cavern development. 
• Represented tenants and franchisees on the lease of retail space and in negotiating franchise agreements.
  

News

• Chamberlain Hrdlicka Names Six New Shareholders
  January 28, 2008

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association, Business Law Section
• Houston Bar Association