Peter Bogdanow
Partner
Peter has extensive experience assisting clients structure, finance and manage their most complex business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, minority and control investments and capital markets transactions. He advises a variety of clients, including private equity and venture capital funds, and public and private companies. Peter advises buyers, sellers and other interested parties in their acquisition, investment and disposition strategies. He also advises companies on corporate governance matters, periodic reporting and other requirements of the federal securities laws, the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Stock Market and other exchange rules. Peter’s recent work highlights the breadth of his experience in leading companies through strategic transactions with significant business implications. In the past year, Peter represented one of North America’s largest waste management companies in its acquisition of an independent waste and recycling service provider for a purchase price of approximately $123 million. He also represented a privately owned oil and gas exploration and production company in its combination with a publicly traded oil and gas exploration company based in France, the combination of which had an announced implied market capitalization of approximately $294 million.
Representative Experience
In addition, Peter has represented:
- ZaZa Energy Corporation, an exploration and production company, in its initial offering of its common stock following its merger with Toreador corporation, in its convertible notes offering and its issuance of senior secured notes and warrants;
- IESI Corporation, one of North America’s largest waste management companies, in acquisitions of various companies in the United States having an aggregate value in excess of $500 million;
- Trinity Hunt Partners, an advisor to middle market private equity funds, in acquisitions and dispositions of portfolio companies;
- Composite Engineering, Inc. (U.S. drone-maker) in its sale to Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. Transaction was recognized as the Aerospace and Defense "Deal of the Year - 2012;"
- vAuto, Inc. (a high-tech automotive inventory management tool and the second fastest growing software company in the country) in its sale to AutoTrader.com;
- a private equity fund in the acquisition of an automotive manufacturing company;
- a middle market private equity fund in a leverage recapitalization of a life sciences portfolio company;
- an individual investor in preferred stock investment and restructuring of a medical device company;
- two public pharmaceutical companies in PIPE transactions; and
- a middle market venture capital fund in Series A and Series B investments in a variety of emerging companies.
In addition, Peter has advised individual investors and private equity funds on the formation of and investment in private equity funds and venture capital funds and fund managers on compliance obligations, including registration requirements under the Dodd-Frank Act. He has significant experience representing investors in the secondary market for interests in private equity funds. Examples of his experience in this area include the representation of the following:
- Large fund of funds in the secondary purchase of limited partnership interests in over 50 private equity funds;
- Large institutional investor in the investment in a distressed debt fund;
- Management company in the creation of a secondary fund of existing portfolio companies;
- Individual investor in evaluation of various investment funds, including hedge funds, private equity funds, distressed debt funds and venture capital funds; and
- Management company in the negotiation of employment arrangements with principals of a newly established healthcare fund.
Publications
- SEC Proposes “Family Office” Exemption Under Dodd-Frank (October 27, 2010)
- What Financial Regulatory Reform Means to Private Funds (August 5, 2010)
- Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation Provisions (July 21, 2010)
- Administration Unveils Over-The-Counter Derivatives Reform (August 28, 2009)
- Congress Pushes Forward Executive Compensation Regulation and Say on Pay Legislation (August 18, 2009)
- "Obama Administration Announces Financial Regulatory Overhaul" (June 24, 2009)
- Ups and Downs for Legacy CMBS: TALF Expands, but S&P Signals Downgrades (May 29, 2009)
- Treasury Expands Opportunities for Fund Managers in the Legacy Securities Program (April 13, 2009)
- Treasury Announces Public-Private Investment Program (March 30, 2009)
Events
- “Purchase Price Adjustments in Acquisition Transactions,” Association of Attorney-Accountants, North Texas Chapter
- “Dodd-Frank, Am I Too Big To Fail?,” Institute of Internal Auditors, Dallas Chapter
