Andrew E. Balog

Andrew E. Balog

Areas of Concentration

· Public offerings

· Mergers and acquisitions

· Joint ventures

· Venture capital

· General corporate law

Significant Representations

· Represented a Sprint PCS affiliate in a $300 million private high-yield debt offering and $100 million initial public equity offering.

· Represented a publicly held mall-based specialty retailer of teenage fashion accessories in several acquisitions of other specialty retailers of teenage apparel and fashion accessories, including the acquisition of an approximately 768 store mall-based chain for $250 million.

· Represented a publicly held fast-food franchiser in a stock-for-stock merger transaction.

· Represented numerous private equity funds in connection with various investments.

· Represented a publicly held leading owner and operator of premier motorsports facilities throughout the United States in a $102 million public equity offering and a $225 million private debt offering.

· Represented a publicly held leading provider of computer system solutions to manage office equipment resources in an $80 million going private management buy-out transaction.

· Represented nationally recognized underwriters in connection with a $101 million public equity offering by a distributor of pharmaceuticals and related medical supplies to office-based physicians, out-patient renal dialysis center and homecare products.

· Represented a publicly held designer, manufacturer and distributor of a full line of patented, self-contained recycling industrial parts washers in a $17 million private debt offering.

· Represented a publicly held Sprint PCS affiliate in a $200 million debt-for-debt exchange offer.

· Represented a privately held web-based e-procurement supplier of information technology products in a $35 million cash merger transaction with a publicly held information technology company.

· Represented a privately held ice cream distributor in an asset sale transaction with an international ice cream manufacturer.

Awards & Recognition

· Member, team ranked as the No.1 corporate law firm in Miami as selected by corporate directors, in the annual "Legal Industry Research Study" by Corporate Board Member magazine (eighth consecutive year), 2002-2009