Darrell Windham is the Co-Managing Shareholder of the firm's Austin office and Chair of the Texas Corporate and Securities Practice. He has more than 30 years of experience in all types of business and securities matters. Darrell's experience includes representing clients in mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions, and public and private securities offerings. He also advises clients on business start-ups and organizations, strategic alliances, joint ventures and other domestic and international business transactions, and securities law compliance. Darrell has served as lead counsel representing acquirers, sellers and issuers in hundreds of M&A transactions and securities offerings.
Areas of Concentration
· Corporate
· Mergers and acquisitions
· Private equity
· Securities, finance, capital markets and venture capital
· Technology (medical device and technology, digital media and film, semiconductor software, alternative energy)
Significant Representations
· Represented a publicly held medical device company in which the client was acquired by Blackstone Capital Partners V, L.P in a going private transaction; total value of the transaction was approximately $900 million, which at the time of the closing, represented the most ever paid for an Austin-based company; transaction also involved public debt and senior secured debt offerings aggregating $600 million.*
· Represented an acquirer of a national financial services company in which the two principal shareholders of seller received shares of stock in, and promissory notes of, the acquiring company.*
· Represented a publicly held medical device company in connection with its initial public offering and a subsequent registered secondary public offering of common stock with aggregate offering proceeds of approximately $104 million.*
· Represented a publicly held medical device company in two publicly registered stock acquisitions through mergers of two publicly held manufacturers of pain management, rehabilitation, fitness and sports performance products with aggregate purchase prices of approximately $500 million, which involved the issuance of the client's publicly registered securities.*
· Represented a semiconductor manufacturer owned by private equity firms in the sale/spin-off of the client's magnetic memory business into a newly-formed corporation in which the client received shares of common stock, and which was funded by venture capital and private equity firms in a Series A preferred stock financing by the new corporation in related transactions valued at $50 million.*
· Represented an oil and gas company in connection with a reorganization transaction involving the assignment of more than $100 million in oil and gas assets.*
· Represented a private equity fund of funds in connection with its evaluation of and investment in more than 20 private equity and hedge funds and certain direct investments.*
*The above representations were handled by Mr. Windham prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
Professional & Community Involvement
· Board Member, Austin Development Nature Conservancy
· Director, Austin Chapter of the College Football Hall of Fame Foundation
· Director, Economic Development Corporation, Austin Chamber of Commerce
· Director, Texas Business Hall of Fame
· Director, Texas TriCities Chapter, National Association of Corporate Directors
· Member, American Bar Association, Business Law Section
· Member, Knights of the Austin Symphony Orchestra Society
· Member, State Bar of Texas, Securities Law and Venture Capital Committees of the Business Law Section
· Member, The University of Texas at Austin Littlefield Society
· Member, Travis County Bar Association, Business and Technology Law Section
· President of the Board of Trustees, Austin Museum of Art/Arthouse
· University of Texas System
- Executive Committee, Chancellor's Council
- Director, Friends of the University
· Former Chairman, El Paso Symphony Orchestra Association
· Past Director, Gubernatorial Appointment, Venture Capital Committee of Texas
· Former President and Lifetime Member, Sun Bowl Association Selection Committee
· Former Trustee and First Vice President, Austin Museum of Art
Awards & Recognition
· Listed, Chambers and Partners USA Guide, Technology: Corporate and Commercial (2009 and 2010)
· Listed, The Best Lawyers in America
· Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Texas Super Lawyers, Law & Politics (2009)
· Rated, AV® Preeminent 5.0 out of 5
- Listed, "Texas' Top Rated Lawyers" (2012)
Articles, Publications, & Lectures
Darrell is a frequent lecturer on topics related to M&A, securities and financing and other exit transactions, corporate governance and board duties issues, including these recent events/panels:
· Panelist/Speaker, "Early Stage Start-up Resources - Planning Exit Strategies," IBM: Smarter Planet Summit
· Panelist, "Startup to IP: Building for Success"
· Moderator/Speaker, "Executive Compensation Panel," NACD
· Speaker, "From Startups to the IPO; Building for Success, Corporate Legal for the Startup Company," UT Austin, TX, October 14, 2011