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Garrett A. Devries: Lawyer with Haynes and Boone, LLP

Garrett A. Devries

Partner
 
Haynes and Boone, LLP
2323 Victory Avenue, Suite 700
Dallas, Texas  75219
(Collin, Dallas & Denton Cos.)

Telephone: 214.651.5614
Fax: 214.200.0428
http://www.haynesboone.com/garrett_devries/



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Practice AreasSecurities; Mergers and Acquisitions; Antitrust; Corporate Law; Sarbanes-Oxley; Corporate Governance
 
EducationUniversity of Chicago, J.D., 1994, Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S., Mgt., highest honors, 1991
 
Admitted1994, Texas
 
MembershipsAmerican Bar Association (Member: Negotiated Acquisitions Committee task forces on revisions to the ABA Model Stock Purchase Agreement; Federal Regulation of Securities Committee); State Bar of Texas; Dallas Bar Association.
 
BornPrinceton, New Jersey
 
BiographyRecipient, M&A Award for Aviall-Boeing transaction, Dallas Business Journal, 2007. Finalist, M&A Award for ClubCorp transaction, Dallas Business Journal 2007. Author and Speaker: "Preparing Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting"; "Learning from Others' Mistakes: How to Avoid a Reg. FD Enforcement Action;"; "Earnouts in Business Acquisitions: A Practical Solution or a Trap for the Unwary?"; "U.S. Small Cap Issuer Audit Committee Financial Expert Survey." Online Publications: "Outline of Issues in Preparing Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting"; "U.S. Small Cap Audit Committee Financial Expert Study." Named: "Texas Super Lawyer" (Texas Monthly, October 2004-2009).
 
ISLN909840455
 
TransactionsInitial public offerings and underwritten equity and debt offerings; Rule 144A debt placements and exchange offers. Private equity and debt financings for both publicly and privately held companies. Mergers and stock and asset acquisitions and dispositions for both publicly and privately held companies. OTC equity derivative transactions, including collars and forward sales. Reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and conducting annual and special stockholder meetings. Reporting financial restatements and internal control deficiencies. Complying with corporate governance regulations, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and SRO listing standards. Venture capital financings. Mr. DeVries represented Aviall, Inc. in connection with its $1.6 Billion acquisition by The Boeing Company and represented ClubCorp, Inc. in connection with its $1.8 Billion acquisition by KSL Capital Partners.
 


 

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