Stan Blackburn joined the firm in 1976 and was admitted to partnership in 1982. Mr. Blackburn practices in the areas of corporate, corporate finance and international law. He concentrates his practice on the representation of clients in U.S. and international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, issuances of debt and equity securities, and other business transactions. He also frequently advises clients on issues relating to non-transactional matters, including corporate governance, legal compliance and shareholder rights. His experience includes: · Represented publicly-held and private companies such as AT&T (and predecessors BellSouth and Cingular Wireless), Equifax, Fidelity National Information Services (Certegy), Georgia-Pacific, Interface, Landmark Communications (The Weather Channel), Lockheed-Martin, Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Zodiac S.A. in connection with a wide variety of domestic and international acquisition, disposition, consortium, strategic alliance and joint venture matters, with values ranging as high as €18 billion. · Advised clients such as ING, BellSouth, Equifax, Fidelity National and Interface on various corporate finance and investment matters, involving private and public offerings of debt and equity securities. · Advised three NYSE companies and one NASDAQ company in connection with recent corporate governance matters, including efforts to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other corporate governance reform initiatives. Mr. Blackburn is recognized in the most recent edition of The Best Lawyers in America® for Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law and is also listed in the 2009, 2010 and 2011 editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business for Corporate/M&A. He is named in Georgia Trend's 2009, 2010 and 2011 "Legal Elite" and recognized as a Georgia "Super Lawyer" by SuperLawyers magazine in the areas of Securities & Corporate Finance and Business/Corporate in 2009 and in Mergers & Acquisitions in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Mr. Blackburn was named as a top "Dealmaker" of 2008 by the Atlanta Business Chronicle and was recognized in The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers for 2009. In 2011, The Boys and Girls Clubs of America honored Mr. Blackburn with the National Service to Youth Award for his volunteer service as a board member and officer of Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta, Inc. Professional & Community Activities American Bar Association, Member American College of Investment Counsel, Fellow Atlanta Bar Association, Member Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta, Inc., Director, Executive Committee and Corporate Secretary Lawyers Club of Atlanta, Member State Bar of Georgia, Former Chair of Business Law Section, Former Chair of Legal Opinions Committee and Corporate Code Revision Committee Member Canadian-American Society of the Southeastern United States, Past Director Cobb County International Business Council, Past Member Fulton County Heart Fund Campaign, Legal Division, Former Chair High Museum of Art, Young Men's Round Table, Past President Japan-America Society of Georgia, Former Director Leadership Atlanta, Member (1983) Municipal Courts of the City of Atlanta, Former Task Force Chairman United Way of Atlanta, Past Group Chair Industries Investment & Securities; Manufacturing; Professional Services; Telecommunication Experience Business combination of Certegy Inc. and Fidelity National Information Services Inc., Represented Certegy Inc., a major publicly held credit card and check verification company, in its $4.5 billion merger with Fidelity National Information Services Inc. and related special dividend to shareholders. The firm also advised the company on issues regarding executive compensation and employee benefits matters relating to the merger. Tax-free spin-off for Equifax Inc. of payment services business, Represented Equifax Inc., one of the United States' largest credit reporting agencies, in all aspects of benefit plans and executive compensation plans related to the $2 billion tax-free spin-off of its payment services business into a new public company, Certegy Inc. Asset sale for the Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr. Inc., Represented Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr. Inc. in the sale of Dr. King's papers to a buyer sponsored by the City of Atlanta. Acquisition by Zodiac Aerospace, Represented Zodiac Aerospace in its acquisition of C&D Aerospace, an aircraft interiors manufacturer with operations in the United States, Canada, France, Brazil and Mexico. Represented Landmark Communications Inc. in sale of The Weather Channel, Represented Landmark Communications Inc. in the September 2008 sale of its weather-related businesses, including The Weather Channel and weather.com, to a consortium comprised of NBC Universal, Bain Capital and The Blackstone Group (amount not disclosed). The Weather Channel is the third largest U.S. cable network, and weather.com is the U.S.'s leading weather website. Strategic acquisition for Equifax, Inc., Represented Equifax, Inc., one of the United States' largest credit reporting agencies, in its $1.4 billion acquisition of publicly held TALX corporation for a combination of stock and cash. The transaction was structured as a tax-free reorganization with a unique share buy back structure to prevent share dilution. Sale of pulp operations for one of the largest U.S. forest products manufacturers, Representing one of the largest U.S. forest products manufacturers in the sale of two if its Southeast pulp operations for $610 million. Negotiation and execution of agreement between South Carolina and Georgia, Represented the State of South Carolina in connection with the November, 2007 execution of a historic bi-state agreement with the State of Georgia providing for the two states jointly to develop a new marine terminal on the Savannah River in Jasper County, SC. The agreements provides for steps leading to the creation pursuant to a Congressionally-approved interstate compact (Public-Private Partnership) of a new entity to own the terminal. The first phase of which is expected to cost up to $5 billion. We are also representing the joint entity that was formed by South Carolina and Georgia such that we are serving as project counsel for the entire undertaking. *Experience gained by attorney prior to joining Kilpatrick Townsend News 15 December 2011, Kilpatrick Townsend Attorneys Named 2011 "Legal Elite", News Releases 01 December 2011, Kilpatrick Townsend's Stan Blackburn Receives Boys & Girls Clubs National Service to Youth Award, News Releases 06 September 2011, Kilpatrick Townsend Earns Record-Breaking Recognition in Annual Best Lawyers in America 2012, News Releases 13 June 2011, Kilpatrick Townsend Again Earns Highest Recognition From CHAMBERS USA 2011, News Releases 02 March 2011, Kilpatrick Townsend Once Again Achieves Top Recognition in 2011 Georgia Super Lawyers, News Releases 13 December 2010, Kilpatrick Stockton Attorneys Named 2010 "Legal Elite", News Releases 24 September 2010, Twenty-Seven Kilpatrick Stockton Attorneys Named to 2010 International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, News Releases 12 August 2010, Kilpatrick Stockton Earns Record-Breaking Recognition in Annual Best Lawyers in America 2011, News Releases 01 July 2010, Kilpatrick Stockton's Keith Harper Named to Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2010 Guide, News Releases 15 June 2010, Kilpatrick Stockton Recognized by Prestigious 2010 Legal 500 US, News Releases 14 June 2010, Kilpatrick Stockton Again Earns Highest Recognition From CHAMBERS USA 2010, News Releases 04 March 2010, Kilpatrick Stockton Ranked Number One in Five 2010 Georgia Super Lawyer Categories, News Releases 08 December 2009, Kilpatrick Stockton Attorneys Named 2009 "Legal Elite", News Releases 04 August 2009, Kilpatrick Stockton Earns Record-Breaking Recognition in Annual Best Lawyers in America 2010, News Releases 15 June 2009, Kilpatrick Stockton Once Again Earns Highest Recognition From Chambers USA, News Releases 08 April 2009, Kilpatrick Stockton Attorneys Named to 2009 International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, News Releases 02 March 2009, Kilpatrick Stockton Ranked Number One in Five Georgia Super Lawyer Categories, News Releases |