
Assisted with the representation of a publicly traded international real estate brokerage, management, and development company in its $2.2 billion sale and going private transaction to a publicly traded company. Represented a private sporting goods manufacturing, marketing and distribution company in various sporting goods related transactions, including asset and equity purchases and asset divestitures. Represented a publicly traded company in its international acquisition of a Canadian email marketing company. Represented a national private operator of wireless device retail stores in its acquisitions of multiple regional-based wireless device retail stores. Represented a private equity firm in its acquisitions of steel fabricating and commercial construction companies located in Arkansas. Represented multiple energy industry companies in bid processes to acquire properties in multiple jurisdictions. Represented multiple energy industry companies, including advising them on their initial capitalization efforts with their private equity sponsors. Assisted in the representation of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy debtor in possession in its sale process involving a parallel negotiation with multiple buyers to sell coal assets located in Eastern Kentucky. Assisted in the representation of an oil and gas portfolio company of a private equity firm in its $70 million sale of oil and gas leases to a publicly traded energy company. Assisted with the representation of a private equity firm in its $405 million acquisition of a midstream gas gathering, processing and transmission company. Represented a private equity sponsored oil and gas exploration company in its $30 million acquisition of producing and non-producing oil and gas properties and other real estate located in Texas. Represented a private equity sponsored oil and gas exploration company in its $55 million acquisition of equity interests in an oil and gas company holding properties in Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. Represented a private equity firm in its $70 million acquisition of overriding royalty interests related to properties in Ohio. Represented a private equity sponsored oil and gas production company, as lessor, in the negotiation of a sand lease (located in west Texas), and the lessor’s royalty and other rights in connection with its tenant’s $70 million sand production facility. Represented a private equity sponsored oil and gas production company in an exchange transaction whereby the company acquired cash, registered public securities and producing and non-producing oil and gas and gas properties located in west Texas in exchange for oil and gas and other real property interests located in west Texas. #MIKE FREEMAN SERIES#
Represented a private equity sponsored oil and gas production company in its $70 million acquisition of producing and non-producing oil and gas properties located in western Pennsylvania, through a series of transactions involving farmouts, direct acquisitions and exchanges.Represented a private equity sponsored oil and gas exploration company in its $160 million acquisition of producing and non-producing oil and gas properties located in Texas and New Mexico.Mike has also worked on international Corporate transactions involving companies and assets located in foreign countries, including Canada, England, France, the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles, the British Virgin Islands and French Caribbean territories. In addition to corporate clients, Mike has worked with private equity investment funds and individual private investors and has extensive experience advising private E&P and midstream companies in their negotiations with private equity sponsors for equity commitments. Mike has advised a wide range of clients, from large multinational corporations to emerging growth and middle market companies, in a variety of industries. His practice also includes divestitures, recapitalizations, joint ventures, distressed asset sales and acquisitions, securities compliance, and general business law matters.
Mike’s practice focuses on the areas of mergers and acquisitions, oil and gas upstream, and other energy related acquisitions and divestitures, securities offerings, corporate and other entity governance and other commercial transactions. Mike Freeman maintains a corporate, M&A and energy practice, with an emphasis on advising E&P, midstream and other energy related companies.