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Arthur R. Vorbrodt

Senior adviseur

Arthur R. Vorbrodt

Senior adviseur

Arthur Vorbrodt represents public and private companies in a variety of industries with respect to mergers and acquisitions, financings, and general corporate matters. He is a member of the Firm’s Transactions Practice Group.

Arthur routinely represents private equity and strategic buyers, sellers, and investors in middle-market transactions, and has advised clients in over 60 transactions during his time at the firm. As a result, Arthur is a go-to M&A attorney with a strong understanding of numerous industry-specific issues in a wide range of industries, including software/technology, manufacturing, aerospace, health care, life sciences, and innovative consumer technologies. Arthur is also one of a limited number of attorneys with experience representing buyers and sellers in transactions in which the target company is partially- or wholly owned by an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) and is well-versed in the unique issues and considerations posed by these transactions from both a buyer and seller perspective.

In addition to his M&A expertise, Arthur’s general corporate law experience is broad-based, and he routinely represents clients with company formation, capital raising, equity holder agreements, employee and consulting agreements, commercial arrangements, licensing agreements, joint ventures, strategic planning, and other business contracts and agreements.

Representatieve ervaring

  • Represented Sandvik AB, a Swedish publicly traded company, in connection with its acquisition of Cambrio, an international CAD/CAM software developer.
  • Represented AT&T, Inc. in connection with two rounds of tender offers and exchange offers valued in excess of US$25bn.
  • Represented an international private equity client in an acquisition of all the issued and outstanding capital stock of a US software company and its affiliates in a transaction valued in excess of US$300m.
  • Represented a strategic buyer in an acquisition by merger of competing eye-care products research and development, and manufacturing business in a transaction valued in excess of US$180m.
  • Represented a Dallas-based start-up company in its US$25m Series B financing round.
  • Represented a foreign-sponsored start-up company (mobile app) in connection with entering the US market and advised on associated formation, regulatory, tax, and securities issues.
  • Represented Clavis Capital Partners in its acquisition of DCG One, a Seattle-based company specializing in specialty print services, packaging, and integrated business solutions for major brands across a range of industries and end markets.

Affiliaties

  • Member of the Texas State Bar
  • Member of the American Bar Association (ABA)
  • Member of the Dallas Bar Association (DBA)

Presentaties en publicaties

 

 

August 20, 2025 Foley Viewpoints

Avoiding M&A Post-Closing Pitfalls: A Buyer’s Guide to ESOP Wind-Downs

Buyers (including private equity firms and their investors) that acquire the stock of a company wholly or partially owned by an employee...
16 april 2025 Video

Tien Minuten Interview: Overbruggen van M&A Waarderingsgaten met Earnouts en Rollovers

Brian Lucareli, directeur van Foley Private Client Services (PCS) en co-voorzitter van de Family Offices groep, zit samen met Arthur Vorbrodt, senior counsel en lid van Foley's Transactions groep, voor een 10-minuten interview om te praten over het overbruggen van M&A waarderingsgaten met earnouts en rollovers.
20 februari 2025 Deals en winsten

Foley adviseert Steve Madden bij de overname van het Britse Kurt Geiger

Foley & Lardner LLP trad op als Amerikaans juridisch adviseur van Steven Madden, Ltd. (Nasq: SHOO), een toonaangevende ontwerper en verkoper van modeschoenen, accessoires en kleding. (Nasdaq: SHOO), een toonaangevende ontwerper en marketeer van modeschoenen, accessoires en kleding, bij het sluiten van een definitieve overeenkomst voor de overname van het in het Verenigd Koninkrijk gevestigde schoenen- en accessoiremerk Kurt Geiger voor een ondernemingswaarde van ongeveer GBP 289 miljoen in contanten.
August 2, 2024 Deals and Wins

Foley Advises The Killer Brownie® Company in Strategic Partnership with IFG

Foley & Lardner LLP served as legal advisor to The Killer Brownie® Company, the nation’s leading gourmet brownie company, in the formation of its strategic partnership with Irresistible Foods Group Inc. (IFG) to accelerate future growth in the Killer Brownie brand.
March 14, 2024 Deals and Wins

Foley Represents SixSibs Capital in Investment in Stevenson Search Partners

Foley & Lardner LLP served as legal advisor to SixSibs Capital in its significant long-term investment in Stevenson Search Partners, a global life sciences executive search firm with offices in the U.S. and the United Kingdom.
Een hand gebruikt een stylus op een tablet waarop kleurrijke financiële grafieken en aandelenkoersen worden weergegeven tegen een wazige achtergrond - een essentieel hulpmiddel voor advocaten in Chicago die complexe transacties in ondernemingsrechtkantoren moeten uitvoeren.
February 20, 2024 Foley Viewpoints

Praktische overwegingen voor een private equity-koper die overweegt een ESOP-bedrijf over te nemen

Lees meer over 12 praktische en belangrijke overwegingen voor de private equity-koper die een bedrijf in handen van een ESOP wil overnemen.