Arthur R. Vorbrodt
Senior Counsel
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 85 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.
Representative Experience
- Represented Brady Corporation (NYSE: BRC), a world leader in identification solutions, in its definitive agreement with Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON) to acquire Honeywell’s Productivity Solutions and Services (PSS) business in an all-cash transaction, valued at approximately US$1.4bn.
- Represented Steven Madden Ltd (Nasdaq: SHOO), a leading designer and marketer of fashion footwear, accessories and apparel, in its acquisition of UK-based Kurt Geiger for an enterprise value of approximately £289mn in cash.
- Represented Capol LLC, a company of the Freudenberg Group and a premier manufacturer of added-value food ingredient solutions and global leader in confectionery coatings, in its acquisition of California-based flavor house, Blue Pacific Flavors, Inc.
- Represented Clavis Capital Partners LLC, a Dallas-based independent sponsor, in its acquisition of ATEX Distributing, a wholesale distributor of air conditioning equipment servicing primarily the commercial modular construction industry.
- Represented The Killer Brownie® Company, the nation’s leading gourmet brownie company, in its strategic partnership with Irresistible Foods Group Inc. (IFG).
- Represented SixSibs Capital, a Milwaukee-based family office, 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.
- Represented Six Pillars Partners, a Dallas-based independent sponsor, in its recapitalization of Royalty Roofing and its sister company Majestic Facility Experts.
- Represented Steven Madden Ltd (Nasdaq: SHOO), a leading designer and marketer of fashion footwear, accessories and apparel, in its acquisition of Almost Famous, a designer and marketer of women’s apparel, for $52mn in cash.
- 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.
Affiliations
- Member of the Texas State Bar
- Member of the American Bar Association (ABA)
- Member of the Dallas Bar Association (DBA)
Presentations and Publications
- Co-author, “Avoiding M&A Post-Closing Pitfalls: A Buyer’s Guide to ESOP Wind-Downs“, Foley & Lardner LLP (August 20, 2025)
- Co-author, “Ten Minute Interview: Bridging M&A Valuation Gaps with Earnouts and Rollovers“, Foley & Lardner LLP (April 16, 2025)
- Co-author, “Practical Considerations for a Private Equity Buyer Contemplating an Acquisition of an ESOP-Owned Company“, Foley & Lardner LLP (February 20, 2024)
- Author, “Clapper Dethroned: Imminent Injury and Standing for Data Breach Lawsuits in Light of Ashley Madison“ in Washington and Lee Law Review Online (June 1, 2016).
Foley Guides Brady Corporation in Acquisition of Honeywell’s Productivity Solutions and Services Business
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