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Arthur R. Vorbrodt

Advogado sénior

Arthur R. Vorbrodt

Advogado sénior

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.

Experiência de representação

  • 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.

Filiações

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

Apresentações e publicações

 

 

August 20, 2025 Foley Viewpoints

Evitar armadilhas pós-fechamento de fusões e aquisições: um guia do comprador para encerramento de ESOPs

Compradores (incluindo empresas de capital privado e seus investidores) que adquirem as ações de uma empresa total ou parcialmente detida por um funcionário...
16 de abril de 2025 Vídeo

Entrevista de dez minutos: Colmatando as lacunas de avaliação de fusões e aquisições com Earnouts e Rollovers

Brian Lucareli, diretor da Foley Private Client Services (PCS) e copresidente do grupo de Family Offices, senta-se com Arthur Vorbrodt, advogado sénior e membro do grupo de Transacções da Foley, para uma entrevista de 10 minutos para discutir como colmatar as lacunas de avaliação de M&A com earnouts e rollovers.
20 de fevereiro de 2025 Negócios e ganhos

Foley aconselha Steve Madden no acordo de aquisição da empresa britânica Kurt Geiger

Foley & Lardner LLP actuou como consultor jurídico nos EUA da Steven Madden, Ltd. (Nasdaq: SHOO), uma empresa líder em design e comercialização de calçado, acessórios e vestuário de moda, na celebração de um acordo definitivo para a aquisição da marca de calçado e acessórios Kurt Geiger, sediada no Reino Unido, por um valor empresarial de aproximadamente 289 milhões de libras esterlinas em dinheiro.
2 de agosto de 2024 Negócios e ganhos

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.
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February 20, 2024 Foley Viewpoints

Considerações práticas para um comprador de capital privado que está a pensar adquirir uma empresa detida por um ESOP

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