Mr. Chad R. Fears

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Member

  Firm Name

  Evans Fears Schuttert McNulty Mickus
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Transactions

  Representative Transactions: Securities Offerings & Related Transactions; Represented publicly held companies in public and private offerings of several billion dollars of secured debt, senior debt, and subordinated debt; Represented publicly held companies in public offerings of several billion dollars of common stock and preferred stock; Mergers & Acquisitions; Represented publicly held software company in 287 million sale to publicly held purchaser; Represented sellers in 150 million sale of bakery to publicly held strategic purchaser; Represented computer reseller in multiple Chapter 11 bankruptcy-related division sale transactions having aggregate value of 120 million; Represented sellers in 140 million sale of injection molding company to publicly held strategic purchaser; Represented publicly held computer reseller in multiple acquisitions involving cash and stock; Represented publicly held solid waste management company in multiple roll-up acquisitions of solid waste collection companies; Represented publicly held corporation in 85 million sale of a subsidiary engaged in internet-related businesses; Represented sellers in sale of software company to publicly held strategic purchaser; Represented publicly held corporation in its acquisition of a private company that owned key intellectual property rights; Represented the largest limited partner in the Phoenix Suns NBA franchise in connection with the sale of its limited partnership interest; Represented seller in sale of mutual funds to a public corporation; Represented injection molding company in connection with the sale of several of its divisions, with an aggregate value of 83 million, including a sale to a management-led group; Energy-Related Matters; Represented utility in 4 billion solar energy purchase power agreement; Represented utility in 215 million sale of Nevada-based power plant; Represented utility in 200 million acquisition of Arizona-based power plant; Represented seller in 16 million sale of manufacturer of nuclear waste storage and transportation casks; Represented publicly held corporation in 45 million sale of energy services company; Represented nuclear utilities in sale-leaseback transactions involving nuclear power plants; Represented merchant generator and utility in connection with combustion turbine purchases and long-term service agreements for combustion turbine maintenance, with an aggregate value of several hundred million dollars; Corporate Governance & Related Matters; Frequent speaker on corporate governance issues; Represented independent directors of publicly held corporation in connection with a going-private transaction; Represented audit committee of bank, a subsidiary of a publicly held corporation, in connection with various disclosure and director liability issues arising out of regulatory proceedings; Represented independent directors of publicly held corporation in connection with issues arising out of prior corporate transactions with the Chief Executive Officer; Represented private corporation in the restructuring of its domestic and international corporate organization to establish clear governance structure and to minimize enterprise liability