Eric W. Spears

 Corporate Finance and Securities

• Served as corporate and securities counsel to publicly held company in connection with its follow-on offering of common stock.
• Served as corporate and securities counsel to publicly held company in connection with two separate private placements of high yield senior notes.
• Served as corporate and securities counsel to publicly held company in connection with the exchange of its privately-placed high yield senior notes with registered high yield senior notes.
• Served as special California counsel to bank holding company in connection with public offering of shares of common stock.
• Served as special counsel to real estate developer in connection with the issuance and sale of special tax bonds.
• Served as corporate and securities counsel to publicly held company in connection with two separate exchanges of its convertible senior notes with shares of common stock.

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Served as buyer’s counsel in connection with the acquisition of an international seed company by an international seed company.
• Served as buyer’s counsel in connection with the acquisition of an electronic equipment supplier by a locally-based electronic equipment supplier.
• Served as seller’s counsel in connection with the disposition of a building products and services company to a private equity investment firm.
• Served as sellers’ counsel in connection with the disposition of two interior contractor and retailer companies specializing in engineered stone and solid surfaces to a private equity investment firm, including the settlement of buyer’s post-closing indemnification claims.
• Served as seller’s counsel in connection with the disposition of a home energy rating system provider to two individual buyers.
• Served as seller’s counsel in connection with the disposition of a fitness center to an individual buyer.
• Served as counsel to privately held company and partnership in connection with the redemption of shares of common stock and partnership interests held by an individual seller.

Commercial Finance

• Served as counsel to publicly held company in connection with its revolving credit facility.
• Served as counsel to a privately held construction equipment dealer in connection with its revolving credit facility and amendments thereto.