Don J. McDermett

Accenture

• US$1.6B 10-year IT and BPO outsourcing and cross-border M&A transaction with British Columbia Hydro & Power Authority, including structuring and formation of new joint venture entity

Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc.

• US$1.3B cash sale of publicly held medical device maker to strategic buyer St. Jude Medical through a negotiated cash tender offer/merger

Argo Data Resource Corp.

• Acquisition of Advanced Software Design Corp.
• Acquisition of Gilson Image Solutions, Inc.

BusinesSuites, L.P.

• Multiple acquisitions of executive suites businesses across the U.S.
• Multiple corporate reorganizations
• Joint venture and marketing alliance formation with two other executive suites operators
• All-cash private company sale to Regus, plc

DZS, Inc.

• Issuer's counsel in US$65M equity offering (shelf take-down) by publicly traded telecom software vendor

Electronic Data Systems (EDS)

• US$346M securitized financing of enterprise software license from CA, Inc.
• Negotiation and structuring of 10-year marketing alliance agreement with Sabre Holdings involving airline application software and related IT services

GENBAND Holdings Company

• Stock-for-stock “merger of equals” with publicly traded Sonus Networks
• US$340M recapitalization transaction with private equity sponsor One Equity Partners
• Acquisition of Aztek Networks, Inc. (stock-for-stock)
• Acquisition of Cedar Point Communications (stock-for stock)
• US$282M acquisition of Global VOIP Business of Nortel Networks Corp. (all-cash transaction completed under Section 363 of U.S. Bankruptcy Code)
• US$375M term debt and private equity financing transactions (to finance Nortel transaction) with private equity sponsor One Equity Partners
• Acquisition of NextPoint Networks, Inc. (stock-for-stock)
• Acquisition of BayPackets, Inc. (stock-for-stock)
• Acquisition of Switching Solutions Group of Tekelec (assets and stock-for-stock)
• Multiple strategic partnership/re-seller agreements with Alcatel-Lucent
• Asset acquisition and strategic partnership/re-seller agreement with Nokia-Siemens Networks
• Multiple product line divestitures
• Multiple rounds of venture capital and private equity financing involving aggregate proceeds of US$400M

Kimberly-Clark Corporation

• Tax-free spin-off of Halyard Health (global healthcare products business with annual revenues of US$1.6B)
• Corporate governance counseling

Kinko's Inc.

• US$460M million recapitalization transaction involving JP Morgan Chase, AOL Time Warner and Clayton Dubilier & Rice
• US$240M self-tender offer to existing stockholders
• Acquisition of publicly-held ImageX, Inc. through negotiated cash tender offer/merger

LBJ Holding Company/LBJ Family Wealth Management Ltd.

• US$100M+ divestiture of cable TV systems
• US$100M+ divestiture of multi-station radio group in Austin, Texas
• Acquisition and subsequent divestiture of multi-station radio group in Savannah, Georgia
• Multiple corporate reorganizations
• Numerous private equity investments across various industries, including lead investment in Blue Sage Capital
• Fund of funds formation
• SEC compliance and counseling (Investment Advisors Act of 1940)

Luminex Corp.

• SEC compliance and counseling for publicly held bio-tech company
• Implementation of shareholder rights plan/poison pill

Michaels Stores

• Acquisition of over 50 retail stores and related IP assets from regional competitor A.C. Moore
• Divestiture of Darice/Lamrite West wholesale businesses

Morgan Stanley

• Underwriters' counsel in US$112M secondary offering by Inet Technologies, Inc.

Motive, Inc.

• Issuer's counsel in US$50M IPO by enterprise software vendor
• SEC compliance and counseling for publicly held enterprise software vendor
• Stock-for-stock merger with BroadJump Inc.
• Audit committee investigation, accounting restatement, dismissal of "big 4" independent auditor
• US$67M cash sale to Alcatel-Lucent through negotiated cash tender offer/merger

RealPage, Inc.

• Multiple rounds of venture capital financing for “software as a service” FinTech vendor
• US$345M Rule 144A offering of Convertible Senior Notes
• Multiple acquisitions of FinTech targets, including US$300M acquisition of Lease Rent Options, US$75M acquisition of American Utility Management, and US$250M acquisition of On-Site Manager

Sterling Software, Inc.

• US$4.5B public company sale to Computer Associates, Inc. through negotiated stock-for-stock exchange offer/merger transaction
• 14 acquisitions of public or private target companies in the enterprise software sector, including Texas Instruments Software, Information Advantage and others

Triad Hospitals, Inc.

• Representation of Special Committee in US$6.8B strategic merger with Community Health Systems, Inc. (merger resulted from a topping bid during a “go shop” period previously agreed to by a private equity bidder, merger produced the then 2nd largest for-profit hospital chain in the U.S.)
• Representation of Compensation Committee as independent counsel in renewal of CEO's employment agreement and implementation of executive severance agreements for C-Suite officers

USA Compression Holdings, L.P.

• Sale of privately held natural gas compression provider to Riverstone Holdings for cash consideration of US$500M

Zix Corporation

• US$870M public company sale to Canada-based Open Text Corporation through negotiated cash tender offer/merger transaction
• SEC and corporate governance compliance and counseling
• Acquisition of Israel-based CloudAlly, Ltd.
• Acquisition of AppRiver, LLC for US$275M, including related US$100M PIPE financing and US$175M term debt financing
• Acquisition of Erado Inc.
• Acquisition of Greenview Data, Inc.
• Defense and settlement of proxy fight launched by 10% shareholder