Business Transactions

Overview

Shaw Lewenz’s Business Transactions Practice Group advises a diverse base of clients ranging from startups and growth companies to Fortune 500 companies, investment funds, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals. Because of its size and maneuverability, Shaw Lewenz is able to efficiently provide sophisticated legal solutions that are aligned with its clients’ business objectives.

For example, Shaw Lewenz’s cross-disciplinary team of lawyers regularly advise clients throughout all stages of a company’s life-cycle. The firm’s representations include early and growth stage companies and venture capital funds in connection with capital formation transactions in the form of SAFEs, convertible notes, and priced round financings. At the same time, the team represents middle market private companies, private equity sponsors, and public companies in sophisticated merger and acquisitions transactions (including recapitalizations, leveraged buyouts, spinoffs, and divestitures) and corporate governance matters. The Shaw Lewenz business transactions team also regularly advises fund sponsors and independent sponsors on fund and SPV-formation matters.

Because Shaw Lewenz is a boutique law firm, it can move quickly without the bureaucratic delays commonly experienced at larger firms, while maintaining top tier service with world class lawyers. This also allows Shaw Lewenz to structure creative and cost-effective fee structures with its clients to provide truly bespoke services catered to each clients’ unique business, industry, and transaction needs.

Notable Transactions

At Shaw Lewenz, we guide clients through complex transactions involving the full spectrum of deal sizes, structures, and complexities. From the sale of venture capital-backed companies to investments by private equity funds and multibillion-dollar transactions, we bring experience and results to every deal. Below are examples of entities we have represented across various sectors:

Real Estate

• Counseled real estate technology company in capital formation and transactions involving three of the largest landlords in New York City.
• Represented buyer in a historic home purchase in Coral Gables, Florida.
• Advised on an investment in a high-end waterfront spec house development project.
• Represented a client in the acquisition of a medical facility in Orange Park, Florida.

Private Equity & Investment

• Advised private equity firm on equity recapitalization of a top e-commerce fulfillment company.
• Facilitated companies and funds in raising over $160 million in equity capital through tokenized securities.
• Represented a company in its sale to a major defense contractor, including negotiation of a management rollover.
• Represented a notable cannabis company in an equity financing led by a significant New York-based investment group.
• Represented a client in the acquisition of an equity stake in a venture fund, general partnership in Switzerland.
• Represented a Market-Leading Herbal Supplement E-Commerce Company in Sale to Alternative Wellness Buyer.

Finance & Trade

• Advised the servicer of a multi-billion-dollar mortgage loan portfolio on its sale to a private equity firm.
• Designed and coordinated a multi-state regulatory compliance framework for companies, including the largest bitcoin ATM operator, an armored car cash management company servicing all 50 U.S. states, and a popular bill payment mobile application.
• Counseled trade financiers on receivables financing matters, including the negotiation and drafting of maturity factoring agreements and collection factoring agreements.
• Structured agreements for use by trade financiers in connection with merchant cash advances.

Technology & Blockchain

• Counseled the world’s largest digital and print publisher on intellectual property monetization through NFT sales.
• Advised a top blockchain venture fund on portfolio investments, including equity and debt transactions, and investments in digital assets and cryptocurrency tokens.
• Counseled a Web3 company on securities law compliance and international structuring matters related to metaverse environments and token-facilitated digital economies.
• Represented the fund manager on the formation of cryptocurrency hedge funds, NFT investment SPVs, and blockchain venture funds.

International Transactions

• Represented a major Latin American telecommunications company in a high-profile sale.
• Represented a client in the sale of a goldmine in Mexico.
• Represented a banking client in a bank merger in the Cayman Islands.
• Counseled a client on the restructuring of a Brazilian payment processor.
• Advised a company providing consulting services to sovereign nations on the implementation of central bank digital currencies and the adoption of existing digital currencies as sovereign currencies.

Education & Media

• Represented a well-known private coding school in its sale to an education conglomerate.
• Reorganized the business holdings of a charitable foundation established by a prominent American family.
• Represented an investment in a nautical education influencer backed by a social media strategy company.