Rob Ellis advises clients on their complex business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, equity and debt financings, venture capital investments and restructuring transactions. He also routinely provides general corporate representation to his clients. His M&A practice focuses on a wide range of industries, including technology, business services, building products, chemicals, manufacturing and distribution, and food and beverage.
Rob also frequently represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on acquisitions, divestitures, financings and general corporate matters. He also has extensive experience working on fund formations and equity raises for private equity, corporate and real estate clients.
During a prior secondment, Rob worked in the legal department of a global provider of chemical and building products client, where he served as the in-house M&A attorney on a number of corporate transactions.
Awards and Rankings
Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of mergers and acquisitions: middle-market (2019)
Experience
“I particularly enjoy guiding publicly and privately held companies through the rewarding process of forming and acquiring new businesses.”
Experience
Represented Lion Little World Beverages in the acquisition of New Belgium Brewing Company.
Represented a global food and beverage company in the $75 million acquisition of a healthy snack foods company.
Represented Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) in its acquisition of DaVinci Roofscapes.
Advised Westlake Chemical Corporation on its approximately $816.5 million purchase of a joint venture equity interest from Lotte Chemical Corporation USA.
Represents a national building products company in acquisition and restructuring of distressed business.
Represented Gotcha Media Holdings in the sale of its subsidiary, Gotcha Mobility, to Last Mile Holdings (TSX.V: MILE).
Represented GetSwift Limited (ASX: GSW) in its asset purchases of Delivery Biz Pro, LLC and Web Software, LLC, and in its stock purchase of Marketplace Connect Pty Ltd.
Represented the owners of Yak Mat, a provider of temporary roadway solutions, in the sale of a majority stake in the company to Platinum Equity.
Represented Columbia Care Inc. in its public listing on the Canadian NEO Stock Exchange, making it the first company with an enterprise value of more than $1 billion to list on the NEO.
Advised MSouth Equity Partners on the purchase and sale of Interior Logic Group as well as numerous bolt-on acquisitions.
Represented Interior Logic Group, Inc. in its merger with Interior Specialists, Inc.
Represented Oldcastle Infrastructure in the sale of its SurePods business to WND Ventures.
Represented Axiall Corporation in a multi-billion dollar joint venture with Lotte Chemical for the development, construction and operation of an ethylene production facility in Louisiana.
Represented a global snack food company in connection with its acquisition of four North Carolina-based snack food companies.
Represented a U.S. thermocouple manufacturer in the cross-border sale of its operations in the UK and the Netherlands.
Represented a real estate sponsor on 50+ equity financings and related multi-family housing investments.
