Paul Braswell

Managing Attorney

DALLAS
2500 Dallas Parkway
Suite 600
Plano, TX 75093

972.378.9111

Paul Braswell is a seasoned transactional lawyer with more than 25 years of experience in partnership and corporate law. Paul advises clients with respect to business entity structure, corporate organization and reorganization, taxation, private securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate financing, franchising, equity and debt financing transactions, syndications, business dispositions, trademark registrations, and other general business matters.

Paul has extensive experience in complex business transactions and is a trusted advisor to both buyers and sellers, assisting them with all aspects of the deal process. He advises clients in acquisitions of all sizes and in multiple industries. He is involved from initial transaction structuring through the entire negotiation process and until the ultimate closing.

In addition, Paul has experience representing issuers and investors in private placements of equity and debt securities, providing counsel on fundraising, compliance issues, and disclosure requirements.

Representative Matters

  • Represented lead investor in acquisition of aerospace and technology engineering firm in an equity transaction valued at approximately $20 million.
  • Represented client in connection with raising $150 million Series C preferred stock round.
  • Represented paper manufacturer in connection with sale of equipment and real estate for manufacturing plant to strategic acquiror in a transaction valued at approximately $30 million.
  • Represented audio/visual integrations software development company in connection with sale of equity to strategic purchaser for total consideration of approximately $2.5 million.
  • Represented seller in connection with sale of equity in cake decorating manufacturer for approximately $14 million.
  • Represented franchisee in sale of animal control business to franchisor for over $8 million.
  • Represented seller in connection with sale of equity in paper converting business for approximately $39 million.
  • Represented issuer in private offering of $8.5 million of convertible notes and associated warrants.
  • Represented seller in sale of assets of a hazardous waste disposal company for approximately $14 million.
  • Represented client in reorganization transaction, including creation of holding company and merger of three companies and subsidiaries with a value of over $18 million.
  • Represented acquiror in contribution of assets of medical device company in exchange for interest in newly-formed holding company.
  • Represented issuer in connection with issuance of approximately $20 million in preferred securities in private offering.
  • Represented buyer in a $15 million asset sale transaction involving a medical imaging center.

Admitted to Practice

States

  • State Bar of Texas

Education

  • University of Oklahoma, J.D. with honors
  • University of Texas at Austin, B.A.

Professional Associations & Memberships

  • Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation

Recognition, Honors & Achievements

  • Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine
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