Jack Bowling

Experience

Jack has represented clients in domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions and divestitures totaling more than $50 billion, including:

• MITER Brands' $3.2 billion take-private acquisition of PGT Innovations (NYSE: PGTI)
• $1.6 billion acquisition of a privately-held rail car leasing company by a privately-held financial holding company
• Merger of DeBruce Grain Inc., a U.S. based commodity-management and grain storage company (with publicly disclosed revenues of $4.6 billion), with The Gavilon Group LLC, a North American energy, commodity-management and storage.
• Numerous transactions for Koch Industries, Inc. and its affiliates, including the divestiture by Koch Industries, Inc. of its Brazilian oil and gas exploration and production business and the acquisition by Koch of DEPCOM.
• Numerous transactions for Waste Management and its affiliates, including the acquisition of Deffenbaugh, the acquisition of ESI, the acquisition of ADS and the sale of assets to GFL.
• Multiple transactions for Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and its affiliates, including the acquisition of Accountable Healthcare and the acquisition of a controlling stake in Adelnor.
• Numerous transactions for ADM and its affiliates, including the sale of its Crop Risk Services division and the GrainBridge joint venture between ADM and Cargill.

He has represented clients in public and private offerings of equity and debt securities totaling more than $30 billion, including:

• Rule 144A offerings, Regulation S offerings, PIPE transactions and conventional private placements of equity and debt securities totaling more than $20 billion for companies, including H&R Block, Inc. (NYSE), Spire (NYSE), Quest Resource Corporation (NASDAQ), Entertainment Properties Trust (NYSE) and Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ).
• Public offerings of over $1.7 billion of common and preferred equity securities by Entertainment Properties Trust (NYSE) and Layne Christensen Company (NASDAQ).
• Public offerings of $4.0 billion of senior debt by H&R Block, Inc. (NYSE), Spire (NYSE) and Entertainment Properties Trust (NYSE).

He has represented clients in connection with control position acquisitions, minority position investments and structured investment transactions for a variety of financial sponsors and other investors totaling more than $10 billion, including:

• Koch Equity Development's $450 million structured investment in Jostens.
• $1 billion structured investment by a financial sponsor in a privately-held, sponsor-backed manufacturing company.
• $1 billion structured investment by a financial sponsor in a privately-held oil and gas development and transportation company.
• $150 million structured investment by financial sponsor in privately-held renewable energy company.

Recognitions

Professional & Civic Activities