AMANDA PATTERSON obtained her J.D. from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, graduating on the dean’s list, magna cum laude, a William L. Hutchison Scholar, and a member of the Order of the Coif. While in law school, Amanda was a member of the SMU Law Review and served as the SMU Law Review Corporate Counsel Symposium Editor. Amanda received her B.S. in Economics from Texas A&M University where she graduated on the dean’s list, summa cum laude.
Managing Associate
Amanda M. Patterson
- M&A
Experience
- Representative Matters
Assisted with representation of:
- IDEX Corporation in its US$1 billion acquisition of Mott Corporation and its subsidiaries.
- Rexel USA, Inc. in its acquisition of Talley, Inc., a distributor of wireless infrastructure products, services, and solutions in the U.S.
- Discovery Education, a global education technology company backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., in its acquisition of DreamBox Learning, a PK-12 education technology provider.
- Rexel USA, Inc. in its acquisition of Horizon Solutions, a wholesale distributor of electrical, automation, industrial, energy, and safety solutions in the Northeast Region.
- Great Value Storage and its affiliates in the US$588 million sale of its 64-property self-storage portfolio in connection with their Chapter 11 cases to a joint venture managed by CBRE Investment Management and William Warren Group.
- Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its acquisition of Discovery Education, a global education technology company, from Francisco Partners.
- Rexel USA, Inc. in its US$456 million acquisition of Mayer Electric, a top distributor of electrical products and services.
- Oscar W. Larson Company, a portfolio company of Trive Capital – acquisition of WildcoPES, a leading East Coast provider of sales, maintenance, inspection, testing, and construction management services to energy suppliers, independent retailers, and contractors;
- Precisely Software Incorporated, a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital Group and TA Associates – joint acquisition of Infogix, Inc., a multinational data controls and analytics software company;
- Precisely in its acquisition of Winshuttle, a portfolio company of Symphony Technology Group.
- Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., in its acquisition of Precisely Software Incorporated, a global leader in data integrity that provides accuracy, consistency, and context in data for 12,000 customers in more than 100 countries, together with TA Associates;
- Hennessy Capital Investment Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, in its agreement to combine with Plus (formerly Plus.ai), a global provider of self-driving truck technology, with an implied pro forma equity value of US$3.3 billion.
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Credentials
Admissions & Certifications
- Texas
- Supreme Court of Texas
Education
- SMU Dedman School of Law, J.D., 2020 (magna cum laude)
- Texas A&M University, B.S., 2017 (summa cum laude)