J.D. Swancoat

J.D. SWANCOAT’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions.

J.D. attended law school at Duke University School of Law where he was a member of the Duke Children’s Law Clinic and the founder of the Duke Law Texas Club. Prior to law school, J.D. obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin.

J.D.’s experience at Sidley includes the following representative matters:

Mergers and Acquisitions/Private Equity

• Leon Capital Group – Investment by TSG Consumer in Specialty Dental Brands.
• Leon Capital Group – multiple acquisitions for Frontline platform of oral surgery dental implant practices.
• Leon Capital Group – multiple acquisitions for Turnwell platform of mental health and psychiatry practices.
• Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. – VictoryLive platform – acquisition of Ticket Evolution Inc., an end-to-end software provider for the event ticketing industry.
• Accelerant Holdings – private placement by Accelerant, a portfolio company of Altamont Capital Partners, of preferred stock in excess of US$250 million to multiple unrelated third-party institutional investors, including Eldridge Industries.
• OMERS Private Equity – partnership with Gastro Health, a national, leading U.S. platform supporting medical groups specializing in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, nutrition, and digestive health.
• Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. –  Symplr Software platform – strategic investment by Charlesbank Capital Partners, LLC.
• General Datatech, a leading IT solutions provider – in the sale of its business to H.I.G. Capital, a leading global alternative investment firm with over US$45 billion of equity capital under management.
• Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. – 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.

Energy

• Ensign Natural Resources LLC – US$3 billion sale of its Eagle Ford Shale oil and gas assets to Marathon Oil Company (NYSE: MRO).
• Tailwater Capital LLC – acquisition by a Tailwater-led consortium of Verdad Resources Holdings LLC, an independent oil and gas exploration and development company with oil and gas assets in Colorado and Wyoming.
• Teal Natural Resources – sale of Eagle Ford assets to SilverBow Resources Operating, Inc. for a mix of cash and public stock.
• Laredo Petroleum Inc. (NYSE: LPI) – acquisition of approximately 20,000 net acres in Glasscock County, Texas from Pioneer Natural Resources Company for a mix of cash and public stock consideration.

Capital Markets

• Vistra Corp. (NYSE: VST) – private offering of US$1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes, consisting of US$400 million aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due in 2024 and US$1.1 billion aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due in 2025.
• Vistra Corp. (NYSE: VST) – upsized private offering of 1,000,000 shares of its 7.0% Series B Fixed-Rate Reset Cumulative Redeemable Green Perpetual Preferred Stock to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to certain non-U.S. persons in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act, at an offering price of US$1,000 per share.
• Vistra Corp. (NYSE: VST) – private offering of 1,000,000 shares of its 8.0% Series A Fixed-Rate Reset Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to certain non-U.S. persons in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act, at an offering price of US$1,000 per share.
• Eagle Materials Inc. (NYSE: EXP) – private offering of US$750 million principal amount of senior unsecured notes due in 2031.
• Vistra Corp. (NYSE: VST) in its private offering of US$1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2029.