GlobalAutoIndustry.com’s latest Audio Interview “Onshoring and the U.S.: Entering or Expanding Automotive Operations through M&A Activities” features Chad Barton, corporate attorney with Holland & Knight. Chad is based in the Dallas office, and works with private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies and a variety of other public and private companies who rely on his extensive experience to assist them with complex strategic, financial and other business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), bolt-on and roll-up transactions; divestitures; carve-outs; joint ventures; restructurings; private equity-backed investments and venture capital investments.
Audio Interview Guests
Mr. Chad Barton
Corporate Attorney
Holland & Knight LLC
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In the 23-minute Audio Interview, Mr. Barton discusses these questions:
• How do you see the market for M&A deal flow in 2025, as well as how the new Administration will influence US M&A?
• What are the benefits of onshoring to the U.S. through M&A for automotive parts suppliers?
• What types of acquisitions exist?
• When proceeding with M&A in the US, what are the key legal, tax and other elements to successful acquisitions here?
• Based on your experience, what are 3 or 5 key issues, which most foreign companies don’t realize or don’t pay attention to when doing a US acquisition?
• And provides his final thoughts.
About Chad Barton:
Corporate Attorney with Holland & Knight LLC
Mr. Barton is a corporate attorney in Holland & Knight’s Dallas office. Private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies and a variety of other public and private companies rely on Mr. Barton’s extensive experience to assist them with complex strategic, financial and other business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), including bolt-on and roll-up transactions; divestitures; carve-outs; joint ventures; restructurings; private equity-backed investments and venture capital investments, as well as general corporate counseling.
Mr. Barton has substantial experience with planning, structuring and negotiating transactions for a diverse range of public company and private equity clients in the healthcare, energy, technology and telecommunications sectors. He also drafts purchase agreements, services and supply agreements, contribution and distribution agreements and other commercial contracts, joint venture agreements, confidentiality and exclusivity agreements, licensing agreements, earn-out agreements, term sheets and governance documents, such as limited liability company agreements, partnership agreements, corporate charters and bylaws, and various consents, authorizations and resolutions.
In addition, Mr. Barton helps strategic acquirers realize their growth and financial goals (buy-side and sell-side) and advises clients in various debt and equity transactions. He advises senior management and C-suite professionals, investment committees and boards with transactional analysis and risk analysis in connection with crucial commercial decision-making. These activities include analyzing diligence and documentation requirements, supervising the teams who implement approved strategies, analyzing and synthesizing diligence findings and work product and translating the same into concise, visually informative summaries and ultimately into a comprehensive suite of transactional documents.