Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Rick Gibson has served as the primary legal advisor on scores of business transactions, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, distressed M&A, restructurings, financings (including credit agreements, mezzanine loans, and equipment leasing), franchising, and corporate governance matters. He represents public and private companies in a variety of industries, including automotive, equipment rental, insurance, packaging and printing, restaurants, retail, and telecommunications.

Representative deals on which Rick was the primary transaction lawyer include: the consolidation and roll-up of NationsRent (n/k/a Sunbelt Rentals) of dozens of equipment rental businesses and the negotiation of more than $500 million of equipment lease financings; Multi-Color's approximately $200 million international acquisition of Collotype and the related financing; Sprint Nextel's sale (and subsequent leaseback) of more than 3,000 cellular telecommunications towers; and out-of-court debt and equity restructurings of AZ Automotive, Examination Management Services, and Norwood Promotional Products.

Other companies for which Rick has worked on substantial matters include Baird Capital Partners, Coretec, Dana, Nationwide Insurance, Network Towers, Polar Corp., Questor Management Corp., Repechage Restaurant Group, Stellican, Stonehenge Partners, and Yum! Brands.

Rick is a frequent speaker on a variety of transaction-related topics and is a member of the American Bar Association (Business Law Section and Legal Opinion Committee), the Ohio State Bar Association, and the Columbus Bar Association. In community matters, Rick is actively involved with Buddy-Up, a program focused on tennis, fitness, and recreation for children with Down syndrome.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A
• Corporate Governance
• Private Equity
• Buyouts
• Fund Formation
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer

Representative Cases

• Acquisition Financing
• Acquisition of Four Seasons Solar Products
• Acquisition of Gartmore Global Investments
• Acquisition of Polar Corp.
• Acquisition of Zenith Industrial and Aetna Industries
• Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
• Bankruptcy Dispositions
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Credit Facility
• Credit Facility for Westward Communications Holdings
• Note Purchase Agreement
• Out-of-Court Restructurings
• Portfolio Acquisition Financing
• Sale of New York Islanders
• Sale of towers to TowerCo
• Sale of Westward Communications
• Various Financings

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations, Venture Capital

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

• U of Pittsburgh- Pitt (Main)

Address

P.O. Box 165017
Columbus, OH 43216-5017

Phones

1.614.281.3654 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.614.461.4198 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com