Gibson, Rick J.

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

Representative Cases

• Alderwoods sells nonstrategic funeral home and cemetery assets
• AZ Automotive amends and restates credit agreement
• AZ Automotive amends and restates note purchase agreement
• AZ Automotive completes sale to AIG Global and Orix Finance
• Battelle Memorial issues $50 million 6.75% Series A Senior Notes
• Buddy Up Tennis, Inc., a program focused on activities for children and adults with Down syndrome, receives assistance in formation of the organization
• DDR achieves acquisition financing for a three-property real estate portfolio , (2009)
• DDR receives $885 million acquisition financing for a 52-property real estate portfolio
• Multi-Color obtains $200 million credit facility
• NationsRent finances $440 million of industrial equipment with numerous financings
• NationsRent, Inc. and its subsidiaries file for chapter 11 in $1.2 billion reorganization of company
• Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. acquires Gartmore Global Investments
• New York Sports Ventures sells its hockey franchise, New York Islanders, for $180 million
• Polar amends and restates revolving credit facility , (2010)
• Questor Management Company acquires assets of Zenith Industrial and Aetna Industries
• Questor Management Company acquires Polar Corporation , (2009)
• Repechage Investments proposes acquisition of Elephant & Castle Group
• Sprint Nextel sells 3,300 cell towers to TowerCo for $670 million
• Stonehenge portfolio company obtains credit facility
• Ultraframe acquires Four Seasons Solar Products

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

• Loyola Univ- Chicago
• U of Pittsburgh- Pitt (Main)

Published Works

• New "Dualing" Amendments to Dealer-Protection Laws Pass Legislatures, LJN Franchising Business & Law Alert, 2009

Address

P.O. Box 165017
325 John H. McConnell Boulevard
Suite 600
Columbus, OH 43216-5017

Phones

1.614.281.3654 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.614.461.4198 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com