Practice:

• Corporate
• Finance
• Real Estate
• Securities Law

Bar Admissions:

Massachusetts

Experience:

Chad J. Porter is a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate, Finance, Securities and Real Estate Groups. Mr. Porter joined Burns & Levinson in May of 2000.

He participates in a broad range of activities including mergers and acquisitions, commercial financing arrangements, securities transactions, general business affairs, business disputes, real estate transactions, intellectual property and compliance matters.

Mr. Porter received a J.D. degree from Boston University School of Law in 2001, and a B.S., magna cum laude, from Southern New Hampshire University in 1998. At Southern New Hampshire University he was a member of the Honor Society and graduated with a major in marketing and a minor in accounting. Mr. Porter is a member of the Massachusetts bar.

Representative Transactions:

M & A Transactions

• Mergers, acquisitions and sales of a variety of companies and commercial assets with transactions ranging from several hundred thousand dollars to over $500 million
• $600 million sale of a public pharmaceuticals company
• $150 million roll up of several international distribution companies in 36 months
• $45 million sale of a plastics molding company
• $30 million acquisition of a resin distribution company
• $20 million sale of a pest services company
• $20 million acquisition of a chemical applications company

Financings

• Representing borrowers and lenders in billions of dollars of asset based, commercial and real estate financings and restructurings throughout the U.S. and internationally, including Canada, Mexico and others
• Structured $200 million credit facility for a major lending institution
• Structured $65 million credit facility for a major lending institution secured by multiple properties throughout the U.S. and Canada and sale of such facility to another lender
• Structured $125 million real estate financing and development facility for a major lending institution secured by multiple properties throughout the U.S.
• Structured $50 million syndicated revolving line of credit facility for a major lending institution secured by collateral throughout the U.S. and Canada

Securities

• Representing various U.S. and foreign based publicly listed companies with respect to reporting obligations, proxy and information statements, director and stockholder matters, as well as securities related transactions
• Represented NASDAQ listed pharmaceuticals company with respect to:
  • $75 million convertible note offering and related tender/exchange offer
  • $25 million PIPE and $35 million registered public offering
  • $100 million royalty financing
  • $150 million acquisition/merger
  • $600 million sale tender offer/merger
• Represented domestic public companies operating in China with respect to:
  • $25 million registered direct offering; and
  • $3 million PIPE

News Quotes

• Josef Volman and Chad Porter were featured in the article "Pharmaceutical firms join forces in 'unique' deal worth $600 million-plus" in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly on April 4, 2009. The article highlighted Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc completion of its initial tender offer to acquire Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a long-term client of Burns & Levinson.

Memberships:

• Boston Bar Association

Education:

• J.D., Boston University School of Law, 2001
• B.S., magna cum laude, Southern New Hampshire University, 1998
• At Southern New Hampshire University, Mr. Porter was a member of the Honor Society and graduated with a major in marketing and a minor in accounting.

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