Eric J. Knox
Working with both national and local companies in the REIT, healthcare, food and petroleum refining sectors, Eric Knox routinely counsels public and private companies on a variety of corporate and securities issues.
Eric’s practice involves:
- Mergers & Acquisitions – Representing public and private companies on a wide variety of transactions.
- Corporate Finance – Assisting clients in connection with public offerings, Rule 144A offerings and private placements.
- Corporate Governance – Advising public company clients on preparation of Form 10-Ks, 10-Qs, 8-Ks, proxy statements and earnings releases; compliance with federal securities laws requirements; compliance with stock exchange listing standards and corporate governance guidelines.
- Shareholder Activism – Advising clients on issues, including takeover defense, proxy contests, responding to shareholder proposals and related corporate governance and securities law matters, as well as assisting clients with respect to shareholder rights plans, contested director elections, classified boards, advance notice bylaws, Rule 14a-8 shareholder proposals, ISS and other proxy advisory firm-related matters and Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act.
Memberships
American Bar Association
American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA)
Youth About Business
Representative Experience
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Represented CoreCivic in the refinancing of their bank credit facilities
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Represented Bob Evans Farms, Inc. (Nasdaq:BOBE) in its acquisition by Post Holdings, Inc.
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Represented CenseoHealth in its sale to New Mountain Capital
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CoreCivic acquired Time to Change, Inc.
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Engaged in 2010 to serve as independent disclosure counsel to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Bank of America pursuant to a settlement order entered into by Bank of America and the SEC
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Represented Bob Evans Farms, Inc. (Nasdaq: BOBE) in the sale of Bob Evans Restaurants to Golden Gate Capital for $565 million
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Represented Advanced Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery in its acquisition of 15 skin and dermatology practices in 2016
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Represented CLARCOR Inc. in connection with its senior credit facility transactions, including most recently a $500 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility and a $200 million term loan facility led by Bank of America, N.A.
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Represented Engility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:EGL) in its $1.3 billion debt refinancing
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Represented Advanced Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery in its acquisition of 16 skin and dermatology practices in six states across the country