Dennis M. Myers, P.C.
Overview
Corporate partner Dennis Myers is a senior member of the Capital Markets Group and focuses his practice on representing both public and private companies, including portfolio companies of private equity funds, and investment banks in a wide variety of capital markets transactions involving the sale of securities. Dennis has significant experience in the following types of transactions: (i) public equity offerings, including initial public offerings; (ii) high-yield debt offerings in connection with leveraged buy-outs and/or significant acquisitions by portfolio companies of private equity clients; and (iii) other securities-related transactions, including private placements of a wide variety of securities and exchange offers and related transactions in connection with out-of-court restructurings. Dennis also provides on-going corporate counseling to publicly traded companies and their private equity sponsors regarding corporate governance matters, Section 13 and 16 reporting obligations, preparation of annual disclosure documents, stock option and other incentive plans, insider trading and corporate compliance policies, general disclosure obligations and matters relating to the public sale of restricted securities.
Dennis has been repeatedly recognized for his Capital Markets and Securities Law work. He has been recognized in every edition of The Legal 500 U.S. since 2007 for Capital Markets. He has also been recognized in every edition of The Best Lawyers in America since 2006 for his work in the area of Securities Law and was named 2017 “Lawyer of the Year” for Chicago in Securities. Recognized for his superior client service, Dennis was named a "Client Service All-Star" by the BTI Consulting Group in its 2019 and 2020 Client Service All-Stars Report.
Experience
Representative Matters
Initial Public Offerings (since 2010):
- TerraForm Global, Inc. in connection with its $675.0 million initial public offering of Class A common stock (2015)
- VWR Corporation in connection with its $536 million initial public offering of common stock (2014)
- TerraForm Power, Inc. in connection with its $576.8 million initial public offering of Class A common stock (2014)
- SunEdison Semiconductor Ltd. in connection with its $107.6 million initial public offering of ordinary shares and concurrent private placement of $125.0 million of ordinary shares (2014)
- Boise Cascade Company in its $263 million initial public offering of common stock (2013)
- Roundy’s, Inc. in its $163 million initial public offering of common stock (2012)
- Sagent Pharmaceuticals in its $92 million initial public offering of common stock (2011)
- Credit Suisse in connection with the $300 million proposed initial public offering of common stock of First Wind Holdings Inc. (2010)
- Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. in its $650 million initial public offering of ordinary shares (2010)
Secondary Offerings (since 2010):
- Cision Ltd and certain selling shareholders in connection with a $61.8 million public offering of ordinary shares (2018)
- VWR Corporation and its selling stockholder in connection with four registered block trades of common stock (2015-2016)
- VWR Corporation and its selling stockholder in connection with a $420 million public offering of common stock (2015)
- SunEdison Semiconductor Ltd. and SunEdison, Inc., as a selling stockholder, in connection with the $265 million public offering of ordinary shares (2015)
- Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. and certain selling stockholders in their public offerings of ordinary shares (2011-2014)
- Roundy’s, Inc. and the selling stockholders in connection with the $62 million public offering of common stock (2014)
- Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and certain selling stockholders in connection with the $98 million public offering of common stock (2013)
- SunEdison, Inc. in connection with the $250 million public offering of common stock (2013)
- Navistar International Corporation in the $200 million public offering of common stock (2012)
- Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. in the $23.75 million public offering of common stock (2010)
- Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. in the $482 million public offering of ordinary shares (2010)
Debt Offerings (since 2013):
- Navistar International Corporation in the offering of $1.1 billion of senior notes pursuant to Rule 144A (2017)
- Solera, LLC and Solera Finance, Inc. in the offering of $275 million “tack on” senior notes pursuant to Rule 144A (2017)
- Diamond (BC) B.V. (Diversey) in the offering of €450 of senior notes pursuant to Rule 144A in connection with its acquisition by Bain Capital (2017)
- Six Flags Entertainment Corporation in the offering of $1.2 billion million senior notes pursuant to Rule 144A (2017)
- Smurfit Kappa Group plc in the offering of €500 million of senior notes pursuant to Rule 144A (2017)
- American Trailer World Corp. in the offering of $670 million senior secured lien notes pursuant to Rule 144A in connection with its acquisition by Bain Capital (2016)
- Six Flags Entertainment Corporation in the offering of $300 million senior notes (2016)
- Smurfit Kappa Group plc in the offering of €250 million offering of senior notes pursuant to Rule 144A (2015)
- VWR Corporation in the offering of €503 million offering of senior notes pursuant to Rule 144A (2015)
- Sensata Technologies U.K. Financing Co. plc in the offering of $750 million senior notes pursuant to Rule 144A (2015)
- Zebra Technologies Corporation in the offering of $1.05 billion of senior notes pursuant to Rule 144A (2014)
- Radio One, Inc. in the offering of $335 million of senior subordinated notes pursuant to Rule 144A (2014)
- Navistar International Corporation in the offering of $425 million of senior subordinated convertible notes pursuant to Rule 144A (2014)
- Smurfit Kappa Group plc in the offering of €500 million of senior notes pursuant to Rule 144A (2014)
- Solera Holdings, Inc. in the offering of $150 million senior notes pursuant to Rule 144A (2014)
- Roundy’s, Inc. in the public offering of $200 million senior secured lien notes pursuant to Rule 144A (2013)
- Navistar International Corporation in the offering of $300 million senior notes (2013)
- Navistar International Corporation in the offering of $200 million offering of senior subordinated convertible notes pursuant to Rule 144A (2013)
- Solera Holdings in the offering of $850 million senior notes pursuant to Rule 144A (2013)
- Solera Holdings in the offering of $850 million senior notes pursuant to Rule 144A (2013)
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company in the public offering of $1.5 billion of senior notes (2013)
- Sensata Technologies B.V. in the offering of $500 million senior notes pursuant to Rule 144A (2013)
Mergers and Acquisitions:
- Oaktree Capital Management in its acquisition through a cash tender offer of Nevada Chemicals, Inc. (2008)
- 1-800 CONTACTS in its sale to a newly formed corporation controlled by Fenway Partners (2007)
- CenterPoint Properties Trust in its acquisition by a newly formed corporation controlled by CalEast Industrial Investors, LLC (2006)
Other Significant Transactions:
- TRU Taj LLC and TRU Taj Finance, Inc., wholly owned subsidiaries of Toys “R” Us, Inc., in connection with the issuance of $455 million of 11% Senior Secured ABL DIP Notes as debtor-in-possession financing (2017)
- Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. in its $85 million PIPE investment in SunOpta Inc. (2016)
- Radio One, Inc. in its private exchange offer for its outstanding debt securities (2010)
- YRC Worldwide, Inc. in its out-of-court restructurings, including its registered exchange offer for outstanding debt securities and term loans (2010 and 2011)
- Broder Brothers, Co. in its out-of-court restructuring, including its private exchange offer for outstanding high yield debt securities (2009)
Clerk & Government Experience
Honorable Boyce F. MartinUnited States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitAugust 1990–August 1991
Prior Experience
Law Clerk to Judge Boyce F. Martin, Jr., Chief Judge for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, Sept. 1990 – Sept. 1991.
Associate, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue (Cleveland, Ohio), Sept. 1991 through Dec. 1994 (Chicago, Illinois), Jan. 1995 – July 1995.
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 1996Illinois
Education
- Harvard Law SchoolJ.D.cum laude1990
- Case Western Reserve UniversityB.A., Economics & Historysumma cum laude1987Phi Beta Kappa