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Chris Scheurer
Partner 
201 North Tryon Street
cscheurer@mcguirewoods.comCharlotte, North Carolina 28202 F: 704.444.8772    |
Mr. Scheurer concentrates on complex business transactions with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, joint ventures, and related general corporate counseling. He represents national, regional and local clients, on both buy and sell sides, in acquisitions and divestitures, including asset transactions, stock transactions, and cash and stock mergers.
He advises clients with respect to selection of entity, capitalization and other formation-related matters. He has led transactions ranging from a few million dollars to more than $1 billion in a variety of industries such as financial institutions, software and technology, transaction processing, food service, aerospace and defense, manufacturing and business services.
- Represented Charlotte-based community bank in its acquisition of another financial institution.
- Represented major international food service company in its acquisition of leading beverage services company.
- Represented international food service company in its acquisition of leading healthcare laundry business from private equity firm.
- Represented major manufacturing conglomerate based in New Jersey in its acquisition of fire safety company.
- Represented major healthcare facilities management company in its acquisition by merger of another leading facilities management services company.
- Represented major international food service company in complex, multiparty sale and purchase of vending business assets.
- Represented Charlotte-based aerospace and defense company in acquisition of privately held airborne data systems company.
- Represented major financial institution in divestiture of retail corporate bond broker-dealer.
- Represented U.K.-based venture capital company in two investments in "green" technology companies.
- Represented major financial institution in connection with purchase of entities holding real property developments in a transaction valued at approximately $400 million.
- Represented Charlotte-based publicly held community bank in $1.1 billion sale to major financial institution.
- Represented publicly held Southeastern real estate development company in $75 million divestiture of home-building business.
- Represented major financial institution in negotiation and documentation of complex commercial relationship with another major financial institution.
- Represented Charlotte-based publicly held community bank in its sale of its employee benefits administration division.
- Represented Charlotte-based optical disc manufacturer in multiple mezzanine financings.
- Represented life sciences research consumables company in a series of four acquisitions building the company from $0 in revenue to $185 million in one year.
- Represented private building materials company in a $20 million sale of substantially all of its assets.
- Represented Charlotte-based publicly held community bank in its $100 million acquisition of another publicly held community bank via a cash and stock merger.
- Represented major financial institution in carve-out sale of $400 million sale of credit card processing business.
- Represented major financial institution in the purchase of the stock of a $50 million health care payment software company.
- Represented New York-based venture capital firm in its $3.5 million Series E investment in a data center services provider.
- Represented management team of a national life sciences research consumables company in its $100 million capitalization.
- Represented controlling shareholder of Charlotte-based optical disc manufacturer in leveraged recapitalization in a transaction valuing the recapitalized company at approximately $42 million.
- Represented major North American food service company in complex restructuring of a $50 million restaurant business.
- Represented major financial institution in its negotiation of a $200 million joint venture with another major financial institution.
- Represented major financial institution in its acquisition of a publicly held credit card processing company in a cash merger valued at $1.6 billion.
- Represented major North American food service company in $170 million tender offer for an airport food service company.
- Represented major financial institution in its purchase of the stock of a software company for approximately $35 million.
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Securities & Corporate Finance
- Private Equity & Venture Capital
- Capital Markets
- Healthcare Private Equity & Finance
- Named One of the "Best Lawyers in America," Woodward/White, Inc., 2010-2012
- Named One of the Charlotte Business Journal's "40 Under 40," 2006
- Graduate, Charlotte Chamber of Commerce Leadership School, 2005
- Member, Helms Mulliss & Wicker, PLLC, Charlotte, North Carolina
- Associate, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, D.C.
- "Current Developments in Negotiating Merger and Acquisition Agreements: Lessons Learned from the Market Meltdown," Lorman's Fundamentals of Acquisition Transactions in North Carolina, December 2008
- "What's 'Market'? ABA Deal Points Study for Private Company M&A," CLE International's Private Equity and Mezzanine Finance Seminar, Charlotte, North Carolina, November 2008
- Panelist, "Under the Sheets of a Bank Merger," Furman University, September 2008
- "Negotiating the Deal," Lorman's Selected Strategies on Mergers and Acquisitions in North Carolina, May 2007
- American Bar Association
- Market Trends Subcommittee, ABA's Committee on Negotiated Acquisitions (Publisher of ABA Deal Points Studies)
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Girls on the Run International
- Board of Directors, Member (2011-Present)
- Grants Panelist, Arts & Sciences Council
- Alumni Advisory Council, University of Tennessee College of Law
- Coach, Myers Park Trinity Little League
- Coach, Charlotte Youth Soccer
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EDUCATION University of Tennessee School of Law, Knoxville, Tennessee, J.D., 1992
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, B.S., magna cum laude, 1989
ADMITTED North Carolina 2000 District of Columbia 1993 Tennessee 1992 |