Devin’s practice spans a variety of industries and includes advising private equity firms, independent sponsors and private companies on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and other business combinations and general corporate matters (both domestic and cross-border).
Devin began his legal career in the Calgary office of a leading Canadian law firm and is licensed to practice law in Canada. Given Devin’s Canadian roots, a considerable portion of his practice is focused on Canada-U.S. cross-border transactions. Devin has also previously served as general counsel to a U.S.-based, international company in the oil & gas and geothermal industries.
While earning his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Alberta, Devin studied abroad at The University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law.
Experience
- Representation of Rhythm Energy, Inc. in the acquisition of Inspire Clean Energy, a leading provider of subscription-based, 100-percent renewable electricity plans across Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
- Representation of Compass Group USA, a leading food and support services company, in various acquisitions.
- Representation of American Woodmark (NASDAQ: AMWD) in its $3.6 billion merger with MasterBrand.
- Representation of CONSOL Energy (NYSE: CEIX) in its $5.2 billion merger of equals with Arch Resources.
- Representation of a privately owned Canadian company in its acquisition of a Texas based cavern, disposal and CCS business.
- Representation of Maritime, Defense and Industrial Financing Corporation, a U.S. subsidiary of the Davie Group, a global leading international marine, defense and industrial group, in its acquisition of Gulf Copper & Manufacturing Corporation’s ship repair assets in the Gulf Coast region.
- Representation of Longbow Capital Inc. in connection with co-investments made by strategic U.S.-based institutional and non-institutional co-investors into U.S. special purpose co-investment vehicles managed by Longbow for subsequent investment in VoltaGrid LLC, a power and fuel solutions business for remote grid-paralleling applications.
- Representation of Longbow Capital Inc. in its investment in Amped Up Power Solutions, a provider of electric ancillary equipment in the oil and gas industry.
- Representation of a New York based private equity firm in its platform acquisition of a national pet supply and grooming franchise platform.
- Representation of a multi-national bank in various tax equity investments.
- Representation of a Los Angeles based investment management firm, which has over 200 billion AUM, in its acquisition of an exchange traded fund business.
- Representation of The CapStreet Group in its sale of TFH Reliability Group, LLC, a provider of industrial products and services, asset performance management, and reliability consultancy services, to Shell USA, Inc. (Finalist for “Industrial Services – Corporate Strategic Acquisition Deal of Year,” ACG Houston Awards 2022).
- Representation of The CapStreet Group in its platform acquisition of The Colt Group, a national provider of online industrial leak repair solutions to the energy and industrial infrastructure industries.
- Representation of The CapStreet Group in its sale of Thorpe Specialty Services, a maintenance and engineering services and solutions provider in petrochemical and other industrial markets, to KLH Capital (Finalist for “Private Equity Deal of Year ($75MM – $100MM)” and “Energy Deal of Year ($10MM – $100MM),” The M&A Advisor Awards 2023; Finalist for “Industrial Services – Private Equity Deal of Year,” ACG Houston Awards 2022).
- Representation of TradePending (a portfolio company of The CapStreet Group) in its add-on acquisition of SnapCell, Inc., a provider of interactive video, email, and text messaging marketing solutions to automobile and specialty dealerships.
- Representation of TradePending (a portfolio company of The CapStreet Group) in its add-on acquisition of Fixed Ops Digital, LLC, a marketing and technology company supporting automotive dealerships’ fixed operations departments.
- Representation of a Houston based private equity firm in its sale of a leading provider of healthcare staffing services.
- Representation of San Francisco based private equity firm in its acquisition of a leading provider of loss prevention and safe cause, audit, and analytics management software.
- Representation of a midstream company on a joint venture investment with ExxonMobil, to form a project company founded to operate certain midstream assets in Louisiana.