Representative Transactions

Steven R. Block | Warren W. Garden | Christopher M. McNeilll

Steven R. Block

Mergers & Acquisitions

• $80 million recapitalization of a franchise company with a large publicly-traded private equity company - 2007
• Sale of MedSolutions, Inc. to Stericycle (SRCL) in a $55.0 million subsidiary merger transaction - 2007
• Acquisition of Bibbentuckers Dry Cleaners - 2007
• MedSolutions, Inc. - acquisitions of Ameritech Environmental, Inc., Bray Medical Waste Services, Med-Con Waste Solutions, Inc. and Positive Impact Waste Solutions, LLC, and Sterilogic Waste Systems, Inc. - 2002-2006
• Purchase of a controlling interest of Stanislaus Surgical Hospital, LLC, Modesto, Ca. - 2006
• Sale of GPS Tracks, LLC to Pfizer, Inc. - 2006
• Sale of CareQuest, Inc. - 2004
• Bidgive International, Inc. - reverse merger into a publicly-traded shell corporation - 2004
• GlobeRanger Corp. - acquisition of AllStarFleet, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA - January, 2001
• American International Materials, Inc., Chicago, Illinois - acquisition of operating assets of three companies - November, 2000
• Southern Jersey Bancorp of Delaware, Inc., Bridgeton, New Jersey - $55.0 million sale to Hudson United Bancorp - 1999
• Big Hand, Inc., Dallas, Texas - $6.0 million Merger with Rare Medium, Inc., New York, New York - 1999
• Advance Paradigm, Inc., Dallas, Texas - $25.0 million Acquisition of Baumel-Eisner Neuromedical Clinic, Fort Lauderdale, Florida - 1998
• Ocean Optique Distributors, Inc., Miami, Florida - Acquisition of a controlling interest of a Nasdaq SmallCap Market Company - 1998.

Securities/Financings

• BioMedical Enterprises, Inc. - $1.0 million Series A financing - 2005; $1.2 million Series B Financing - 2006
• Southern Ethanol, LLC - private placement of $10.0 million in equity and $25.0 million of subordinated debt - 2005
• Bricklyn, LLC - 2.0 million common unit offering - 2006
• Bricklyn, LLC (f/k/a Cheetaria, LLC), $1.0 million Series A financing - 2005
• MedSolutions, Inc. - $3.6 million common and preferred stock private offerings - 2004-2005
• CCISTech, Inc. (n/k/a Excentus, Inc.) - $3.0 million Series A financing - 2004
• GPS Tracks, Inc., $3.0 million Series A financing - 2004
• Levelland/Hockley County Ethanol, LLC - $15.0 million Texas registered offering - 2004
• SilverTree Realty Fund 2003, L.P. - $25.0 million private placement of limited partnership interests - 2003
• Vertical Imaging of Dallas Partners, L.P. - $1.0 million private placement of limited partnership interests - 2003
• Fuel Links, Inc. - $15.1 million - Private Placement - November, 2000
• BOL Bancshares, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana - $1.8 million - Senior Secured Notes - May, 2000
• Attenza, (f/ka Service911.com, Inc.) Dallas, Texas - $14.0 million Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, investors included W.R. Hambrecht, CNET Investments and Ask Jeeves, Inc. - February 2000
• GlobeRanger Corporation, $11.0 million Series A Preferred Stock Sale, investors included Sevin Rosen and CenterPoint - June 2000
• e-pinion corporation, $650,000 Series A Preferred Stock Sale, February 2000, investors included Dillon Investments, 2M Technology Ventures (Mort Meyerson) and LaCerte Technologies, Inc. (Larry LaCerte and LaCerte Software) and $450,000 in September 2000
• American International Materials, Inc., Chicago, Illinois - $2.0 million venture capital financing with Radical VC, L.P. (the venture capital affiliate of Mark Cuban, whom we represented) - November, 2000
• Anywhereyougo.com, inc., Dallas, Texas - $4.0 million Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, investors included Internet America Venture Partners III, LLC and Brience, LLC - June 2000
• The Bancshares, Jennings, Louisiana - $5.5 million - Common Stock - 1996 and $ 2 million of common stock - November, 1999
• NextJet, Inc., Dallas, Texas - $12.0 million Series A Preferred Stock, investors included Hicks, Muse - December 1999
• Tactica Technology Group, Inc., $5.0 million Series A Preferred Stock, investors included Ticonderoga Partners - December 1999
• Service911.com, Inc., Dallas, Texas - $3.5 million - Common Stock - 1999
• deliveretoday.com, inc., Dallas, Texas - $3.0 million - Series A Preferred Stock - 1999
• Entian Interactive, Inc., Dallas, Texas - $3.0 million - Series A Preferred Stock - 1999
• PC Service USA, Inc., Dallas, Texas - $1.5 million - Common Stock - 1999
• IVP Pharmaceutical Care, Inc., Dallas, Texas - $3.0 million venture capital financing with Furman Selz k/n/a Ing Barings Furman Selz, New York, New York - April, 1998
• broadcast.com, inc., Dallas, Texas - all earlier rounds of financing and co-counsel on the Initial Public Offering - July 1998
• SouthwestUSA Corporation - $10.0 million - Private Placement - August, 1998
• Ouachita Bancshares Corp., Monroe, Louisiana - $5.25 million - Common Stock - 1996 and $ 4 million of common stock - September, 1998
• Cowboys & Indians Magazine, Dallas, Texas - $1.25 million - Recapitalization - November, 1998
• Snake River Cigar Company, Dallas, Texas - $5.0 million - Senior Secured Notes - 1997
• Coinex Capital, Bakersfield, California - $1.2 million - Limited Partnership Interests - 1995.

Franchising

• Jack Godfrey & Sons, Inc. (Comet Cleaners with over 360 locations)
• Bricklyn, LLC (f/k/a Cheetaria, LLC) (pizza program)
• Chocolaterie Bernard Callebaut Partnership (Canadian Chocolatier with over 30 locations).

Licensing

• Seimens/US Filter license of technology to General Electric - 2007
• Emory University - licensing of biotech inventions to GeoVax, Inc., Curry Pharmaceuticals, Acretia, Inc., RFS Pharma, LLC, University of North Texas Health Science Center (Joint Development Agreement), Slainte Bioceuticals, Inc. - 2002-2007
• Bricklyn, LLC (f/k/a Cheetaria, LLC) - license from Stockley Enterprises, LLC (brick oven pizza) - 2004
• PowerMedia & Communications, Inc. - license to Victory Resources, Inc. (power line carrier technology) - 2004
• Fuel Links, LLC - license to CCISTech, Inc. (fuel pump technology) - 2003
• License agreement (laser equipment) - 2003

Project Finance

• Sunray Ethanol, LLC - ethanol plan - Sunray, Texas - 2006
• Southern Ethanol - three ethanol plants in the State of Mississippi - 2006
• Levelland/Hockley County Ethanol, LLC - ethanol plant - Levelland, Texas - 2005 ethanol plants

Hedge Funds/Private Equity

• Organized Trinity Capital Investors, LP - 2005
• Organized Bluffview Wealth Management, L.P. - 2004
• Advise Crescent Fund - ongoing

Bar Admissions

• Admitted to the bar in Texas

Author

• Contributing Author of The Practice of Corporate Law, an Inside the Minds book
• Commentator - Channel 5 NBC News regarding the SBC/AT&T merger - 2005
• "New SEC Regulations Have Large Implications for Hedge Fund Advisors," Corporate Counsel Sections Newsletter - 2005
• "Southwest VC investors choose less risk, fewer startups," Fort Worth Business Press - 2004
• "Nanotechnology-A Good Investment or the Next Biotech Bubble?," Fort Worth Business Press - 2004
• "Valuing the IP of Distressed Companies; What Every Investor Should Know," Seminar for Venture Capitalists - 2003
• "Patriot Act," VC Experts, Inc. and Encyclopedia of Private Equity and Venture Capital - 2003
• "Chapter 5A - Fundamentals of Bank and Savings and Loan Association Acquisitions," Banking Law Manual, Matthew Bender - 1989
• "FDIC Makes it Riskier to Take Over a Failed Bank," Financial Services Law Report - 1986

Instructor

• Southwest Graduate School of Banking at SMU - 1987-1989

Lecturer

• New Jersey Bankers' Association - 1983. "From Startups to Spinoffs," Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas, Blue Knot Society - 2005

Member

• Dallas Bar Association, State Bar of Texas, American Bar Association