Legal Counsel to Maximize Your Business Opportunities.
Curt Lindeman navigates his clients through transformative transactions, critical day-to-day matters, and the full range of issues that arise in a company’s evolution.
Counsel Driven by Perspective
Having served as a trusted member of multiple boards in numerous industries, general counsel of a public company, and outside counsel to private equity firms, lenders and high-growth organizations, Curt Lindeman is able to operate at the intersection of corporate law, business operations and transformative transactions.
Practice Areas
M&A
Curt has spent his entire career leading clients through acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and other complex collaborations. This includes drafting and negotiating transaction documents, conducting due diligence to uncover potential risks, structuring deals to achieve the client’s strategic goals, and assisting with post-transaction integration. He collaborates closely with his clients, financial advisors, and other specialists to navigate complex legal, financial, and strategic issues, ensuring that transactions are executed smoothly while minimizing risks and maximizing value.
Private Equity
Primarily in the lower middle market, Curt advises private equity funds, institutional investors, independent sponsors and their portfolio companies on growth investments, organic growth options, acquisition financing, add-on acquisitions, investment platforms, joint ventures, asset sales, investment strategies and exit transactions.
Outside General Counsel
Curt serves as outside general counsel providing comprehensive support on an ongoing basis, and acting as a trusted advisor on a wide range of legal and strategic matters. Serving in this role enables clients to enjoy the benefits of having experienced counsel integrated into the business, building rapport with team members, and working together to identify problems and find pragmatic business solutions. Matters commonly addressed are employee compensation, equity plans, employment and separation agreements, business structure, extraordinary matter management, and contract drafting and negotiation.
Corporate Governance
Curt advises companies and their boards on compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, as well as best practices for ethical and effective decision-making. This includes formulating board meeting agendas, preparing board materials, participating (as needed) in board and committee meetings, facilitating and participating in board education and development, and assisting with director recruiting and compensation matters.
Representative
Transactions
Curt conceptualizes, negotiates and executes complex business transactions, and assists with the post-transaction integration or separation. These transactions cover a wide range of industries, from life sciences to building products. The following are examples of representative transactions:
Various Sectors
- Represented a private investment company in the acquisition of a Northern California catering and event production business.
- Represented a private investment company in two (2) separate acquisitions and of ship repair and maintenance companies.
- Represented a private investment company and its Texas-based fitness portfolio company in the consolidation of forty (40) athletic clubs.
- Represented a private investment company and its early education portfolio company in three (3) separate acquisitions of preschools in Minnesota, Illinois and Wisconsin.
- Represented a private investment company in two (2) separate acquisitions and growth of a chain of thirty-one (31) rock climbing and fitness facilities in the Northeastern, Georgia and Florida.
- Represented an architectural millwork company in two (2) acquisitions of Southern California architectural millwork companies operating in the United States and Mexico.
- Represented a private investment company in the acquisition, growth and subsequent divestiture of a jet maintenance company.
- Represented a private investment company and its Arizona-based HVAC portfolio company in four (4) separate acquisitions of HVAC companies in Arizona, the growth of the business, and the subsequent sale of the combined company.
- Represented a touring entertainment company in its sale to a private investment company.
- Represented a private investment company and its Texas-based fitness portfolio company in two (2) separate acquisitions of ten (10) health clubs in West Texas.
- Represented a private investment group in the acquisition of a Texas software business.
- Represented a private investment company in the acquisition of an online sports retail company.
- Represented a private investment company in the divestiture of a Texas lighting company.
- Represented a major oil and gas exploration, production and transportation company in an exchange of assets.
- Represented a major wholesale baker and distributor of baked products in an exchange of baking facilities and distribution routes, and the acquisition of a national baking company.
Transportation
- Represented a Texas transportation company in two (2) separate acquisitions of assets in bankruptcy.
- Represented a Texas transportation company in the acquisition of a Louisiana transportation company, and the subsequent sale of its Texas charter business.
- Represented a private investment company and its transportation portfolio company in two (2) separate acquisitions of U.S. transportation companies.
- Represented a major international transportation company in nineteen (19) separate acquisitions of U.S. and Canadian transportation companies.
- Represented a major international transportation company in nineteen (19) separate divestitures of transportation companies.
- Represented a major international transportation company in the acquisition of federal passenger transportation routes.
- Represented a major international transportation company in an equity investment in an online travel company.
- Represented a major international transportation company in the formation of multiple joint ventures for the purpose of providing commuter transit service.
Life Sciences & Healthcare
- Represented a private investment company in the acquisitions of four (4) autism service providers in California.
- Represented a private investment company and its Arizona-based physical therapy portfolio company in the acquisition of five (5) physical therapy clinics in Oklahoma, and the eventual sale of the combined company with twenty (20) clinic locations.
- Represented a private investment company in the sale of a clinical research company in Northern California company.
- Represented an orthopedic surgeon in the sale of an orthopedic practice with locations in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
- Represented a private investment company and its California-based clinical research portfolio company in the sale of a its Northern California company, and then its Southern California company.
- Represented a private investment company and its Florida-based medical research company in the acquisition of a Florida clinical trial company.
- Represented a major pharmaceutical company in two (2) separate equity investments in biotechnology companies.
- Represented a major pharmaceutical company in the divestiture of a line of dermatology products.
- Represented a major pharmaceutical company in an equity investment in a biotechnology company in connection with the licensing of certain oncological compounds.
- Represented a major pharmaceutical companyin a joint venture relating to a new formulation of insulin and an inhalation device to permit the pulmonary delivery of insulin.
- Represented a major pharmaceutical company in the sale of all of the stock of a subsidiary generic pharmaceutical company.
Building Products
- Represented a public building products company in thirteen (13) separate acquisitions of ready-mix concrete and aggregate companies.
- Represented a public building products company in four (4) separate divestitures of ready-mix concrete and aggregate companies.
- Represented a public building products company in a restructuring consisting of entering into an agreement with the company’s bond holders to exchange their debt for equity, and resulting in the filing of voluntary petitions in the United States Bankruptcy Court seeking relief under the provisions of Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code. Restructuring reduced the company’s debt by approximately $272 million, required only 124 days of Chapter 11 protection, and included a relisting on The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC.
- Represented a public building products company in successfully negotiating a settlement in four consolidated wage and hour class actions involving more than 500 drivers in California for substantially less than the amount accrued.
- Represented a public building products company in a joint venture including the contribution of over thirty (30) owned and leased real properties, multiple supply, service and transition agreements, and an agreement with a multiemployer pension fund to prevent the transaction from triggering pension withdrawal liability.
- Represented a closely-held limestone quarry in its sale to a major producer of construction aggregates.
About
Curt Lindeman
Curt Lindeman
120 Birmingham Dr., Suite 120 B
Cardiff by the Sea, CA 92007
(281) 300-8896
curt@lindemanesq.com
Prior to founding Lindeman, Esq., Curt served as the Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of U.S. Concrete, Inc., a NASDAQ-traded building products company headquartered in Houston, Texas. He began his legal career in the Corporate Finance and Securities division of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., before serving in-house with Coral Energy, L.P. and Coach USA, Inc.
Curt currently serves on the advisory board of USC Intercept/The Pink Test, in association with the USC Michelson Center Convergent Science Institute in Cancer, which focuses on the early detection of breast cancer using blood draws instead of mammograms. He previously served on the Board of Managers of Buca di Beppo (Italian restaurant chain), Volusion, LLC (an all-in-one e-commerce solution that helps small and medium-sized businesses build and manage successful online stores), Access Media Holdings, LLC (chairman) (a telecommunications company headquartered in Oak Brook, IL), Ameritech College of Healthcare, Universal Scaffolding and Equipment, LLC (a Memphis company that sources and sells scaffolding and related products), and Superior Materials Holdings, LLC (a Michigan joint venture that manufactures and delivers ready-mixed concrete and precast concrete products). You can learn more about his independent board services at Herrekvarn.com.
The Oread
Early in our careers, my wife and I got married while sailing (with a captain) through the Greek Islands. In 2002, we purchased a Beneteau 393, learned to sail (yes, in that order), grabbed our black labrador retriever and returned to the water. Our time on the “Oread” only reinforced my love for the ocean and adventure.
