Overview
Hayden helps his clients achieve their strategic business objectives by using a sensible, business-centric approach gained during his time in-house at a Fortune 100 company.
Hayden regularly represents buyers and sellers in connection with both strategic and private equity-backed acquisitions and dispositions across a wide range of industries, including manufacturing and healthcare.
Over his career, Hayden has counseled a broad spectrum of clients ranging from founders seeking an exit to key stakeholders of publicly traded companies looking to make a strategic acquisition. This broad client base has provided Hayden with valuable insight into the various perspectives and considerations that often surface during the lifecycle of a transaction.
Education & Admissions
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law (J.D., 2018), cum laude; Article Editor, SMU Science & Technology Law Review; 2018 Don M. Smart Directed Research Award
Washington State University (B.A., Political Science, 2014), magna cum laude
Admissions
- Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Experience
Representative Experience
- Represented, as in-house counsel, an NYSE-listed Fortune 100 company in connection with various acquisitions and dispositions of operating businesses and assets. *
- Represented an NYSE-listed corporation in the $375 million all-equity sale of its highway products division to a private equity buyer. *
- Represented a Texas-based multiple-location home health provider in the $80 million all-equity sale of its business to a private equity buyer. *
- Represented the Related Party Transactions Committee of the Board of Directors of an NYSE-listed REIT in connection with the Board’s review and consideration of the REIT’s contribution of hotel assets to an affiliated private REIT in exchange for operating partnership equity. *
- Represented a private equity-backed portfolio company in its $10 million add-on acquisition of quarry assets. *
- Represented a national HVAC air filter manufacturer in its all-equity acquisition of one of its strategic distributors. *
- Represented a family office, as majority equity holder, in connection with the recapitalization of a portfolio investment, including the sale and issuance to a private credit fund of convertible preferred equity and warrants to acquire common equity. *
- Represented an NYSE-listed financial institution in its approximately $55 million acquisition of a debt facility secured by the world’s largest gas station, convenience store, and travel center. *
*Certain representations occurred prior to joining Dorsey.
News & Resources
- Co-Author, Professional Liability, 6 SMU ANN. TEX. SURV. 259 (2020).
- Co-Author, Professional Liability, 5 SMU ANN. TEX. SURV. 291 (2020).
- Co-Author, Business Succession Planning for Baby Boomers, Dallas Bar Association Headnotes (November 2019).
- Author, Tales from the Crypt: The Securities Law Implications of Initial Coin Offerings and a Framework for a Compliant ICO, 46 SEC. REG. L.J. 309 (2018).
- Co-Author, Investor Fairness in Securities Arbitration: A Perceptional Issue?, 45 SEC. REG. L.J. 259 (2017).
- Co-Author, Luxottica Group, S.p.A. v. Greenbriar Marketplace II, LLC—Landlord is “Knocked Off” by Tenant’s Conduct, ICSC Shopping Center Legal Update (June 2017).
Industries & Practices
Banking & Financial Institutions
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- Capital Markets
- Closely Held Businesses
- Corporate Governance & Compliance
- Emerging Companies
- Lending Transactions
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity