Rebecca focuses her practice on advising private equity funds, other institutional investors and strategic acquirers in connection with mergers and acquisitions and other complex business transactions.
Rebecca also serves as a strategic corporate advisor to private companies, assisting with their financings, commercial agreements and corporate governance and compliance matters.
Rebecca handles transactions in a variety of industries, including healthcare, life sciences, software, technology, food and beverage and manufacturing.
Experience
- Representation of Revelstoke Capital Partners, a private equity firm, in the acquisition, disposition and portfolio work for a number of its portfolio companies including, CEI Vision Partners and Critical Nurse Staffing.
- Representation of Sheridan Capital Partners, a private equity firm, in the acquisition, disposition and portfolio work for a number of its portfolio companies including, Dermatologists of Central States and Synergy Physical Therapy Holdings.
- Representation of Assured Healthcare Partners, a private equity firm, in multiple acquisitions in the healthcare and healthcare technology space and including acquisition, disposition and portfolio work for a number of its portfolio companies, including National Partners in Healthcare.
- Representation of Hargett Hunter Capital Partners, a private equity firm, in multiple acquisitions and investments in the food and beverage space, including its investment in Marugame Udon, a Japanese noodle chain.
- Representation of a public semiconductor and global solid state LED lighting manufacturing company in multiple acquisitions, dispositions and corporate counseling matters.
- Representation of a public contract research organization in multiple acquisitions, dispositions and corporate counseling matters.
- Representation of a private materials and recycling technology company in an agreement to acquire assets from a leading supplier of high performance catalysts for $27 million in cash plus potential additional amounts via an earn out.
- Representation affiliated multidisciplinary engineering, investigation and construction companies in a sale of assets process involving multiple potential buyers, culminating in the sale of substantially all of their assets to a wireless network services company.
- Representation of a global financial services technology company in its acquisition of a leading provider of deal analytics and valuation technology.
- Representation of a SaaS company in its sale to a data integration public company.
- Representation of a leading CRO in Asia in the acquisition of CRO assets in the United States.
- Representation of a major regional distributor of industrial gases in a strategic merger of equals of two similarly situated businesses.
- Representation of a public telecommunications company in multiple acquisitions of private company strategic targets totaling approximately $750 million, including acquisitions in the United States, Colombia and Mexico.
- Representation of a public defense contractor in multiple acquisitions of private and public company strategic targets totaling approximately $500 million.
- Representation of a public information technology company in its sale valued at approximately $340 million.
- Representation of a private equity fund in its acquisition of a public health services company valued at approximately $250 million.
- Representation of venture capital funds in multiple financings of private companies, including companies in the biotechnology and fashion industries, totaling approximately $400 million.
- Representation of a privately held leading manufacturer of beverage and foodservice equipment in its sale to a public company for $108 million in cash.
- Representation of a publicly traded health services company in the acquisition of a health services division of a privately held company for $105 million in cash.
- Representation of a private biotechnology company in financings totaling approximately $50 million.
- Representation of multiple public and private companies in general corporate and governance matters including commercial agreements, board and committee advice and general corporate advice.
- Representation of a leading provider of pharmacy-based patient care solutions and medication synchronization services to independent and chain pharmacies in its approximately $41 million sale of the company to a publicly traded buyer.
- Representation of a publicly traded health information technologies and clinical research company in its acquisition of a consulting business focusing on orphan drug designations.
- Representation of a publicly traded health information technologies and clinical research company in its sale of a consulting line of business.
- Representation of a private equity fund in its acquisition of a specialty pharmaceutical company.
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University of San Diego School of LawJD
magna cum laude, Order of the Coif
2006 -
The Catholic University of AmericaBA
magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
2001
Member, ACG Raleigh Durham Board of Directors, 2017-2018
Graduate of the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce 29th Class Leadership Raleigh Program, 2014
Grants Committee of the Board of Directors, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, San Diego, California, 2010-2012
- Moderator, "Nuances of Specialty Practice Investments," 2024 McGuireWoods Healthcare Private Equity and Finance Conference, May 8, 2024
- Moderator, "Enhancing Portfolio Company Value and Maximizing Value at Exit," 2023 Independent Sponsor Conference, October 4, 2023
- Moderator, "How to Differentiate Yourself with a Target as an Independent Sponsor," 2022 Independent Sponsor Conference, October 26, 2022
- Moderator, "What do Capital Partners Look for in an Independent Sponsor?," 2021 Independent Sponsor Conference, October 20, 2021
- Host, "Independent Sponsors in Healthcare with Archimedes Health Investors’ Harry Eichelberger," Deal-by-Deal: An Independent Sponsor Podcast, October 15, 2021
- Co-host, "Deals Outlook with McGuireWoods and Healthcare Insights from Independent Sponsors DuneGlass," Deal-by-Deal: An Independent Sponsor Podcast, September 15, 2021
- Host, "Compass Group’s John Huhn on How To Land Deals as an Independent Sponsor," Deal-by-Deal: An Independent Sponsor Podcast, April 26, 2021
- Co-host, "Kick-Off and War Stories From the Middle-Market M&A Trenches," Deal-by-Deal Episode 1: Kick-Off and War Stories From the Middle-Market M&A Trenches, February 16, 2021
- Speaker, Healthcare Acquisition Considerations in the COVID-19 Era, May 12, 2020
- North Carolina
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Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2021-2023, 2025; Venture Capital Law, 2024, 2025; Woodward/White, Inc.
North Carolina Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2014-2020
- Author, Private Equity in Healthcare – An Updated Review of Selected Niche Investment Areas, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, August 7, 2023
- Author, Contract Research Organization Acquisitions: Critical Due Diligence Pathways, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, August 7, 2023
- Author, Ozempic® Shortages Present Risks and Rewards for Compounding Pharmacies, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, July 20, 2023
- Author, Healthcare Private Equity and COVID-19: Five Key Trends and Considerations in Acquisitions, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, May 26, 2020
- Author, "Delaware Court Finds That a Reverse Triangular Merger Does Not Result in an Assignment by Operation of Law," April 2013