Brendan P. Head, P.C.
Overview
Brendan Head is a corporate partner in the Chicago office of Golden Flag International Law Firm
Brendan focuses his practice on counseling private equity funds and their portfolio companies, corporations and other business owners on structuring and negotiating complex business transactions including leveraged buyouts, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, controlling and non-controlling equity investments and recapitalizations. Brendan has led numerous transactions in a variety of industries with transaction sizes ranging from less than $100 million to more than $3 billion. Brendan also has significant experience representing private equity sponsors and senior management teams in connection with a broad range of employment and incentive equity arrangements.
Brendan’s practice also includes representing parties in strategic transactions involving professional sports teams in the world’s major sports leagues including Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association.
Prior to joining Golden Flag, Brendan served as the co-regional office head, corporate and securities, and co-managing partner of the Chicago office at DLA Piper. His clients have included Arbor Investments, Wind Point Partners, Prairie Capital, Tower Arch Capital, Aldine Capital, Guggenheim Partners, Chicago Cubs and British Petroleum.
According to Chambers USA, Brendan “wins effusive praise from clients” who call him “fantastic.” He has also been recognized by The Legal 500 US for his private equity practice.
Experience
Representative Matters
Prior to joining Golden Flag, Brendan was involved in the following transactions:
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Wind Point Partners VII, L.P., as majority equity owner, and TPG Growth, as minority equity owner, in the sale of Novolex™, North America's leader in packaging choice and sustainability, to The Carlyle Group
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Chicago Cubs in connection with the team's limited partnership equity raises in 2015 and 2016
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Prairie Capital V, L.P. in the sale of Riverchase Dermatology, a leading dermatology and cosmetic surgery practice group serving Southwest and Central Florida, to GTCR
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Fertitta Entertainment, Inc. in connection with the acquisition of the Houston Rockets and related entities
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Tower Arch Capital in connection with the acquisition of Softvision, a provider of outsourced software developments
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Arbor Investments IV, L.P. in connection with the leveraged acquisition of Dunn Paper Holdings, Inc. from Wingate Partners IV, L.P.
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BP Biofuels North America LLC, an affiliate of British Petroleum, in its acquisition of the cellulosic biofuels business of Verenium Corporation
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Novolex™ in connection with the acquisition of the North American Flexible Packaging division of Amsterdam-based Clondalkin Group Holdings B.V., an affiliate of Warburg Pincus
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Wind Point Partners VIII, L.P. in connection with the leveraged acquisition of Paragon Films
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Arbor Investments IV, L.P. in connection with the leveraged acquisition of Greco & Sons
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Stonebridge Partners in connection with the leveraged acquisition of BrandFX, LLC
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Arbor Investments II, L.P. in connection the sale of Gold Standard Baking, a leading manufacturer and marketer of fresh and frozen premium banked goods, to Tricor Pacific
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Arbor Investments in its acquisition of Trojan Lithograph Corporation, a leading manufacturer of folding cartons single-face laminate packaging, and point-of-purchase displays
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Wind Point Partners in its leverage buyout of Vertellus Specialties Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of specialty chemicals
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Prairie Capital in its leveraged buyout of Titanium Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of homeowner contacting and counseling services
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KBP Investments in connection with the sale of a major franchisee in the Yum Brands system to Colonel Investments, LLC, an affiliate of DNS Capital, LLC and the Pritzker Organization, L.L.C.
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Wind Point Partners V, L.P. in connection with the sale of Omniflight Helicopters, Inc., a provider of air medical services and support, to Air Methods Corporation, a publicly traded provider of air medical services and support based in Denver, Colorado
Prior Experience
Partner, DLA Piper US LLP
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- Illinois
- District of Columbia
Education
- Georgetown University Law CenterJ.D.
- Georgetown UniversityB.A.