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Julie A. Chandler

Associate
+1.214.939.5764
Fax +1.214.939.5849

Ms. Chandler's practice is focused on corporate and capital market transactions, including advising public and private companies on matters related to SEC reporting and compliance, mergers and acquisitions, compliance with the rules and regulations of NYSE/Amex and NASDAQ, PIPE transactions, public and private offerings of equity and derivative securities and corporate governance. Ms. Chandler also devotes a considerable part of her practice to counseling domestic companies and foreign private issuers with respect to their reporting obligations under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including proxy statements, information statements, annual and quarterly reports, registration statements, Williams Act filings, Section 16 beneficial ownership filings and Rule 144 transactions, as well as their Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (“HSR”) filings in connection with significant mergers and acquisitions. Ms. Chandler's experience also includes transactions exempted under Regulation D, Regulation S, Section 4(1), Section 4(2) and Rule 4(1½). Ms. Chandler also is a member of the firm's India/South Asia and Islamic Finance practice groups.

Areas of Emphasis

  • SEC Reporting and Compliance
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Corporate Governance
  • PIPE Transactions
  • Private Placements

Professional/Civic Activities

  • Bryan's House, Board of Directors
  • Amici di Opera, Member and former Board member
  • Dallas Opera Guild, Member and former Board member
  • Junior League of Dallas, Active Member
  • Dallas Bar Association, Member
  • Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, Member
  • The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), Member
  • Acted for a NYSE-listed real estate development company in connection with its US$ 117.5mm acquisition of capital interests in three planned unit development partnerships holding real estate in the Houston, Texas metropolitan area from a NYSE-listed financial services firm.
  • Acted for Toronto Stock Exchange-listed silver mining company in connection with its Rule 144A/Regulation S US$60 million brokered institutional private placement of units.
  • Advised a Texas-based provider of hospice services in connection with its reorganization and concurrent US$59 million leveraged recapitalization by GTCR Golder Rauner II, a Chicago-based private equity firm.
  • Acted for a Toronto Stock Exchange-listed silver mining company in connection with its US$46 million 144A/Regulations placement of equity and equity-linked securities.
  • Advised a healthcare services company in connection with its US$418 million recapitalization transaction completed by a large private equity sponsor.
  • Advised a NYSE/Amex listed issuer in connection with the repurchase of US$19.5 million of its debt and equity-linked securities.
  • Advised a large privately-held building supplies company in connection with the formation of a joint venture with a large nuclear power contractor for the construction of nuclear power plants.
  • Advised a biomass company in connection with the private placement of its securities.
  • Prepared shareholder disclosure in connection with the purchase of a professional services company with an initial transaction value of US$310 million.
  • Advised a California-based healthcare company in connection with its acquisition of three critical access rural hospitals in Oklahoma.
  • Advised a California-based healthcare company in connection with multiple acquisitions of ambulatory surgery centers in California and Arizona.