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P. Gregory Hidalgo

Partner
Dallas
+1.214.939.5641
Fax +1.214.939.5849

Primary Practice

Secondary Practices

Education

  • J.D., Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, 1993
  • B.A., University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1987, (summa cum laude)
  • B.S., University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1987, (summa cum laude)

Admissions

  • Bar of Texas
  • Biography Overview
  • Additional Background
  • Representative Work

Greg Hidalgo is a partner in the firm's Dallas office.  As a transactional and securities lawyer, Mr. Hidalgo counsels and provides innovative and client-centered solutions for publicly held and privately owned clients in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, securities transactions, corporate governance and other general corporate matters.  Mr. Hidalgo's client relationships span a variety of industries, including business process outsourcing, commercial real estate services, consumer products, energy, health care, manufacturing, private equity, retail, and telecommunications.

Mr. Hidalgo's law practice reflects his passion for collaborating with clients to achieve their business objectives and to develop meaningful and enduring client relationships.

Professional Background

Mr. Hidalgo began his career as a Certified Public Accountant with Ernst & Young LLP from 1987-1990.

Achievements

  • No. 1 M&A deal for 2010, Dallas Business Journal’s “M&A Deals & Dealmakers”
  • Recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer in 2011
  • "Texas Rising Star," Texas Monthly, 2004 - 2005
  • "The Best Lawyers Under 40 in Dallas," D Magazine, 2002
  • The Legal 500 U.S. Corporate and Finance in international mergers & acquisitions: deals under $1 billion, 2007

Professional/Civic Activities

  • Dallas Bar Association

Speaking Engagements

  • “Lyin’, Cheatin’, and M&A Stealin’ – Negotiating the Fraud Exception,” Dallas Bar Association presentation
  • "Trends in International Business Transactions - A Comparison of Standards in the U.S., Asia, Latin America and in Europe," The Center for American and International Law 47th Annual Symposium on Global Markets
Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Counsel to Groupe Le Duff (owner of La Madeleine) in it’s acquisition of Bruegger’s Enterprises
  • Counsel to B-Line, LLC, a portfolio company of Lone Star Funds, in it’s sale of financial assets to Sherman Financial Group
  • Counsel to Quik-Way Retail Associates Holdings II, Ltd. in a joint venture transaction sponsored by American Infrastructure MLP Fund to roll up convenience store and fuel distribution businesses
  • Counsel to Lone Star Funds in its sale of LSF5 Cavalier Investments, a Virginia-based convenience store owener and operator, to a portfolio company of Sun Capital Partners
  • Counsel to Odyssey HealthCare, Inc. in its $1 billion all-cash sale by merger to Gentiva Health Services, Inc.
  • Counsel to Odyssey HealthCare, Inc. in its $147 million all-cash acquisition of VistaCare, Inc. via tender offer
  • Counsel to LifeCare Holdings, Inc., a GTCR healthcare portfolio company, in its $550 million sale through an auction process to The Carlyle Group
  • Counsel to a portfolio company of a private equity fund in its $108 million acquisition of a healthcare group purchasing organization
  • Counsel to EXCO Resources, Inc. in a series of four acquisitions of energy-related assets aggregating $3.9 billion and EXCO’s $250 million sale of energy-related assets
  • Counsel to Trammell Crow Company in its $2.2 billion all-cash sale by merger to CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc.
  • Counsel to the special committee of ACE Cash Express, Inc. in its $430 million all-cash sale by merger to JLL Partners, a private equity fund
  • Counsel to the special committee of Restoration Hardware, Inc. in its $179 million all-cash sale by merger to Catterton Partners, a private equity fund
  • Counsel to Capstar Broadcasting Corporation, a portfolio company of fund sponsor Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated, in an extensive acquisition program that resulted in Capstar becoming the largest owner of radio stations, by station count, in the U.S.
  • Counsel to Capstar Broadcasting Corporation in its merger with Chancellor Media Corporation and its subsequent merger with Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
  • Counsel to an oil and gas exploration and production company in its $590 million public acquisition of Chieftain International, Inc., a public Canadian oil and gas company, via tender offer
  • Counsel to Triton Energy Limited in its sale to Amerada Hess Corporation via a $2.9 billion tender offer
  • Counsel to Pinnacle Foods Corporation, a portfolio company of fund sponsor Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated, in its $370 million bankruptcy asset acquisition from Vlasic Foods International Inc.
  • Counsel to Pinnacle Foods Corporation in its $485 million sale to a private equity fund
  • Counsel to Southwest PCS, a wireless telephone company, in its $210 million sale to Alamosa Holdings, Inc.
  • Counsel to International Home Foods in its $45 million asset acquisition of British Columbia Packers Limited, a Canadian food manufacturing company
  • Counsel to Zenta, a GTCR business process outsourcing portfolio company, in its $25 million acquisition of Blackheath Financial Services

Private Equity Fund Formations
  • Counsel to fund sponsor Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated in the formation of a $2 billion fund for investments primarily in the U.S.
  • Counsel to fund sponsor Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated in the formation of a $1 billion fund for investments in Latin America
  • Counsel to Trammell Crow Company in the formation of a $100 million fund for investment in real estate development projects

Securities Transactions
  • Counsel to Capstar Broadcasting Corporation in its $589 million initial public offering (IPO)
  • Counsel to Odyssey HealthCare, Inc. in its $54 million IPO and a subsequent $131 million public stock offering by its stockholders
  • Counsel to underwriters in IPOs of Vari-Lite International, Inc. and Hastings Entertainment, Inc. for $24 million and $44 million, respectively
  • Counsel to Capstar Broadcasting Corporation in three high yield debt and preferred stock offerings of $227 million, $200 million, and $100 million to fund acquisitions
  • Counsel to a leading information technology company in its $1.4 billion issuer tender offer for hybrid securities
  • Counsel to Trammell Crow Company in a $75 million modified Dutch auction issuer tender offer for common stock
  • Counsel to underwriters in a $475 million stock offering by stockholders of a leading information technology company
  • Counsel to Digital Convergence in its private placement of over $150 million of preferred stock
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