Blair is a partner and practices in the corporate and securities area. He has extensive experience with domestic as well as cross-border transactions including: structuring and negotiating mergers and acquisitions; representing issuers in public offerings and private placements; guiding public companies through securities law compliance issues; and organizing and generally advising corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and other ventures. Blair's clients have included both publicly-traded and privately-owned companies across a broad range of industries including insurance and financial services, outsourcing, software development, medical products, real estate, oil and gas, healthcare, and manufacturing and distribution.
Outside general counsel to United General Financial Services, Inc. and its primary operating subsidiary, United General Title Insurance Company, in connection with general corporate, regulatory and corporate finance matters
M&A counsel to United General Financial Services, Inc. in connection with its merger for cash and stock with The First American Corporation
Outside general counsel to StarTek, Inc. (NYSE:SRT) in connection with a wide range of matters including counseling the Board of Directors and its various committees, handling SEC, NYSE and other corporate reporting and compliance matters, and general corporate transactions
Securities counsel to StarTek, Inc. (NYSE:SRT) in connection with a $144 million secondary public offering of common stock
M&A and securities counsel to GMT Energy Corp. in connection with the spin-off of its subsidiary, GMT Exploration Company, LLC, and subsequent cash merger ($180 million) with El Paso Production Holding Company
M&A counsel to a U.K. public company in connection with the restructure of bank lines of credit and disposition of two U.S. subsidiaries owning oil and gas properties
Corporate counsel to an oil field and mining equipment manufacturer in connection with the sale of its equity interest in an international subsidiary to a public company traded on the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange
Corporate counsel to Gambro, Inc. in connection with the spin-off and proposed venture financing of its subsidiary, Navigant Biotechnologies, Inc.
Corporate counsel to Colorado Rockies Baseball 1993, Inc. in connection with the purchase from the Bankruptcy Estate of Oren Benton of ownership interests in the Colorado Rockies Baseball Club
Outside general counsel to a public telecommunications company in connection with a wide-range of SEC reporting and compliance matters and numerous financing and stock and asset acquisition transactions
M&A counsel to a private company engaged in the geophysical data and software development business in connection with its merger for cash and stock with TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company, a Norwegian public company
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