John D. Chambliss

Practice Focus and Experience

John Chambliss practices in the Business Law area. John represents business organizations and individuals primarily in the areas of limited liability company law, securities law, corporate law, partnership law, venture capital, and real estate syndication. His practice relates primarily to transactions involving business formations, private and public financings, and acquisitions and sales of businesses.

Representative Matters

• Represented a NYSE-listed company in its acquisition of a Canadian, public company in exchange for $56 million of cash, $118 million in our client's common stock, and the assumption of approximately $235 million of the acquired company's debt. We also assisted this client in successfully completing an offering of $300 million of Senior Secured Notes.
• Follow-on registered public offerings of $64 million and $11 million of common stock by publicly held clients in Norwell and North Falmouth, Massachusetts.
• $51.5 million acquisition of a France-based, hazardous waste incinerator company in Arkansas.
• Purchase of an environmental services business with $500 million of revenues by publicly held client headquartered in Norwell, Massachusetts, financed by $280 million of debt and equity financings.
• Formation of a $10 million venture capital partnership headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Professional

• Distinctions: Peer review "AV" rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest bestowed rating; Massachusetts Super Lawyer, 2004.
• Admitted: Massachusetts.
• Member: Boston Bar Association; American Bar Association.

Community Involvement

• Actively involved in Tenacity, a year round youth development organization that offers free tennis instruction and academic enrichment to over 3,000 Boston youth.

Publications and Speaking Engagements

• Key Issues in Private Equity / Venture Capital Fund Formation and Operation, Chapter in Private Equity and Venture Capital Law Client Strategies, Aspatore Books, 2007, John D. Chambliss (author)
• Partnerships, LLCs and LLPs: Organization and Operation in Massachusetts, Lorman Education Services, John D. Chambliss (author)

News

• Davis Malm Collaborates With Long-Standing Public Client Clean Harbors, Inc. in its Acquisition of Eveready Inc. of Canada
• Davis Malm Client Clean Harbors Closes Follow-On Public Offering of Common Stock
• Davis Malm Client Clean Harbors Announces the Closing of its Public Offering
• John D. Chambliss Participates in Lorman Education Services Seminar on "Partnerships, LLCs and LLPs: Organization and Operation In Massachusetts"

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