Lance Phillips is a partner in the M&A and Private Capital team of Eversheds Sutherland’s Corporate Practice Group.
He represents public and private companies in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, partnerships, equity investments and complex commercial agreements. He advises his clients on all aspects of these transactions, including the drafting and negotiation of transaction documents, overseeing due diligence investigations, advising on legal and business issues and coordinating deal teams. He also advises clients on corporate governance matters, including corporate structuring and entity formation, corporate compliance and fiduciary duties.
Lance has extensive experience leading significant and complex M&A transactions for his clients, which span a variety of different industries and sectors.
Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland, Lance worked for a major global law firm as a corporate M&A attorney representing public companies and private equity firms in domestic and international M&A transactions.
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- Represented WEC Energy Group, Inc. in various M&A transactions, including the pending acquisition of the Hardin III solar project in Ohio, featuring 250-MW of solar generation; the pending acquisition of the Ursa solar project in Wisconsin, featuring 200-MW of solar generation; the acquisition of the Renegade solar project in Michigan, featuring 100-MW of solar generation; the acquisition of the Koshkonong solar and battery project in Wisconsin, featuring 300-MW of solar generation and 165-MW of battery storage; the pending acquisition of the Maple Flats Solar Energy Center in Illinois, featuring 250-MW of solar generation; the pending acquisition of the Delilah I Solar Energy Center in Texas, featuring 300-MW of solar generation; and the acquisition of the Jayhawk wind facility in Kansas, featuring 190-MW of wind generation.
- Represented AutoNation, Inc. in various M&A transactions, including the acquisition of 11 dealerships and one collision center operating in South Carolina and Georgia from Peacock Automotive Group; the sale of 17 collision repair centers to Caliber; and the acquisition of Aston Martin Summit in New Jersey.
- Represented Kiwa, N.V. in various M&A transactions, including the acquisition of NQA, the management systems certification division of BM Trada, Unitek (USA), the technical services division of Trialon (USA), and the remaining 50% stake in SNQA, from Element Materials Technology, in a transaction spanning multiple jurisdictions; and the acquisition of ASI, LLC, a leading provider of auditing and consulting services in the food safety space.
- Represented the owner of the Kodak Moments and Kodak Alaris businesses in connection with the sale of those businesses to a private equity firm in a transaction spanning multiple jurisdictions.
- Represented Tenneco Inc. in the sale of its lighting business to Angstrom Automotive in a transaction spanning multiple jurisdictions.
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Law Clerk, Honorable Robert Holmes Bell, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
- B.A., with honors, Michigan State University
- J.D., cum laude, University of Michigan Law School,
Associate and Notes Editor, Michigan Law Review