Meet Evan Goodman

BIOGRAPHY

Evan spent over a decade at AmLaw Top 50 Firms representing clients with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, outside general counsel support and corporate restructurings for clients in a variety of sectors, including finance, insurance, transportation, communications, engineering, energy, technology and manufacturing.

Evan has significant experience advising acquirers, targets and investors in transactional contexts, including securities and asset purchases, mergers, leveraged finance purchases and corporate restructurings. He has also represented clients in securities offerings and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) compliance matters.

Additionally, Evan enjoys pro bono work, assisting local nonprofits with corporate governance matters. He also served on the Legal Advisory Committee for the Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) Coalition from 2015 through 2023.

KEY EXPERIENCE

• Advising start-ups in exit transactions.

• Advising acquirers, targets and private equity investors in complex corporate transactions.

• Advising on the corporate aspects of restructuring transactions, including Section 363 sales and other distressed M&A transactions.

• Representing companies following their emergence from bankruptcy.

• Acting as outside general counsel, and serving as in-house counsel support, for private and non-profit organizations, including operating companies and funds.

AREAS OF FOCUS

• Mergers & Acquisitions

• Financial Restructuring

• Corporate & Finance

• Governance

• Special Situations

• Capital Markets

REPRESENTATIVE WORK

• Represent investment and start-up companies in connection with M&A and possible exit transactions.

• Represent an international asset manager, as part of its in-house legal team advising on matters relating to its municipal bond portfolio.

• Represented Checkout Blocks in its sale to Shopify.

• Represented the Greater Washington Partnership, a non-profit alliance of regional employers, for general outside legal counseling.*

• Represented American Zinc Recycling LLC, a leading provider of environmental services to the U.S. steel industry, in the sale to Luxembourg-based Befesa S.A. of 100% of its recycling assets for $450 million.*

• Represented Pacific Drilling Company LLC in its combination with Noble Corporation. Pacific Drilling’s equity holders received 16.6 million shares of Noble, or approximately 24.9% of the outstanding shares of Noble at closing.*

• Represented family offices and individuals in connection with the purchases and sales of aircraft.*

• Advised Eastman Kodak Company in the sale of its Flexographic Packaging Division to Montagu Private Equity LLP.*

• Advised DiscoverReady, a leading provider of end-to-end eDiscovery services, including best-in-class offerings in managed review, processing, hosting and information governance and a portfolio company of H.I.G. Bayside Capital, the special situations affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, in its acquisition by Consilio, a global eDiscovery, document review, risk management and legal consulting service.*

• Advised The United Distribution Group, a leading distributor of fluid conveyance and related products and services, in its acquisition by SunSource Holdings.*

• Advised American Zinc Recycling in a strategic investment by Glencore plc in connection with the restart of operations at AZR Corp.’s Mooresboro Zinc Refinery.*

• Advised Neff Corporation, a U.S. equipment rental companies, in its acquisition by United Rentals Inc. for a total purchase price of approximately $1.3 billion.*

• Served as counsel to informal groups in the restructurings of CBL & Associates Properties Inc. (certain unaffiliated unsecured noteholders), Pacific Drilling S.A. (certain unaffiliated noteholders), Weatherford International plc (certain unaffiliated holders of senior unsecured notes) and Horsehead Holdings Corp. (prepetition secured noteholders and DIP lenders).*

• Advised a Bermuda-based reinsurance holding company in its $1.9-billion acquisition of a separate Bermuda-based reinsurance holding company and subsequent $300-million senior notes offering by a subsidiary.*

• Represented an Ohio-based investment advisory firm in its acquisition of a Michigan-based investment management firm. The transaction resulted in combined assets under management of $37 billion and the subsequent acquisition of a Tennessee-based boutique asset management firm focusing on volatility-weighted investment strategies and having approximately $1 billion of assets under management.*

• Assisted a California-based, antiplagiarism software company in connection with its $752-million sale to a private equity fund and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund.*

• Counseled a point-of-care blood testing company and its private equity sponsor in a $490- million sale of a publicly traded pharmaceuticals company.*

*Matters handled prior to becoming solo practitioner.

EDUCATION

New York University School of Law, J.D., 2012

Honors: “Most Outstanding Note”, Environmental Law Journal

Activities: Environmental Law Journal, Notes Editor

Environmental Student Organization, Co-Chair

Student Bar Association, Co-Treasurer and Finance Committee Member 

Boston University, B.A. in International Relations and Biology, magna cum laude, 2008

BAR ADMISSIONS

• New York

• New Jersey

• District of Columbia

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Enjoys baking bread, visiting the zoo, and weight training.