Parker Poe

Investment Transactions

• Currently represent the corporate venture fund of a leading global life sciences company in its debt and equity investments in emerging life sciences and healthcare companies.
• Represented the world’s leading provider of AI-powered solutions for social impact in its strategic investment in a provider of an AI-enabled student information system (SIS) designed to simplify administrative workflows and enhance the student experience for higher education institutions.
• Advised an independent sponsor in the equity financing associated with multiple platform acquisitions in the manufacturing industry.
• Represented a leading marketer, promoter, and sponsor of motorsports in its investment in a company that accelerates commercial trucking electrification by developing powered, electric trailers (eTrailers) that reduce fuel consumption, emissions, and improve safety.
• Represented a global automotive supplier in its debt and equity investments in a high-growth clean fuel company.
• Represented the corporate venture capital arm of a multinational lighting manufacturer in its acquisition of a distressed lighting technology company.
• Advised various high-net-worth individuals and angel investors in debt and equity investments in early-stage companies in the medical, biotechnology, energy, food and beverage, and technology industries.

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Represented shareholders of Advanced Digital Cable, one of the largest cable and wire manufacturers in the U.S., in the sale of the company to Kinderhook Industries LLC.
• Represented Speedway Motorsports Inc. in its acquisition of Dover Motorsports Inc., a publicly traded promoter of NASCAR and other motorsports events.
• Represented Sonic Financial Corporation in its deal to acquire all outstanding shares of Speedway Motorsports Inc., a publicly traded company that is a national leader in motorsports entertainment, with an enterprise value of more than $1 billion.
• Advised a publicly traded, leading global life sciences company in multiple acquisitions.
• Advised the nation’s premier fire, life safety, and security solutions provider in several acquisitions of distributors of fire, life safety, and security products.
• Represented a private equity firm in the recapitalization and acquisition of a majority stake in a large multi-location automotive dealership group.
• Advised a publicly traded energy company in the $150 million stock sale of its fiber optic communications business.
• Advised an international retailer in its entry into the United States with the acquisition of a streetwear and sports footwear retailer with more than 60 locations, and the add-on acquisition of another streetwear and sports footwear retailer with more than 30 locations.
• Represented one of North America's top food service companies in multiple add-on acquisitions totaling more than $275 million.
• Advised a publicly traded software company in the $50 million stock acquisition of a company that provides scholarship management software to higher education and K-12 institutions, foundations, and grantmaking institutions.
• Represented a manufacturing company in the $100 million sale of its foam manufacturing assets.
• Represented a manufacturing company in the carveout sale of its consumer foam manufacturing division and related real estate.
• Assisted a publicly traded automotive retailer in multiple asset acquisitions and dispositions involving the sale and purchase of automotive dealerships.
• Represented a fintech company in the sale of substantially all of its assets to a publicly traded and leading online lender for up to $21 million.
• Represented a residential HVAC company in the sale of substantially all of its assets.
• Advised a leading manufacturer of expandable polystyrene in its $50 million acquisition of an expandable styrenics business.

Capital Raising

• Advised a private equity sponsor in the formation of a $50 million fund focused on multifamily real estate investments.
• Represented an early-stage pharmaceutical company in raising more than $60 million through private issuances of Series B and Series C preferred stock in multiple financing rounds.
• Represented a tech-enabled specialty insurance company in connection with its Series Seed and Series A financings.
• Advised a developer in connection with multiple capital raises through opportunity zone funds.
• Assisted a hospital with its equity raise in connection with the development of an ambulatory surgery center.
• Represented a real estate investment company in a $14.5 million private equity raise in connection with the purchase of a commercial mixed-use property.
• Advised a hospitality management company in a $16 million private equity raise in connection with the construction and development of a hotel.

• The Best Lawyers in America "Ones to Watch" in Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, 2021-2025; Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Corporate Law, 2022-2025
• North Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2018-2023
• Order of the Coif