Cal Smith Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Representative experience includes:- Representation of Genuine Parts Company in its $1.3 billion acquisition of Kaman Distribution Group.- Representation of CURO Group Holdings Corp. in its $360 million acquisition of Heights Finance.- Representation of American First Finance Inc. in its $1.47 billion sale to FirstCash Inc.- Advised Aaron's Holdings Company, Inc. in the spin-off of its Aaron's Business segment.- Representation of Energizer in its $2 billion carve-out acquisition of Spectrum Brands’ global battery business.- Representation of the special committee of the board of directors of comScore in activist campaign by Starboard Value.- Representation of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. in its $1.8 billion sale to Restaurant Brands International, Inc.- Representation of Lindsay Goldberg LLC affiliates Crown Paper Group Inc. and Golden West Packaging Group LLC in several strategic transactions including, most recently, Golden West’s acquisition of Heritage Solutions Inc., Capital Corrugated Inc., PackageOne Inc., Package Innovators Corporation and their co-owned captive sheet feeder, Cal Sheets LLC.- Representation of Mueller Water Products, Inc. in its $315 million sale of its Anvil International division.- Representation of Beazer Homes USA, Inc. in a number of capital market transactions, totaling over $2.0 billion.- Representation of Ingersoll-Rand Corporation’s security business in its spin-off from Ingersoll-Rand.- Representation of The Home Depot, Inc. in multiple roll-up acquisitions since 2004.

United States, Us

Representative experience includes: - Representation of AbitibiBowater, Inc., in a number of financing transactions; including its issuance of $413 million of senior secured notes and a concurrent exchange offer of $293 million in senior unsecured notes.- Representation of Bowater Incorporated in its $8 billion merger with Abitibi-Consolidated Inc.- Representation of Georgia-Pacific Corporation in numerous transactions including: ➢ The $810 million sale of Georgia-Pacific Corporation's building products distribution business to an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management L.P. ➢ The $56 million sale of Georgia-Pacific Corporation's shortline railroads to Genesee & Wyoming Inc. ➢ The $790 million sale by Georgia-Pacific Corporation of a controlling interest in Unisource Worldwide Inc. to an affiliate of Bain Capital Partners, LLC. ➢ The exchange of plywood plants and an oriented strand board plant between Georgia-Pacific Corporation and Louisiana-Pacific Corporation. ➢ The spin-off and subsequent merger of Georgia-Pacific Corporation's timber business with Plum Creek Timber Company Inc. ➢ The $850 million sale by Georgia-Pacific Corporation of a portion of its North American commercial tissue business to Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA (Publ).- Representation of Gray Television, Inc in the $515 million purchase of 15 television stations from Stations Holding Company Inc.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

- Director of Corporate Secretary’s office. Responsible for coordinating all Board-related matters and meetings, including providing advice on corporate governance, compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley, NYSE listing standards and proxy issues. - Oversaw all significant M&A initiatives and capital markets transactions. ➢ Responsible for legal oversight and had significant involvement in overall business development program, including strategic review, target identification and screening as well as drafting and negotiating confidentiality agreements, letters of intent, purchase agreements and related transaction documents. ➢ Managed due diligence, competition analysis and filings as well as labor and employment, environmental, intellectual property, tax and compliance reviews. ➢ Highly involved in integration tracking and resolution of post-closing matters, such as working capital adjustments, indemnity claims and dispute resolution. - Worked closely with CEO, CFO and division presidents. - Supervised and managed in-house and outside counsel and reported to General Counsel.

United States, Us

United States, Us

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Bachelor’S Degree, Political Science