About Rory D. Lyons
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Tax
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Real Estate
Education
- University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1985J.D.
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Law Review: Tax Review, Articles Editor
- University of Virginia, 1982B.S.
Representative Cases
- ABB acquires wireless technology company Tropos Networks (2012)
- Albertson's acquired by consortium of investors for $17.4 billion (2009)
- Allen Telecom acquired by Andrew Corp.
- Alliant Techsystems acquires Thiokol Propulsion (2009)
- Allied Riser Communications acquired by Cogent Communications Group (2009)
- Asbury Automotive issues $200 million of 8.375% Senior Subordinated Notes (2010)
- Bayer CropScience acquires U.S. agricultural biotech company Athenix for $400 million (2009)
- Bell Microproducts acquired by Avnet for $594 million (2010)
- BenefitMall completes management buyout and related recapitalization (2009)
- BenefitMall completes sale to Austin Ventures and merger with CompuPay (2012)
- CalEast acquires CenterPoint Properties Trust for $3.4 billion (2009)
- Capital BlueCross acquires Dominion Dental USA (2009)
- CBaySystems issues £12.7 million (US $25.2 million) of Ordinary Shares in an institutional placing and Rule 144A offering
- Community Behavioral Healthcare completes reorganization and sale (2009)
- Crimson Asia Capital purchases stock of Bravo Technology
- Cumulus Media acquires Citadel Broadcasting for $2.4 billion (2011)
- Cumulus Media acquires remaining equity interests of Cumulus Media Partners for $740 million (2011)
- Cumulus Media acquires Susquehanna Radio for $1.5 billion (2009)
- Cumulus Media to swap stations with Townsquare Media (2012)
- Datron sells Intercontinental Manufacturing
- Diebold acquires Getronics and Groupe Bull (2009)
- Diebold adopts equity and performance incentive plan (2009)
- Diebold structures global stock purchase and stock option plans
- Diebold, Incorporated restructures Italian operations
- Eastman Chemical acquires Solutia for $4.8 billion (2012)
- Eastman Chemical acquires Sterling Chemicals for $100 million (2011)
- Eastman Chemical Company sells Polyethylene Business for $255 million (2009)
- Eastman Chemical completes public offering of $250 million of 5.500% Notes due 2019
- Eastman Chemical sells Performance Polymers PET business to DAK Americas for $600 million (2010)
- e-Rewards acquires Peanut Labs (2010)
- ETS acquires MyCollegei (2012)
- Exide Technologies completes $241 million tender offer (2009)
- Flowers Foods acquires best-in-class baking company Lepage Bakeries for $370 million (2012)
- Flowers Foods acquires Holsum Bakery for $150 million (2009)
- Flowers Foods acquires Tasty Baking for $175 million (2011)
- Flowers Foods sells Mrs. Smith's frozen dessert business to Schwan (2009)
- Georgia Gulf acquires Royal Group Technologies for $1.6 billion (2009)
- Georgia Gulf completes successful debt-for-equity exchange (2009)
- Georgia Gulf issues $500 million of Senior Notes in Rule 144A and Regulation S offering and related refinancing of credit facilities (2009)
- Georgia Gulf to merge with commodity chemicals division of PPG Industries in tax advantaged "Reverse Morris Trust" transaction for $2.1 billion (2012)
- Gray Television issues $365 million of Senior Notes in Rule 144A and Regulation S offering
- Great Lakes REIT is sold to affiliate of Transwestern Investment Company
- Hand Held Products acquired by Honeywell (2009)
- Harris Corp acquires Leitch Technology for $454 million (2009)
- HBO & Co. acquires Access Health (2009)
- HBO acquires HPR by merger (2009)
- Hewitt Associates acquires Exult
- Industrial Growth Partners sells Breeze Industrial Products (2009)
- Intuit acquires StepUp Commerce (2009)
- Iron & Glass Bancorp merges with F.N.B. Corp. (2009)
- J.M. Huber sells global precipitated calcium carbonate business to Omya (2009)
- J.M. Smucker acquires International Multifoods Corp. (2009)
- Jameson Inns sells company to JER Partners (2009)
- Kirtland Capital acquires Instron Corporation (2009)
- Lewis Dickey-led investor group attempts acquisition of Cumulus Media (2009)
- Management of wholesome sweeteners completes sale to Arlon Food and Agriculture Partners (2012)
- Mercury Interactive acquires Registry Maker Systinet for $105 million (2009)
- Merial acquires Newport Laboratories (2012)
- MeziMedia acquired by ValueClick for $352 million (2009)
- Morgenthaler acquires rePipe (2009)
- Morgenthaler invests in Five Star Technologies (2009)
- Morgenthaler portfolio company acquires controlling interest in Martin Color-Fi (2009)
- MPS Group acquired by Adecco for $1.3 billion (2009)
- National City seeks advice on nonqualified compensation matters (2009)
- Neoware acquired by Hewlett-Packard (2009)
- Nextel Communications acquires Chadmoore Wireless (2009)
- Noro-Moseley and Wakefield invest in Golf & Tennis Pro Shop
- Noro-Moseley forms Noro-Moseley Partners V (2009)
- Noro-Moseley Partners invests in NovaVision (2009)
- Noro-Moseley purchases Membership Interests of NeoSpine (2009)
- Pagemill Partners acquired by Duff & Phelps
- PC Tools acquired by Symantec (2010)
- PNC Equity, Primus Venture Partners acquire DecisionQuest (2009)
- PODS completes sale of company to Arcapita
- Purina Mills acquired by Land O'Lakes, Inc (2009)
- Quigo Technologies is acquired by AOL (2009)
- Quigo Technologies places Series B Stock to investor group (2009)
- Ring Radio sells Midwestern Broadcasting Co.
- Riverside sells Dynojet Research to Graham Partners (2009)
- Riverside sells HammerBlow Towing to TriMas (2009)
- Roadway Corporation acquired by Yellow Corporation (2009)
- RockWood Equity sells Hunter Defense Technologies to Behrman Capital (2009)
- SanDisk Corp acquires Matrix Semiconductor for $250 million (2009)
- SAP acquires Sybase for $5.8 billion (2010)
- SAP AG acquires Clear Standards (2009)
- SAP AG acquires Virsa Systems (2009)
- SAP receives antitrust clearance for acquisition of OutlookSoft (2009)
- SAP to acquire SuccessFactors for $3.4 billion (2011)
- Seacoast Banking obtains advice regarding executive compensation matters (2011)
- Seaman Furniture consolidates with Levitz Furniture
- Seton House International sells Public Safety Equipment (2009)
- Sherwin-Williams adopts new equity and performance incentive plan (2009)
- SKM acquires Schilling companies (2009)
- SKM restructures All-In-One Products and USA Printing & Mailing (2009)
- Sofidel to acquire U.S. based paper product manufacturer Cellynne Holdings (2012)
- SolutionSet acquired by Haggin Marketing (2009)
- Special Committee of Board of Logility advised in becoming wholly owned subsidiary of American Software (2010)
- Sprint Nextel completes $1.3 billion public offering of Senior Notes
- Sprint Nextel issues $1.5 billion Notes in public offering (2012)
- Sprint Nextel issues $2 billion of Notes in Rule 144A and Regulation S offering (2012)
- Sprint Nextel issues $4 billion of Notes in Rule 144A and Regulation S offering (2011)
- Sun Capital Partners acquires IMC Chemicals (2009)
- SunCal Co. acquires Westland Development for $250 million (2009)
- SunPower acquires PowerLight for $332 million (2009)
- SunPower and Total partner to create new global leader in solar industry with $1.4 billion tender offer (2011)
- TSG Consumer Partners acquires 50% of Meguiar's (2009)
- UICI completes sale to Blackstone (2009)
- USG Corporation wins landmark settlement (2009)
- Virage Logic acquired by Synopsys for $315 million (2010)
- VMware acquires Digital Fuel Technologies
- VMware acquires Integrien and TriCipher (2010)
- VMware acquires SlideRocket
- Western Wireless merges with Alltel Corporation (2009)
- WL Ross merges portfolio companies and forms International Textile Group (2009)
- Zoran acquires Microtune for $166 million (2010)
- Zoran to merge with CSR for $679 million (2011)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Georgia
- Ohio
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- PartnerAntitrust, Banking, Business Law, Financial, Corporate Law, Employment, Energy, Oil & Gas Law, Environment, International Law, Government, Health Care Law, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Appellate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate, Securities, Tax
- PartnerAntitrust, Banking, Business Law, Financial, Corporate Law, Employment, Energy, Oil & Gas Law, Environment, International Law, Government, Health Care Law, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Appellate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate, Securities, Tax
- AssociateAntitrust, Banking, Business Law, Financial, Corporate Law, Employment, Energy, Oil & Gas Law, Environment, International Law, Government, Health Care Law, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Appellate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate, Securities, Tax
- AssociateAntitrust, Banking, Business Law, Financial, Corporate Law, Employment, Energy, Oil & Gas Law, Environment, International Law, Government, Health Care Law, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Appellate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate, Securities, Tax
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