CARMEN GUIDRY

– Associate –

Carmen Guidry focuses her practice on corporate law, including mergers and acquisitions, private offerings of debt and equity, corporate governance and entity formation. Prior to joining the firm, Carmen worked at an Am Law 100 firm in the Mergers, Acquisitions and Capital Markets practice group, where she represented public and private companies in securities offerings, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings and combinations with special purpose acquisition companies. She graduated magna cum laude and a member of the Order of the Coif from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, and served as Production Editor for the Louisiana Law Review. During law school, Carmen was a student clinician and subsequently a research assistant in the Immigration Clinic, which ignited her love of representing clients and assisting them through complex and often life-impacting matters.

Before attending law school, Carmen graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, magna cum laude, with a degree in both History and English. She also spent a semester studying at the Université de Poitiers in France, where she became proficient in French. When not working, Carmen enjoys painting, trying out new restaurants around town and spending time with friends and family.

Representative Matters:

Represented sellers in resolving partner disputes through the sale of interests in food warehousing and distribution businesses with an aggregate value exceeding $1 billion

Advised an independent sponsor in ~$45,000,000 carve-out acquisition of water infrastructure and construction businesses

Represented an independent sponsor in its $13,000,000 financed acquisition of a scaffolding and insulation services company

Represented a Fortune500(c) publicly traded partnership in its $30,000,000 acquisition of an energy pipeline system from a global energy company

Represented a family owned industrial coding business in an $11,000,000 sale of printers and labeling solutions to a global packaging company

Represented a venture capital firm in its investment into a social media management portfolio company