Bio

Timothy Lavender serves as chair of the firm’s Corporate practice. With three decades of global transactional experience, Tim is a deal maker and is regarded as a trusted advisor in mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt financings, general corporate and tax law matters, internal investigations and litigation avoidance. His clients include private individuals and entrepreneurs, small and fast-growth companies, large middle market businesses and multinational corporations. Tim is known not only for his practical and effective advice, but also for his easy-going and optimistic nature. He also holds a CPA designation which enables him to view transactions from a multi-focal perspective. Tim consistently establishes good will and credibility not only with his clients, but also with their constituents. He prides himself on the ability to integrate solid business principles into pragmatic and actionable legal advice. Tim frequently serves as the outside general counsel to many of his middle-market and emerging company clients. By utilizing his truly diverse skills, Tim is able to handle myriad projects with effective staffing models and delivery of legal advice. Tim is highly-regarded for his ability to problem-solve through diplomatic negotiation, while remaining focused on obtaining immediate results and building productive relationships that have a reverberating impact on his client’s bottom line. Tim began his career in tax and accounting, so his understanding of the financial and accounting impact on operational issues allows him to more ably assume the variety of roles his clients need. Tim’s M&A experience ranges from small asset acquisitions and dispositions, to hundred million dollar transactions, including providing strategic counsel and conducting primary negotiations. He has advised numerous manufacturing clients on strategic alliances, carefully balancing the protection of their intellectual property, management control and economic expectations with their ROI potential. Tim also represents sellers, financial and strategic buyers and private equity firms. He has many years of hands-on experience representing issuers and investors, among other clients, in debt and equity financings. Such transactions range from early-stage venture financing, to more traditional private equity funding, including the representation of private investment funds in their formation and operation. In addition, Tim assists clients in preparation for financings, including private placement memorandums. His financing experience extends to the securities area, where he has familiarity with both the private and public issuance of equity and debt. Furthermore, Tim counsels both real estate private equity fund sponsors and institutional investors investing in real estate funds. He is skilled in the formation of real estate investment trusts and debt and hedge funds that invest in real estate securities. As a result of his multi-disciplinary tax, corporate and securities capabilities, Tim is well versed in the often paramount issues, which arise out of negotiating these fund’s organizational agreements, side letters and market offering terms. Notably, Tim offers deep energy industry experience, which comes from working with energy companies, entrepreneurs and investors. His knowledge includes important work on energy-related projects, such as refineries, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) supply contracts, crude oil and refined product purchases, sales and supply contracts, petrochemical manufacturing plants, oil, natural gas and products pipelines, high-pressure hydraulic fracturing, solar panels, alternative fuels and related commodities purchasing.