Chase Proctor
Partner, Corporate & Financial Services
Chase Proctor is a partner in Willkie’s Dallas office, where he is a member of the Corporate & Financial Services Department and Private Equity practice group.
Chase focuses his practice on domestic and international acquisitions, divestitures, securities transactions and other complex business transactions. He represents both corporations and private equity and venture capital firms in structuring, negotiating, documenting and closing investments, acquisitions and dispositions.
Chase focuses his practice on domestic and international acquisitions, divestitures, securities transactions and other complex business transactions. He represents both corporations and private equity and venture capital firms in structuring, negotiating, documenting and closing investments, acquisitions and dispositions.
Experience
- Best Lawyers in America "Ones to Watch", 2022-2024
- Dallas Museum of Art, Board of Trustees Member
- Preservation Park Cities, Member
- Represented Robinson Helicopter Company in its acquisition of Ascent AeroSystems.
- Represented Trive Capital in its investment in Avatara.
- Represented Trive Capital in its investment in Wilson Electronics, a wireless connectivity solutions provider that is a market leader in cellular repeaters with commercial, consumer and carrier applications.
- Represented Streamland Media LLC, a Trive Capital portfolio company, in its acquisition of assets from SIM Video International.
- Represented SSW Advanced Technologies, a Trive Capital portfolio company, in its acquisition of Schott-Gemtron Corporation.
- Represented Wilson Electronics, a Trive Capital portfolio company, in its acquisition of UK-based Zinwave.
- Represented Commercial Metals Company (NYSE: CMC) in its acquisition of EDSCO Fasteners LLC, a leading provider of anchoring solutions for the electrical transmission market, from MiddleGround Capital.
- Represented Commercial Metals Co. (NYSE: CMC) in its acquisition of a metals recycling facility and related assets from Owensboro, Kentucky-based Kodiak Resources Inc. and Kodiak Properties LLC.
- Represented Commercial Metals Company (NYSE: CMC) in its acquisition of geosynthetics manufacturing facility from BOSTD - America.
- Represented Streamland Media LLC, a Trive Capital portfolio company, in its acquisition of Ingenuity Studios, LLC, a visual effects company with four locations in the U.S. and Canada.
- Represented SSW Advanced Technologies in the acquisition of Schott-Gemtron Corporation, an industry leader in supplying specialty glass components to be used in a variety of home appliances.
- Represented The Brandt Companies, the largest mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) contractor in the State of Texas, in its sale to Southland Industries.
- Represented Trive Capital in its purchase of SSW Holding Company, Inc., a leading engineered products manufacturer supplying a broad product portfolio for the residential/commercial appliance, residential/commercial HVAC, and other industrial segments.
- Represented Commercial Metals Company in connection with its sale of certain assets to SB Specialty Metals Holdings LLC.
- Represented Commercial Metals Company in connection with its sale of certain assets to Manakin Industries, LLC
- Represented Commercial Metals Company in connection with its sale of certain assets to Trek Metals, Inc.
- Represented CMC Steel Fabricators, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Commercial Metals Company, in connection with its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of MMFX Technologies.
- Represented Mizzen and Main LLC, an American-made menswear brand, in connection with L Catterton's investment in the company.
- Represented Wingate Partners in its acquisition of Binswanger Glass, a seller and installer of glass and glass-related products for commercial, residential and automotive use.
*Chase advised on some of these matters prior to joining Willkie.
Credentials
Education
University of Texas School of Law, J.D. (with honors, Order of the Coif), 2014 Southern Methodist University, B.A. (cum laude), 2011 Southern Methodist University, B.B.A., 2011