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Overview
Melissa Garcia is a senior associate in the Corporate practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm's San Diego office. She is a member of the Securities, Finance and Capital Markets practice and the Mergers and Acquisitions practice.
Ms. Garcia represents both privately held and public companies in a number of different industries, including the telecommunications, defense and aerospace, entertainment, retail, and biotechnology industries, in a wide-range of corporate transactions, including public offerings and private financings of equity securities, mergers and acquisitions, securities filings and general corporate matters.
Accolades and Recognitions
Wiley W. Manuel Certificate for Pro Bono Legal Services, State Bar of California (2018)
Rising Star, Super Lawyers (2015-2018)
Best of the Bar, San Diego Business Journal (2014)
Education
University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, J.D. with an emphasis in Business Law, 2008
University of California, San Diego, B.A. with distinction in Economics, 2005
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Involvement
Member of the California Bar and the Business Law section of the American Bar Association
Recent Representations
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. in its acquisition of Florida Turbine Technologies;
Teleperformance SE , a French public company, in its $1 billion acquisition of Intelenet;
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. in the sale of its public safety and security business division;
Inseego, Corp. in its consent and exchange solicitation and $120 million public offering of senior convertible notes;
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. in its follow-on public offerings of common stock and its private placement of senior notes;
Teleperformance SE , a French public company, in its $1.52 billion acquisition of Language Line Solutions;
Investa Bank, S.A. in connection with its purchase of Deutsche Bank's Mexican operations;
Genesis Acquisition Holdings Corp. in its Series A preferred stock financing;
Gevo, Inc. in its initial public offering and follow-on public offerings of common stock units, warrants and convertible notes;
Novatel Wireless, Inc. in its private offerings of common stock, preferred stock, warrants and convertible notes;
Novatel Wireless, Inc. in its acquisition of Feeney Wireless, LLC;
Gevo, Inc. in its private debt financing with Whitebox Advisors LLC (recognized by the Financial Times as one of the most innovative corporate transactions of the year);
David Murdock in the going private transaction of Dole Food Company valued at $1.6 billion;
ABC-MART, INC. in its acquisition of LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. through an all-cash tender offer and second-step merger;
Transgenomic, Inc. in its private offering of common stock and warrants;
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. in its follow-on public offering and acquisition of Composite Engineering Inc.;
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. in its acquisition of Integral Systems, Inc.;
Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd. in its acquisition of Nexus Dx;
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. in its acquisition of Herley Industries;
Gevo, Inc. in its acquisition of Agri-Energy and joint venture with Redfield Energy LLC;
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. in its follow-on public offering and acquisition of Henry Bros. Electronics;
Marvel Entertainment, Inc. in the sale of the company to The Walt Disney Company in a cash and stock merger valued at over $4 billion;
Teleperformance S.A., a French public company, in its acquisition of Teledatos, a Colombian telecommunications group; and
Gevo, Inc. in its Series D-1 preferred stock financing.