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Valerie Bandstra

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Valerie enjoys distilling complex legal issues into practical solutions for her clients.

About Valerie

Valerie represents companies, banks and investors in a wide variety of corporate finance matters.  She represents both borrowers and lenders in project finance and acquisition financings including negotiation, preparation and closing of senior credit facilities involving secured term loans, revolving lines of credit, and letters of credit.  Valerie’s corporate finance experience also includes unsecured loans, subordinated debt financing agreements, intercreditor agreements, mezzanine financing, note purchase agreements and private placement debt.  In advising borrowers on corporate finance matters, Valerie’s focus is on making the deal work within the company’s overall capital structure so that she can develop legal strategies that align with her client’s business objectives.  

Valerie regularly advises on securities law compliance in capital-raising transactions.  She has experience representing issuers in registered initial and follow-on public offerings under the 1933 Securities Act, Reg D private placements of preferred equity, convertible notes, common equity, SAFE offerings and Reg A+ offerings.  Valerie frequently serves as outside general counsel to her corporate finance clients and provides representation in sophisticated commercial transactions such as major capital expenditure projects, business mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, corporate restructurings and key procurement, supply, technology, project development and marketing agreements.   Valerie has niche experience in the renewable energy and agribusiness industries. 

Representative Transactions

  • Carbon capture and sequestration project development and finance package (representing Qualified Facilities; Developer represented by Baker Botts)
  • $30 million grain elevator asset acquisition (representing Buyer)
  • $205 million credit facility for acquisition financing of multiple renewable energy facilities and capital investment in carbon capture and sequestration projects (representing Senior Lender; Borrower represented by Latham & Watkins LLP)
  • $25 million Tier 2 Regulation A Offering of common shares (representing Issuer)
  • Major Equipment Supply Agreement for $14 million CAPX Project (representing Buyer)
  • $34 million cross-border divestiture transaction (representing Seller)
  • $200 million refinancing of senior credit facility (representing Borrower)
  • Public Company Series A Preferred Share Repurchase Program
  • $50 million preferred equity offering (representing Issuer)
  • $150 million senior note offering (representing Issuer)
  • Corporate restructuring including deregistration of the Issuer’s equity securities with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (representing Issuer)

Admissions

  • Iowa

Education

Legal: University of Iowa College of Law, J.D., with high distinction

Undergraduate: Iowa State University, B.S. Economics

Practice Areas

  • Corporate Finance and Securities Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Commercial Transactions
  • Finance and Credit Agreements
  • Corporate Restructurings
  • Corporate Governance

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