Paul Cotter

Paul Cotter focuses his practice on assisting corporations, private equity firms and their portfolio companies in mergers, acquisitions, sales, restructurings, investments and other commercial transactions.

Paul served as a core member of the deal teams in the following matters:

• Represented HES Facilities Services, LLC, a portfolio company of Nautic Partners, in its acquisition of WFF Facility Services and Clean-Tech Company
• Silver Oak Services Partners in the recapitalization of Keystone Partners, a leading provider of comprehensive outplacement, career management, executive coaching and leadership development services
• Hastings Equity Partners in its sale of Cactus Fuel, LLC, to Pilot Thomas Logistics, LLC
• Nautic Partners LLC in its formation of Healthy Eyes Advantage through the acquisition of four distinct businesses that collectively provide purchasing services and management support to more than 10,000 optometrists, ophthalmologists and opticians, creating the largest alliance of eye care professionals in the country
• Reach Wireline, LLC, a portfolio company of Hastings Equity Partners, in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Precise Pressure Control, LLC
• Reach Wireline, LLC, a portfolio company of Hastings Equity Partners, in its acquisition of Rush Wellsite Services, LLC
• Murosa Development S.a.r.L. and Columbia Ventures Corporation in the sale of all of the shares of Hibernia NGS Limited to GTT Communications, Inc., for gross proceeds in excess of $600 million, consisting of approximately $535 million in cash plus 3.3 million shares of common stock in GTT