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Zachary J.
Davis

Partner
Corporate, Finance and Investments

Atlanta: +1 404 572 2770
zdavis@kslaw.com

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Zack Davis specializes in representing issuers and underwriters in a variety of capital markets activities in the U.S. and abroad, including initial public offerings, secondary offerings, share repurchases and public and private debt offerings, as well as tender offers, exchange offers, consent solicitations and other corporate reorganization and liability management transactions. He also advises a number of public companies in connection with governance issues, SEC reporting and disclosure requirements and other corporate and securities matters.

Zack also has experience representing both target and acquiring companies in private and public mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions.

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Credentials

J.D., Emory University School of Law

B.A. Political Science, Pepperdine University

Georgia

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Cases & Deals

February 16, 2022
Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE: APTS) to be acquired by Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $5.8 billion

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December 3, 2021
K&S elects 32 new partners and promotes 16 counsel across 16 cities

In the News · Source: Law360, The Deal, Hotel Business and The American Lawyer

December 2, 2021
K&S advises BOA Acquisition on its $1.2B acquisition of Selina

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Matters

Represented EVO Payments in connection with its $258 million “Up-C” IPO and $190 million follow-on offering

Represented Americold Realty Trust in connection with its $942 million IPO. The IPO was the largest up-sized IPO of REIT shares in history

Represented Wingstop in connection with its $125 million IPO and multiple follow on offerings

Matters

Represented EVO Payments in connection with its $258 million “Up-C” IPO and $190 million follow-on offering

Represented Americold Realty Trust in connection with its $942 million IPO. The IPO was the largest up-sized IPO of REIT shares in history

Represented Wingstop in connection with its $125 million IPO and multiple follow on offerings

Represented Endochoice in connection with its $100 million IPO and its $210 million sale to Boston Scientific

Represented Roark Capital in connection with its sale of Atkins Nutritionals to a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) for $730 million

Advised Energizer in connection with its $2.0 billion acquisition of Spectrum Brands’ global battery and portable lighting business

Represented United Parcel Service in connection with multiple offerings of senior notes totaling over $12 billion, €3.3 billion and C$750 million

Represented ConocoPhillips on cash tender offer for multiple tranches of debt aggregating over $2.0 billion

Represented ConocoPhillips in connection with multiple offerings of senior notes raising proceeds in excess of $3.0 billion

Represented Total System Services in multiple offerings of service notes raising proceeds in excess of $2.5 billion

Represented Hanesbrands in connection with multiple offerings of senior notes totaling $1.8 million and €500 million

Represented SunTrust Banks in connection with the issuance of $1.0 billion of senior notes

Represented Equifax in connection with the issuance of $775 million of senior notes

Represented Carter’s in connection with the issuance of $500 million of senior notes

Represented Colonial Pipeline in connection with multiple offerings of senior notes totaling $1.2 billion

Represented Novelis Corporation in connection with multiple offerings of over $3.5 billion of senior notes and related tender offers and liability management transactions

Represented Mueller Water Products in connection with the issuance of $450 million of senior notes

Represented Beazer Homes in connection with multiple offerings of over $1.5 billion of senior notes and related tender offers and liability management transactions

Represented JW Aluminum in connection with the issuance of $285 million of senior secured notes

Advised Brigade Capital in connection with Guitar Center’s exchange offer and consent solicitation for $325 million of outstanding senior notes and related support agreement

Represented Jack Cooper in connection with the issuance of $227.5 million of senior secured notes

Represented Jack Cooper in connection with multiple liability management transactions, including private exchange offer transactions for an aggregate of approximately $525 million of outstanding senior secured notes and PIK Toggle notes

Advised underwriters Raymond James, Citigroup, Stifel, RBC Capital Markets and other underwriters in multiple follow on offerings for CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc., raising proceeds in excess of $250 million

Represented Nivalis Therapeutics in connection with its $88.5 million IPO

Advised BlueLinx in connection with its $413 million acquisition of Cedar Creek

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