Overview
Alex Farr focuses his practice on federal income and international tax planning for partnerships, corporations, and individuals related to complex domestic and international business transactions across a variety of industries, including the technology, healthcare, real estate and energy sectors.
Alex advises private equity funds, portfolio companies and public companies with respect to strategic mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations. He also has significant experience with investment fund formation and structuring matters, advising both fund sponsors and limited partner investors.
Results
- Advised Advent International Corporation in its acquisition of a 45% stake in Conservice, LLC*
- Advised Aleph Capital and Crestview in its investment in Framestore, and in Framestore’s merger with Company 3 and Method, Inc. following Company 3 and Method’s carve-out from Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc.*
- Advised American Securities in its acquisition of CPM Holdings Inc.*
- Advised Boyd Corporation in its acquisition of Action Fabricators, Inc.*
- Advised Campbell Soup Company in its $2.2 billion sale of Campbell International, Inc. and in its sales of all EMEA operations of Kettle Foods and Yellow Chips, Bolthouse Farms, Garden Fresh Gourmet and Kelsen Group A/S*
- Advised Churchill Downs, Inc. in its $500 million acquisition of a majority stake in Midwest Gaming Holdings, LLC*
- Advised Cobham Limited in its $965 million sale of Cobham Aero Connectivity*
- Advised Easton Energy LLC in its $177 million acquisition of 416 miles of Gulf Coast natural gas liquids pipeline systems assets from The Williams Companies, Inc.*
- Advised Genstar Capital in its sale of Boyd Corporation*
- Advised Global Foundries Inc. in its up to $740 million sale of Avera Semiconductor LLC to Marvell Technology Group Ltd.; and in its $430 million sale of a semiconductor fabrication plant for the manufacture of 300mm-size wafers used in the production of integrated circuits to ON Semiconductor Corporation*
- Represented GreyLion Capital in its sale of a minority stake in Hyphen Solutions, LLC*
- Advised HCL Technologies Limited in the $330 million acquisition of Actian Corporation*
- Advised Infinite Electronics, Inc. in the sale of its Kaelus Brands subsidiary to Microdata Telecom Innovation AB*
- Advised Jefferson Capital Systems in its acquisition of Canastream Holdings Ltd.*
- Advised Kainos Capital in its acquisition of good2grow LLC*
- Advised KingFisher Midstream, LLC and its subsidiaries in their 363 bankruptcy sale of midstream assets to BCE-Mach III LLC*
- Advised Koshidaka Holdings Co., Ltd. in the US aspect of its acquisition of Curves and of Curves for Women II LC*
- Advised Lifeworks Corporation Ltd in its $325 million sale to Morneau Shepell, Inc.*
- Advised Mortgage Contracting Services LLC in its sale to an investor group led by Littlejohn & Co., LLC and Lynstone SSF Holdings Sàrl, funds advised by Neuberger Berman Alternative Advisers and Crescent Capital Group, via an out-of-court restructuring and recapitalization*
- Advised Nexeo Solutions, Inc. in its $2 billion sale to Univar Inc. and its $640 million sale of Nexeo Solutions Plastics to One Rock Capital Partners*
- Advised Old Ironsides Energy in the $1.75 billion sale of three Delaware Basin subsidiary companies of Brazos Midstream Holdings, LLC to Morgan Stanley Infrastructure*
- Advised Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) in the formation of Trivium Packaging through a combination of OTPP’s portfolio company, Exal Corporation, with the Food & Specialty Metal Packaging business of Ardagh Group and in the acquisition and sale of its stake in Cole-Parmer*
- Advised Providence Strategic Growth partners in its acquisition of BirdDogHR and ExakTime Innovations, Inc.
- Advised RealPage, Inc. in its $580 million acquisition of Buildium LLC and in its acquisition of Investor management Services, LLC*
- Advised Select Interior Concepts, Inc. in its acquisition of substantially all the assets of Summit Stoneworks, LLC*
- Advised Thomas H. Lee Partners in its sale of a majority stake in Juvare, LLC*
- Advised Total SA in its $4 billion acquisition of all the oil and natural gas assets, liabilities, businesses and operations of Anardarko Petroleum Corporation in Mozambique and South Africa*
- Advised TPG Tech Adjacencies, Inc. in its investment in FreedomPay, Inc.*
- Advised Valence Surface Technologies, Inc. in its acquisition of Triumph Processing, Inc. and in Trive Capital’s sale of Valence Surface Technologies, Inc.*
- Advised Vector Solutions, as parent of RedVector.com, LLC, in RedVector’s acquisition of Convergence Training, LLC; and subsequently Providence Equity Partners in its sale of Vector Solutions*
- Advised WPX Energy, Inc. in its $2.5 billion acquisition of Felix Energy*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott.
Recognitions
- Legal 500 US, 2022
- Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2018 to present
Community
- Dallas Bar Association Tax Section, Tax Council, member
- Dallas Association of Young Lawyer, Pro Bono Partners Committee, co-chair
- Dallas Bar Foundation, fellow
- Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Foundation, fellow
Credentials
Education
New York University School of Law, LLM, 2012
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, JD, magna cum laude, 2011
Boston University, BS, magna cum laude, 2008
Admissions
Texas