Practice Expertise

  • Corporate
  • Debt and Equity Financing
  • Fund Formation and Management
  • Investment Management

Areas of Practice

  • Corporate
  • Debt and Equity Financing
  • Fund Formation and Management
  • Investment Management
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Private Equity
  • Regulatory Compliance
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Profile

Zach Burnett is an associate in the Investment Management and Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Groups in the Dallas office of
Haynes and Boone.

Zach’s practice focuses on mergers, acquisitions, private equity investments, and corporate compliance and governance. Zach regularly advises investment funds, and investment advisors with regards to the formation, organization and operation of both hedge funds and private equity funds and their compliance with applicable federal and state laws. Zach also represents clients across a broad range of industries in various corporate and securities matters, including the preparation of securities filings with the SEC, such as Schedule 13D, Schedule 13G, Form 13F and Form ADV.

Bar Admissions
Texas

Education
J.D., Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, 2013, cum laude; Articles Editor, International Law Review Association
B.A., University of Oklahoma, 2006, with distinction

Areas of Practice

  • Corporate
  • Debt and Equity Financing
  • Fund Formation and Management
  • Investment Management
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Private Equity
  • Regulatory Compliance

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
SRS Distribution, Inc. in various asset acquisition transactions.

Gauge Capital in its acquisition of certain assets in the cosmetic industry.

The owners of a background screening provider in the sale of a minority interest in the company.

Trive Capital, in partnership with Core Minerals III, LLC, to acquire certain conventional assets of Chesapeake Energy Corporation in the Southern Appalachian region.

The WhiteWave Foods Company in its acquisition of Vega.

Covercraft Industries, Inc. in its acquisition by Century Park Capital Partners.

The WhiteWave Foods Company in its acquisition of So Delicious Dairy Free.



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