
Bailey Dixon Nicodemus
Associate
bnicodemus@akingump.com
Areas of Focus
- Special Situations
- Corporate Governance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Energy & Natural Resources Funds
- Technology
- Corporate & Finance
- Capital Solutions
Biography
- A member of Akin’s integrated capital solutions and special situations teams, advising on high-stakes matters at the intersection of mergers & acquisitions (M&A), finance and restructuring.
- Counsels asset managers and their portfolio companies on liability management, distressed M&A, in- and out-of-court restructurings and post-reorganized corporate governance.
- Represents creditor groups in cutting-edge special situations financings.
Representative Work
Special Situations and Ad Hoc Group Restructurings
- Advised an ad hoc group of lenders, in connection with Avaya Inc.’s chapter 11 bankruptcy, including a $500 million debtor in possession (DIP) term loan credit facility, equitization of claims and rights offering.
- Advised an ad hoc group of lenders of Wheel Pros in connection with a first-in, last-out (FILO) financing and exchange transaction.
- Advised Parallel, a vertically integrated, multi-state cannabis company, in connection with a bridge financing.
Strategic and Private Equity M&A
- Advised Armada Materials, a producer of aggregates, asphalt and other essential construction materials, in its acquisitions of aggregates mining companies across the southeast United States.
- Advised Dorchester Minerals, L.P. (NASDAQ:DMLP) in connection with numerous acquisitions of mineral and royalty interests in exchange for common units.
- Advised an operator in an acquisition of a saltwater disposal well business.
- Advised a private equity firm in its majority investment in an operator and franchisor of automotive maintenance service centers and related add-on acquisitions.
EducationJ.D., University of Texas School of Law, with honors, 2021
B.A., Southern Methodist University, 2018
J.D., University of Texas School of Law, with honors, 2021
B.A., Southern Methodist University, 2018
Bar AdmissionsTexas
Texas
