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Gibson Dunn and Baker Botts Handle FBM’s $179M IPO

February 14, 2017 Mark Curriden

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By Natalie Posgate

(Feb. 14) – A group of Dallas lawyers from Baker Botts and Gibson Dunn are working on an initial public offering expected to close tomorrow for California-based Foundation Building Materials Inc., a distributor of specialty building products that is owned by the Dallas-based private equity firm, Lone Star Funds.

The company priced its IPO last week at $179 million. It is offering 12.8 million shares of its common stock for $14 per share. The IPO could raise $206 million if the underwriters execute their option to purchase up to 1.92 million additional shares of the company.

Jeffrey Chapman

Gibson Dunn, which has a history of representing Lone Star in deals, served as issuer’s counsel for Foundation Building Materials. Dallas partner Jeff Chapman and an attorney from the firm’s Los Angeles office are listed as the company’s lead lawyers in the S-1 filing.

Gibson Dunn’s M&A history with Lone Star includes the company’s $7.6 billion purchase of Home Properties, $1.4 billion acquisition of Hanson Building Products and $1.3 billion purchase of DFC Global Corp.

Samantha Hale Crispin

Dallas corporate partner Samantha Crispin of Baker Botts led the IPO for the underwriters. The Baker Botts team also included partners Doug Rayburn, Steve Marcus and David Schiller and associates Jon Platt, Michelle Matthews, Rosemary Maberry, Tara Lancaster and Marian Fielding.

Deutsche Bank Securities Barclays and RBC Capital Markets served as the lead underwriters. The group also included Citigroup, Baird, Raymond James, Stephens, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and William Blair.

Foundation Building Materials’ shares began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday under the symbol “FBM.”

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Mark Curriden

Mark Curriden is a lawyer/journalist and founder of The Texas Lawbook. In addition, he is a contributing legal correspondent for The Dallas Morning News.

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