Experience

Hendrik Jordaan, based in the firm’s Denver office, is Global Co-Managing Partner of the firm’s Corporate Group and Managing Partner of the firm's M&A Group. He specializes in advising financial and strategic buyers and sellers in public and private mergers and acquisitions transactions. In the course of his M&A practice (including distressed M&A), Mr. Jordaan routinely structures, negotiates, and documents a wide array of transactions including asset acquisitions, stock acquisitions, mergers, leveraged buy-outs, auction transactions, tender offers, going-private transactions, and cross-border transactions. His practice spans a variety of industries including health care, logistics, natural resources, sports and entertainment, telecommunications, and technology.

Mr. Jordaan is the Chair of the M&A Committee of the Colorado Bar Association’s Section of Business Law.  He also serves as Chair of the Distressed M&A Task Force of the American Bar Association’s M&A Committee, which has more than 3,000 members and includes M&A specialists from more than 40 countries.  Through his involvement with the M&A Committee, Mr. Jordaan is working on the ABA’s “Deal Points Study” (having served as Vice Chair of the Market Trends Committee) and on a dictionary of M&A terms. Mr. Jordaan also previously worked on revisions to the ABA’s Model Stock Purchase Agreement and on the Committee’s Task Force on Acquisitions of Public Companies.

Representative transactions on which Mr. Jordaan has advised include the following:

• Represented various multi-billion dollar private equity funds in numerous middle-market M&A transactions
• Represented multi-billion dollar publicly-traded companies in various middle-market acquisitions and dispositions
• Represented numerous sub-$100 million dollar private equity funds in acquisitions, strategic investments and other seminal transactions
• Represented various corporations and individuals in exit sales, recapitalizations, and change of control transactions
• Represented purchaser in multi-billion dollar unsolicited tender offer for outstanding shares of Nasdaq-listed technology company
• Represented various management teams in sponsor-backed acquisitions, buy-outs, and other corporate transactions

Mr. Jordaan has published articles in some of the world’s leading periodicals including The International Lawyer and The Deal. Articles that Mr. Jordaan has authored include the following:

• To Club or Not to Club?  Implications of the D.O.J.’s Probe of Private Equity Deals for Anticompetitive Practices (co-author)
• Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions in the Mining Sector: Lessons Learned from the Recent Wave of Transactions, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (co-author)
• On the Precipice of Change: Will Conflicts of Interest Forever Change the Fairness Option Landscape in M&A Deals?, The Deal (co-author)
• A Comparative Analysis of Corporate Fiduciary Law: Why Delaware Should Look Beyond the United States in Formulating a Standard of Care, The International Lawyer
• Creating an Effective In-House Resource Guide, The Corporate Compliance & Regulatory Newsletter, co-author
• IOSCO’s Contributions with Emerging Market Countries: An Analysis in Light of SEC Experiences, Yearbook of International Financial and Economic Law
• Has IOSCO Advanced International Securities Law Enforcement?: An  Analysis in Light of SEC MOUs with Emerging  Markets, Securities Regulation Law Journal

Mr. Jordaan’s M&A-related speaking engagements include the following:

• M&A Negotiation Trends: Insights from the 2009 Deal Points Study on Private Targets, American Bar Association Business Law - Webcast, 2009
• Profit from Planning with the Deal Team: A Case Study, The International Forum Meeting, Los Angeles, 2009
• Opportunities in Distressed M&A: A Field Guide to Acquiring Distressed Companies and Assets, University of Texas School of Law, M&A Institute, Dallas, Texas, 2009
• CLE International, 3rd Annual SuperConference! Private Equity, Co-Chair, Denver, Colorado, 2009
• Building and Utilizing High-Performance Corporate Development Teams, Association for Corporate Growth Intergrowth Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2009
• M&A in Distressed Environment, Mergers & Acquisitions, Dallas Bar Association, Dallas, Texas, 2008
• Strategic Alliances and Joint Ventures, CBA Business Law Section 9th Annual Business Law Institute, Vail, Colorado, 2008
• U.S. Private Target Deal Points Study – Sandbagging and Non-Reliance, American Bar Association Annual Meeting, New York, New York, 2008
• M&A Negotiation Trends and Practices in the U.S. and E.U.: Private Target, Public Target and LBO Deals, American Bar Association Business Law – Global Business Law Conference, Frankfurt, Germany, 2008
• Private Equity Groups as Sellers, University of Texas School of Law, M&A Institute, Dallas, Texas, 2007
• CLE International, Private Equity:  Lower and Middle Markets, Co-Chair, Denver, Colorado, 2007
• M&A Market Trends and Developments: Highlights from the 2007 Deal Points Studies on Private Targets, Public Targets and Private Equity-Backed Going Private Transactions, American Bar Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, 2007
• Private Equity Groups as Sellers: Emerging Issues and Key Strategies, Thomson West National Webcast, 2007
• Shareholder Activism and Corporate Governance, Colorado Association of Corporate Counsel, 2007
• Best Practices in Today’s M&A Markets, co-sponsored by CBA Business Law Section, ACCA and CACC, 2006
• Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions in the Mining Sector: Lessons Learned from the Recent Wave of Transactions, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2006
• Minimizing Environmental Risk in Today’s M&A Transactions: Structuring, Diligence and Other Considerations, Colorado Bar Association, 2006
• The Price is Right! Or is It?  A Framework for Assessing Whether a Fairness Opinion is Fair and Accurate, American Electronics Association, 2005
• Practical Strategies for M&A Dealmakers, Full-Day Continuing Legal Education Seminar Offered Through Colorado Bar Association, 2005, Chair
• Perspectives on the Current M&A Landscape, American Electronics Association, 2004

In addition to his M&A practice, Mr. Jordaan handles corporate finance, securities and general corporate matters.

Mr. Jordaan received his J.D. from Southern Methodist University, where he served as the Editor-in-Chief of The International Lawyer, one of the most widely-circulated legal periodicals in the world. Prior to law school, Mr. Jordaan attended Southern Methodist University on a full tuition scholarship where he captained the varsity tennis team for two years while receiving his bachelor’s degree in Economics with Finance Applications.

Professional & Community Affiliations

Listed as “Leading Corporate/M&A Lawyer - Colorado” by Chambers & Partners

Distressed M&A Taskforce, American Bar Association, Chair

Recognized for M&A expertise in The Legal 500 – United States

Colorado Association of Corporate Counsel, President Emeritus

M&A Committee, Colorado Bar Association’s Section of Business Law, Co-Chairperson

Committee on Mergers and Acquisitions, American Bar Association, Vice-Chair of Market Trends Subcommittee, 2007-2009, and Chair of Membership Committee, 2007-2009

University of Colorado at Denver, College of Business, Board of Advisors, 2008-present

Business Law Institute Planning Committee, 2006-2007

Alliance for Choice in Education (ACE), Board of Advisors

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado, Board Member

Celebrate Technology, 2004 Co-Chair, Board Member 2006-present

Denver Business Journal, Forty Under 40 Award, 2007

U.S. Department of Commerce Rocky Mountain District Export Council, Member, 2000-2004

World Trade Center Denver Board of Directors, Member, 2000-2004

World Trade Center Denver Africa Roundtable, Co-Chair, 2001-2004