Mr. Brian M. Lidji, Private Law Practice

Experience

Brian has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities law, business law, contract negotiations and a wide variety of other business transactions. He has earned significant praise from his peers and the press for his ability to find insightful, practical solutions for his loyal and prestigious business clients. In addition to being repeatedly selected to D Magazine Best Lawyers in Dallas for his work in corporate mergers and acquisitions, he also has been repeatedly named a Texas Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly and Law & Politics Magazine.

Representative Transactions

• Represented Lyco Energy Corporation, a private oil and natural gas producer, in a $421 million merger with Enerplus Resources U.S. Inc., a subsidiary of a NYSE fund.
• Represented SkinCeuticals, Inc., a private skin products company, in its sale of assets to L'Oreal USA, Inc.
• Represented TruLogica, Inc., a private software company, in a $60 million merger with Hewlett-Packard Company.
• Represented Jack Pratt in his successful effort to force the sale of Hollywood Casinos.
• Represented the management buyout group in its $450 million leveraged buyout and going-private transaction of EXCO Resources, Inc., a Nasdaq listed oil and gas company.
• Represented Standard Fruit & Vegetable Co., Inc. in its sale to Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc.
• Represented the management buyout group of U.S. Vision, Inc., a leading Nasdaq listed optical retailer, in a going-private cash-out merger.
• Represented Hotels.com in its merger with InterActiveCorp, a Nasdaq listed company, which was ranked by The Texas Lawyer as one of the top 10 Texas deals of 2003.