Curt Hidde advises clients on the many aspects of corporate transactions. Curt makes a point of understanding the underlying commercial objectives and specific financial drivers of each client, utilizing his decades of experience to achieve their transactional goals. Curt takes a practical approach to problem-solving and is able to break down complex legal concepts into terms clients can understand.
OVERVIEW
Curt W. Hidde
Partner
Indianapolis
11 S. Meridian StreetIndianapolis, IN 46204-3535
OVERVIEW
Curt W. Hidde
Partner
Indianapolis
11 S. Meridian StreetIndianapolis, IN 46204-3535
Curt Hidde advises clients on the many aspects of corporate transactions. Curt makes a point of understanding the underlying commercial objectives and specific financial drivers of each client, utilizing his decades of experience to achieve their transactional goals. Curt takes a practical approach to problem-solving and is able to break down complex legal concepts into terms clients can understand.
- OVERVIEW
- EXPERIENCE
- Experience
- INSIGHTS & EVENTS
OVERVIEW
Over the last 30 years, Curt has represented public and private companies in hundreds of corporate transactions. He is skilled in advising on mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, and public and private offerings of securities. Curt is also a member of the firm’s Management Committee and the former vice chair of the firm’s Corporate Department.
Curt’s M&A experience ranges from representing fast-growing tech and life sciences businesses to Fortune 500 companies, spanning virtually all industries and all transaction structures.
In his securities practice, he provides legal counsel on a wide range of public and private securities law issues and transactions, including secondary public offerings of debt and equity securities, ongoing SEC reporting under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (10-Ks, 10-Qs, 8-Ks, and proxy statements), defending and launching tender and takeover offers, along with going private transactions and private placements of debt and equity securities.
Curt also has significant experience representing banks and insurance companies in their corporate and securities transactions. He frequently advises such clients on the regulatory issues that govern their day-to-day operations, merger and acquisition activities, and capital raising.
Curt is also experienced in transactions in the alternative energy industry and represents utilities and other entities in negotiating the sophisticated and specialized project agreements that are inherent in renewable energy projects, such as site control agreements, power purchase agreements, energy supply agreements, engineering procurement and construction (EPC) agreements, as well as ongoing operations and maintenance agreements for such facilities.
Professional and Community Involvement
Distinguished Fellow, Indianapolis Bar Foundation
Former board member and president, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Indiana
Leader, CFO Roundtable
Former board member and president, Venture Club of Indiana
Member, Indianapolis Bar Association Business Law Section
Member, American Bar Association Business Law Section
Honors
The Best Lawyers in America, 2013-2023; Lawyer of the Year, 2018, 2023
Who's Who in Banking and Finance, Indianapolis Business Journal, 2011
Chambers USA, 2014-2023
EXPERIENCE
Experience
Mergers and Acquisitions
- $127 million sale of a life sciences company to a publicly traded strategic buyer
- More than 15 roll-up acquisitions for a Fortune 200 company representing aggregate deal values in excess of $5 billion
- $160 million bank holding company acquisition
- $40 million sale of a custom trailer manufacturer to a publicly-traded competitor
- $55 million sale of an HVAC company to a publicly-traded competitor
Public Securities Transactions
- $60 million public offering of convertible notes for bank holding company
- IPOs of an independent mortgage company and several community banks
- $1.5 billion public offering of medium term notes for an insurance company
- $300 million public offering of trust preferred securities for an insurance company
- Underwriter’s counsel in an IPO of a bank holding company
Private Securities Transactions
- $115 million 144A private placement of common stock
- Private placement of debt securities and warrants for a life sciences company
- Private placement of common stock for a community bank
- Regulation A offering for a medical device company
- Placement agent’s counsel in multiple private placements of debt and equity securities
- $60 million private placement of equity securities to form a mortgage REIT
Financial Institution Transactions
- Multiple acquisitions for a publicly traded bank holding company involving cash and stock consideration with aggregate values in excess of $500 million
- Numerous purchases and sale of bank holding companies to competitors and other strategic buyers
- Holding company formation for a state commercial bank
- Private placement of common stock for a holding company of a community bank
- ESOP formation for a bank holding company of a state commercial bank
- Structured and implemented stock repurchase program for a bank holding company
Venture Capital and Private Equity Transactions
- $20 million private equity investment in a for-profit education company
- $28 million private equity investment in a software company
- Series A venture capital investment in a life sciences company
- $25 million private equity investment in a medical device company
Renewable Energy Transactions
- Represented large utility in the development and acquisition of multiple utility scale solar and wind projects
- Served as Indiana counsel on multiple developments of solar and wind tax equity financed projects
- Represented utility in the acquisition of existing wind farms
- Represented large nonprofit hospital in Energy as a Service (EaaS) transaction for heated and chilled water
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