Lyle A. Wallace

For 25 years, Lyle has counseled clients through complex transactions as a mergers and acquisitions attorney and served as outside counsel to public and private companies throughout the United States across numerous industries.

As mergers and acquisitions counsel, Lyle guides corporations and private equity groups through acquisitions, dispositions, and mergers, both domestic and international. He has represented clients in hundreds of transactions during his career and has developed a reputation not only as a talented legal practitioner but also as a practical problem-solver. A client has referred to Lyle as “the most pragmatic and solutions-oriented attorney we have ever worked with.”

In addition to his significant transactional experience, he serves as a trusted advisor to his corporate clients on some of the most significant business decisions they face, including capital formation and finance transactions, foreign and domestic contract negotiations, and corporate governance issues. Lyle has also counseled clients through workouts, restructurings, and distressed mergers and acquisitions transactions.

Lyle has received numerous accolades in his career, including being recognized by Best Lawyers of America for Corporate law, ranked in Chambers USA for Corporate/M&A law, selected as a Colorado Super Lawyer for Business Law, selected by Law Week Colorado as the Barrister’s Best Corporate Law Attorney in 2014, and holding a Martindale-Hubbell AV-Preeminent ranking.

• Represented The Garmon Corporation dba NaturVet in its $475 million sale to Swedencare AB.
• Represented Corporate Travel Management, an Australian public company, in its $200 million acquisition of Travel & Transport, Inc.
• Represented Peak Home Performance, LLC in its sale to Apex Home Services.
• Represented Integrated Beverage Group in 363 Asset Acquisition.
• Represented Convergence Controls & Engineering LLC in its sale to Tetra Tech, Inc.
• Represented C&D Energy Services in its sale to Briarwood Partners.
• Represented Integrated Beverage Group in its acquisition of Ransom Spirits.
• Represented Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery, L.L.C. in its sale to Full Frame Brewing.
• Represented The CE Shop in its sale to Waud Capital Partners.
• Represented the owners of one of Colorado’s largest Massage Envy franchisors in the sale of their ownership and franchise rights to a private equity firm specializing in the franchise space.
• Represented Stone Wolf Vineyards and its subsidiaries in the acquisition of Oregon vineyard and winery properties.
• Represented the Colorado franchisor of Orangetheory Fitness in the sale of their franchise development rights and corporate-owned fitness studios.
• Represented the owners of LDIS LLC, an oilfield engineering firm, in the sale of their interests to Tetra Tech, Inc.
• Represented the shareholders of Kelly Cable of New Mexico in the sale of their stock to Peak Utilities Services Group, a subsidiary of CIVC Partners.
• Represented Eberl’s Claim Service, Inc., Eberl’s Temporary Services, Inc., and Eberl’s Acquisition Co., LLC, a national disaster insurance claims adjustment group, in the sale of their assets to Forsyth Colorado, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Engle Martin Associates.
• Represented the parent of BluSky Restoration Contractors, a national leader in disaster recovery and remediation, in the sale of its equity to BluSky Restoration Holdings, a private equity-backed acquisition vehicle of KLH Capital.
• Represented the shareholders of Sitewise Corporation in the sale of their stock to Track Intermediate Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary of CIVC Partners.
• Represented C & D Energy Services, Inc. in its acquisition of the assets of Colorado Scaffolding & Equipment Company, Inc.
• Represented Golden Max LLC in its acquisition of the assets of Invatec, Ltd., a medical supply chain management organization, and Optimal, Ltd.
• Represented Integrated Beverage Group in its acquisition of Stone Wolf Vineyards.
• Represented JCR Capital in its corporate recapitalization involving StanCorp Financial Group, Soundview Real Estate Partners, and Partner Reinsurance Ltd.
• Represented the equity holders of Baroness Small Estates to Kahn Ventures, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway.
• Represented the equity holders of Financial Healthcare Systems in their sale to TransUnion Healthcare, a subsidiary of TransUnion.
• Represented Buymytronics in its sale to GameStop.
• Represented The Better Shredder in its sale to Cornerstone Records Management.
• Represented Economy Steel in its sale to CMC Steel Fabricators.
• Represented Turf Equipment Supply in its sale to Horizon Distributors, a subsidiary of Pool Corp.