Cheryl Vinall Denney Shareholder

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Cheryl Vinall Denney's practice concerns advising and representing public and private companies in all phases of their business existence, including the formation and structuring of new companies, negotiation of business contracts, asset acquisitions, private equity investments, mergers, acquisitions and other forms of business combinations and reorganizations, divestitures and dissolutions.

She has specific experience in the areas of general economic development law and structuring private equity transactions to qualify for tax incentives, including the Small Business Capital Formation Incentive Act, the Rural Venture Capital Formation Incentive Act and New Markets Tax Credits.

Prior to joining McAfee & Taft in 2003, Cheryl was a corporate associate in the New York office of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison, an international law firm that concentrates in corporate law and litigation.  While in law school, she completed internships with the United States Trade Representative’s Office and LG Group, South Korea’s second largest conglomerate.

Representative Experience Ongoing representation of Seattle SuperSonics and Seattle Storm basketball franchises as outside general counsel Ongoing representation of Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc. in its provision of New Markets Tax Credits and Oklahoma state tax credits to projects valued in excess of $200 million in the aggregate Ongoing representation of i2E, Inc., a non-profit entity, in the formation of an early-stage seed capital fund focusing on investments in Oklahoma-based technology companies Ongoing representation of two local tourism redevelopment projects, primarily in efforts to obtain economic incentives from state and local government entities Former outside general counsel to multi-million dollar "destination club" with properties and developments in the United States, Mexico, Bermuda, and various Caribbean and Latin American countries Represented Oklahoma City-based investor group in the acquisition of the Seattle SuperSonics and Storm franchises for aggregate purchase price of $350 million Represented MROTC Development Partners LLC, the developer of a maintenance, repair, overhaul and technology center at Tinker Air Force Base, in matters related to the formation and governance of various joint ventures and other entities related to the project Represented The University of Oklahoma Foundation, Inc. in the formation of a joint venture to develop University North Park, a 585-acre planned unit development in Norman, Oklahoma Represented First United Bank & Trust Company in its acquisition of Southwestern Bank and Farmers & Merchants State Bank of Krum Represented private equity funds with aggregate commitments exceeding $2 billion in the formation of funds and subsequent private equity investments Represented Time Warner, Inc. in its $58 billion bid for AT&T Broadband, $9.8 billion restructuring of its partnership with Comcast and AT&T, and restructuring of Time Warner Entertainment, the subsidiary through which it holds HBO, Warner Bros. and Time Warner Cable Rpresented USA Networks, Inc. in its $500 million acquisition of publicly-held Styleclick.com, Inc. and subsequent "going private" transaction Represented Special Committee of the Board of Directors of VitaminShoppe.com in "going private" transaction Represented owners of Robinson Lerer & Montgomery, LLC, a 130-person public relations company based in New York City, in the sale of the company to Young & Rubicam, Inc.

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