Craig Carlson is a co-founder of Stradling. Throughout his career, he has helped emerging and growth companies establish and expand their operations across California and throughout the United States. His experience extends to a wide range of industries, including electronics and computer hardware, software, communications and networking, biomedical and pharmaceutical, health care services, financial and title services, consumer products and services and food and beverage.
Craig’s leadership and knowledge have facilitated numerous successful debt and equity financings, strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, corporate securities offerings, and general corporate and business initiatives. He is a trusted advisor to public company boards of directors and entrepreneurs who rely on Craig’s counsel to address their most important opportunities and challenges.
A highly regarded industry thought leader, Craig is a featured speaker at numerous seminars and speaking engagements on the legal concerns facing emerging and growth companies seeking private and public financing.
Some highlights of Craig’s career include:
Represented AppFolio, Inc., a provider of cloud-based software solutions, in its approximately $86 million initial public offering achieved through an offering of 7,130,000 shares of its Class A common stock.
Represented CKE Enterprises in its sale to Apollo Global Management through a $704.12 million public to private LBO. The deal was financed $100 million of revolving credit line arranged by Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and RBC Capital and $600 million of bridge financing from other lenders.
Represented AppFolio, Inc., in its approximately $60 million acquisition of Dynasty Marketplace, Inc., an advanced artificial intelligence technology provider for the real estate market.
Represented The Word & Brown Companies with the sale of HealthCompare, Quotit, and a book of Medicare and individual and family plan-focused business to National General Holdings Corp. for an undisclosed sum.
Represented LogicMonitor, Inc. in a $130 million investment from Providence Strategic Growth, the growth equity affiliate of Providence Equity Partners, a $45 billion global private equity firm. The investment will be used to continue LogicMonitor’s global market expansion as the leading modern IT infrastructure performance monitoring solution.
Craig’s leadership and knowledge have facilitated numerous successful debt and equity financings, strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, corporate securities offerings, and general corporate and business initiatives. He is a trusted advisor to public company boards of directors and entrepreneurs who rely on Craig’s counsel to address their most important opportunities and challenges.
A highly regarded industry thought leader, Craig is a featured speaker at numerous seminars and speaking engagements on the legal concerns facing emerging and growth companies seeking private and public financing.
Some highlights of Craig’s career include:
Represented AppFolio, Inc., a provider of cloud-based software solutions, in its approximately $86 million initial public offering achieved through an offering of 7,130,000 shares of its Class A common stock.
Represented CKE Enterprises in its sale to Apollo Global Management through a $704.12 million public to private LBO. The deal was financed $100 million of revolving credit line arranged by Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and RBC Capital and $600 million of bridge financing from other lenders.
Represented AppFolio, Inc., in its approximately $60 million acquisition of Dynasty Marketplace, Inc., an advanced artificial intelligence technology provider for the real estate market.
Represented The Word & Brown Companies with the sale of HealthCompare, Quotit, and a book of Medicare and individual and family plan-focused business to National General Holdings Corp. for an undisclosed sum.
Represented LogicMonitor, Inc. in a $130 million investment from Providence Strategic Growth, the growth equity affiliate of Providence Equity Partners, a $45 billion global private equity firm. The investment will be used to continue LogicMonitor’s global market expansion as the leading modern IT infrastructure performance monitoring solution.