Shareholder Anne M. Madonia concentrates her practice on domestic and international acquisitions and divestitures, corporate mergers, debt and equity financings, private placement offerings, private equity investments, and corporate governance issues.
Anne provides legal advice to a wide range of clients, from entrepreneurs and startups to private equity funds, lower to middle-market companies, Fortune 500 corporations, and various foundations, associations, and institutions. Her knowledge spans industries including transportation and logistics, manufacturing and distribution, sports and entertainment, staffing, retail, professional services, cannabis, and more. With deep proficiency in business law, Anne advises clients in key areas such as entity formation, governance, capital investment, financing, succession planning, and exit strategies. She has also helped clients negotiate a variety of business contracts, including service agreements, supply contracts, equipment leases, consulting agreements, joint venture agreements, and partnership agreements.
Anne combines meticulous attention to detail with a strategic, big-picture perspective to deliver practical solutions for complex transactions. Clients turn to Anne for her sharp business acumen and fierce advocacy in pursuit of their business goals. Anne frequently serves as outside general counsel to clients who value her responsiveness, sound legal advice, and clear guidance on complex legal matters. With nearly 30 years of experience at “Big Law” firms, Anne provides value-added advice to help her clients’ navigate complex legal issues and resolve business disputes.
Prior to private practice, Anne began her legal career as a corporate attorney with the H.J. Heinz Company in Pittsburgh, where she worked on complex, high-value corporate transactions for a public company while gaining invaluable insight into in-house counsel perspectives and client needs.
Representative Matters
Represented the owner of multiple car dealerships in a series of related corporate and real estate transactions in which two dealerships were combined to form a new joint venture, one real parcel was sold, and other related parcels were leased to the joint venture.
Represented a third-party logistics services provider in a credit facility.
Represented a third-party logistics services provider in its purchase of a Toronto transport action provider.
Represented a publicly traded, international shipping and container transportation company in a Series B Preferred Stock offering by New York Shipping Exchange, Inc.
Represented a third-party logistics provider and freight forwarder in connection with an equipment loan.
Represented a third-party logistics provider and freight forwarder, in its acquisition of the Riverside, Cal. division of Elevate Fulfillment, Inc., which provides warehousing, fulfillment, and transportation services.
Represented the shareholders of an international air and ocean freight forwarder, in its $105 million sale to a subsidiary of a publicly traded Danish transportation company.
Represented a private equity firm in its acquisition of a minority stake in an investment advisory firm focused on companies addressing ESG principles.
Represented private equity firm in its acquisition of an equipment and supplies distributor for the mining, industrial, and mineral processing industries, with a related real estate acquisition funded in part by a loan and in part by rollover equity.
Represented a start-up food manufacturer, in its acquisition of the assets related to a oyster cracker business from specialty food manufacturer.
Represented a third-party logistics provider and freight forwarder in its acquisition of an e-commerce fulfilment company.
Represented an investment group in the redemption of its minority interest in an institutional asset management boutique, and in its acquisition of a minority stake in an ESG-directed investment advisory firm.
Represented a private equity firm in its acquisition of a majority stake in a mass text alert platform for businesses.
Represented a broadcasting company and its affiliates in the sale of two TV stations in Louisiana and Texas to Nexstar Media Group, Inc., the nation's largest television group.
Served as U.S. counsel to a U.K.-based manufacturer of aluminum products, in connection with its £60 million credit facility with HSBC.
Represented the U.S. subsidiary of a manufacturer of nonwoven fabrics in the Czech Republic in a senior credit facility.
Represented a leading education and research provider for the risk management and insurance industry as an investor in a Series A financing round led by a United Kingdom private equity fund.
Represented a textile and home product manufacturer in connection with a Supply Chain Finance Agreement, a form of financing that allows client's suppliers to be paid at a discount in advance of the due date of the payments.
Represented a third-party logistics provider, in its acquisition of equity and related real estate of an e-commerce fulfillment company.
Represented Capital Region NLL, LLC in its acquisition of the National Lacrosse League's New England Black Wolves, moving the to-be-renamed team from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. to Albany, N.Y., where it will play in the Times Union Center. Capital Region NLL is an ownership group comprised of high-profile members of the lacrosse community including Oliver Marti, Joe Dowling, Brett Jefferson, Sol Kumin, Zach Schreiber and Russ Sheppard. As part of the engagement, we successfully negotiated approval from the National Lacrosse League to transfer the franchise, as well as approval of the new ownership and home venue for the team. This transaction follows on the 2014 sale of the Philadelphia Wings lacrosse franchise to Mohegan Sun, in which the firm represented the ownership group, led by Brad Brewster, Michael French and Ted Goldthorpe, who continues to be represented by the firm and has an ongoing investment in the lacrosse franchise.
Represented a real estate investment firm in a $2.7 million private offering. The representation involved drafting all documents, including state and federal securities filings.
Represented Acreage Holdings, Inc. in its acquisition of Compassionate Care Foundation, Inc., a New Jersey-based vertically integrated medical cannabis nonprofit corporation.
Represented a Philadelphia-based event planning company in its financing and purchase of an event venue in Philadelphia.
Represented a global leader of cloud-based eClinical solutions in connection with a master lease to finance equipment.
Represented a multi-state owner of cannabis licenses and assets in connection with an agreement to acquire, by merger, a California corporation holding a license for a cannabis dispensary in Oakland.
Represented an insurance agency in connection with its going independent transaction with Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and simultaneous sale to HUB International Limited, a leading North American insurance brokerage firm.
Represented a leading education and research provider for the risk management and insurance industry, in its strategic acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Claims Litigation Management (CLM) and Claims Pages. CLM is the largest member organization of insurance professionals. The seller's businesses include insurance conferences, local chapter events, online resources, and other member benefits.
Represented the Full Tilt Poker affiliated companies in a three-way transaction with PokerStars and the United States Department of Justice that provided for the resolution of civil forfeiture proceedings against the Full Tilt Poker companies, the transfer of Full Tilt's online poker assets to PokerStars, and the payment by PokerStars of $547 million to the United States and $184 million to Full Tilt's non-U.S. player.
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- Association for Corporate Growth
Community Activities
- Philadelphia ACG Women’s Committee
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Practice Areas
Industry Groups
Admissions
- New Jersey
- New York
- Pennsylvania
Education
- Widener University Delaware Law School, J.D.
- The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, Research Editor and Featured Article Author
- Manhattanville University, B.A. in Political Science/Economics
