John Paul Boyter
John Paul (“JP”) is an experienced business and transactional attorney that regularly represents clients in a range of business transactions. He focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, startup representation, venture capital and private equity transactions, private placements and securities compliance, and general transactional work. JP assists business clients throughout all stages of a business’s life–from formation, to capital raising and strategic acquisitions, to exit.
JP endeavors to assist his clients with a client-focused approach and strives to handle client matters in a prompt and responsive manner. He is committed to developing meaningful relationships with his clients that go beyond any single transaction.
- University of Arkansas School of Law Juris Doctor, summa cum laude
- Judge Thomas F. Butt Legal Excellence Award for Legal Research and Writing
- Joe C. Barrett Commercial Law Award
- Arkansas Law Review, Articles Editor
- Louisiana State University Shreveport B.S. Accounting
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Startup Representation
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Transactions
- Securities
- Corporate Governance
- Commercial Finance
- Real Estate Transactions
- Estate Planning
- Searching for a Compromise: A Case for the Crypto Like-Kind Exchange, 76 Ark. L. Rev. 191 (2023).
- Representation of Field Agent, Inc. in its cross-border acquisition of Shelfgram Inc., an AI-driven retail insights platform company based in Toronto, Canada.
- Representation of Field Agent, Inc. in its Series B Preferred Stock offering.
- Representation of Crafton, Tull & Associates Inc. in its acquisition of Prism Design Studio, LLC.
- Representation of Crafton, Tull & Associates Inc. in its acquisition of Laneshift, LLC.
- Representation of privately held aviation maintenance company in connection with $15 million acquisition of aviation hangar.
- Representation of privately held retail apparel company in connection with debt restructuring and issuance of $37.5 million senior credit facility.
- Representation of recycling equipment and sustainability company in the sale of its assets to private-equity backed acquirer.
- Representation of Caisson Capital Partners in its private securities raise, assumption of existing and origination of supplemental Fannie Mae loan, and acquisition of 184-unit multifamily apartment complex.
- Representation of local bank in connection with $70 million commercial real estate transaction.
- Representation of U.S. subsidiary of a Canadian company in its Series B Preferred Stock offering.
- Representation of Arkansas-based company in the carbon credit industry in its Class B Unit offering.
- Representation of local bank in its subordinated debt offering.
