Eric Wright

Eric Wright is an associate at Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, where his practice focuses on corporate transactional law, including mergers and acquisitions, debt finance transactions, and general corporate matters.

Mr. Wright received his J.D. from the University of Colorado Law School, where he graduated as a member of the Order of the Coif, and his B.A. from Stanford University. During law school, he served as class vice president and as an articles editor for the Colorado Technology Law Journal. He also completed an internship with the Business & Licensing Section of the Colorado Department of Law, an opportunity that enabled him to hone his legal drafting abilities. Prior to graduation, Mr. Wright was a summer associate at DGS and carried out various drafting and legal research responsibilities. After completing his undergraduate program in economics, he worked as a financial analyst for Maxim Integrated in San Jose, California, and then as an account manager at Funding Circle in San Francisco.

Outside of his legal practice, Mr. Wright is actively engaged in philanthropic initiatives. Mr. Wright is a member of the Mile High United Way Catalyst Society, a group of business leaders in the Denver Metro area focused on philanthropic and leadership development.

Recent Representative Transactions

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Represented Steven Charles – A Dessert Company®, a maker of gourmet desserts supplying foodservice and retail customers across North America, in connection with its sale to Dessert Holdings®
• Represented a large family office in connection with the acquisition of Frontier Waste Solutions, a Texas-based solid waste and recycling collection service company
• Represented the U.S. subsidiary of Obayashi Corporation in connection with its acquisition of a majority equity stake in MWH US Acquisitions, a Colorado-based water and wastewater construction management company
• Represented RCI Metalworks LLC, a manufacturer of accessories for off-road vehicles, in connection with its sale to a portfolio company of Cortec Group
• Represented CoorsTek, Inc. in connection with the acquisition of the Lexington, Kentucky armor manufacturing facility of Avon Protection plc

Debt Financing Transactions

• Approximately $120 million of committed acquisition financing for a private equity consortium’s acquisition of a waste and recycling company
• Over $400 million in aggregate construction loans for Snowmass base village development project
• Approximately $200 million credit facility for DMC Global Inc.
• Approximately $200 million credit facility for Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

Private Equity Financing Transactions

• Numerous early-stage investments by Foundry in technology startup companies