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Austin White
Austin White
Counsel — Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity
E: awhite@velaw.com T: +1.512.542.8405
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Counsel — Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity

Austin White

Austin White
Austin
T: +1.512.542.8405
F: +1.512.236.3242

200 West 6th Street
Suite 2500
Austin, Texas 78701

E: awhite@velaw.com
M: 737.895.5581
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Austin White

Austin’s principal areas of practice are mergers and acquisitions, private equity and general corporate representation. Austin works with a variety of public and private companies as well as private equity investors and their portfolio companies in connection with mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and strategic investments.

Before joining Vinson & Elkins, Austin practiced at a top-tier Canadian law firm in Toronto, concentrating on mergers and acquisitions. The following is a list of representative matters in which Austin has assisted.

Experience Highlights

  • American Insulated Glass, a portfolio company of AV Capital, in its sale to Trulite Glass & Aluminum Solutions, one of North America’s largest architectural glass and aluminum fabricators

  • Global Infrastructure Partners in the execution of a definitive agreement with Canadian-based TC Energy to acquire a 40% interest in its Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC and Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC systems, in a new joint venture, with total proceeds expected to be US$3.9 billion

  • OfficeSpace Software, a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners, in its acquisition of Greetly, the world’s most customizable visitor management system

  • OJO Labs, Inc., an Austin-based real estate technology company guiding more people to successful home ownership, in the sale of OJO Canada to Royal Bank of Canada

  • StarRez Global, a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners, in its acquisition of Oceania Software Services and its subsidiary, Residential Management Systems, a developer of housing, conferencing, and judicial management software solutions serving colleges, universities, as well as private sector properties

  • StarRez, Inc., a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners in its acquisition of Adirondack Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of college student housing software

  • Zilliant Incorporated, a provider of price optimization and price management software, in its sale to Madison Dearborn Partners

Credentials

  • Queen’s University Law School, J.D., 2015
  • University of Waterloo, M.A., Political Science, 2012
  • University of Waterloo, B.A., Political Science, 2011
  • The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch,” Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Austin), 2024
  • Ontario Bar Association
  • Ontario
  • Texas

News & Insights

Deals & Cases
Trulite and American Insulated Glass Announce Acquisition
March 4, 2024
Press Release
Vinson & Elkins Announces 2024 Class of New Partners and Counsel
November 29, 2023
Rankings & Awards
Vinson & Elkins Earns 308 Rankings in The Best Lawyers in America (BL Rankings, LLC) 2024, Including 6 “Lawyer of the Year” Recognitions
August 21, 2023
Deals & Cases
TC Energy Partners with Global Infrastructure Partners Through $5.2B Sale of a 40% Equity Interest in Columbia Gas and Columbia Gulf
July 24, 2023