Attorney Marina Speligene

Practice Focus

Business Banking and Finance, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions

Marina Speligene focuses her practice primarily on mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, and business banking and finance.

Marina represents private equity funds and corporate clients in connection with private equity transactions, as well as in acquisitions and divestitures of assets and companies. She has experience across a variety of industries, including architecture, environmental services, equipment rental, and energy, among others.

Marina received her law degree, magna cum laude, from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University (LSU), where she was a member of the Louisiana Law Review and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. While in law school, Marina interned for the Honorable Shelly D. Dick, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. She received her bachelor’s degree in criminology, summa cum laude, from LSU.

Experience

Danos Group Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of firm client Danos, in its acquisition of 100% of the equity interests in AXion Logistics, LLC.
PRG – Casa Properties LLC as borrower in the issuance of $241.2 million in tax-exempt bonds to finance a major new student housing development serving Florida International University.
PRG – Oxford Properties LLC as borrower in the issuance of $114.25 million in mixed tax-exempt and taxable bonds to finance 1,282 beds of new student housing at the University of Mississippi.
PRG – Akron Properties LLC as borrower in the issuance of of $158.5 million in tax-exempt and taxable bonds to finance the renovation and revitalization of on-campus housing at the University of Akron in Ohio.
PRG – RI Properties LLC as nonprofit borrower in the issuance of $210 million in tax-exempt bonds to finance the construction of on-campus housing at the University of Rhode Island.
Provident Group – SH II Properties LLC, a Washington limited liability company, as nonprofit borrower in the $519 million financing of 1,592 new beds of student housing for the University of Washington.
Bernhard Capital Partners on behalf of Grace Design Studios (a BCP portfolio company) in its acquisition of CRGA Design.
Bernhard Capital Partners on behalf of Aventia (a BCP portfolio company) in its acquisition of St.Germain.
Bernhard Capital Partners in establishing a dedicated institutional program management (IPM) platform through a controlling investment in Brailsford & Dunlavey.
Bernhard Capital Partners on behalf of Grace Herbert Curtis Architects (a BCP portfolio company) in its:
- Investment in Orcutt|Winslow.
- Investment in Hastings+Chivetta Architects.
H&E Equipment Services, including the company’s:
- Sale of its Komatsu earthmoving distribution business to Waukesha-Pearce Industries.
- Acquisition of One Source Equipment Rental.
- Acquisition of Lewistown Rental.
- Acquisition of Precision Rentals.
Stately Doors & Windows in its acquisition of Reilly Architectural.
Danos Group Holdings in its acquisition of Performance Energy Services.
Seniors Advisory Services in its acquisition by Senior Market Sales®.
Bernhard LLC in its Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS) partnership with the University of New Orleans.
The Shobe Financial Group in its acquisition by Carson Group.

Publications / Presentations

Author, “NIL and NFTs Collide: LSU’s Expeditious Embrace,” LLR Lagniappe, The Online Companion of the Louisiana Law Review, March 2022.

Education

J.D., magna cum laude, from Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, 2022
- Member of the Louisiana Law Review
- Order of the Coif
B.A., summa cum laude, from Louisiana State University, 2018