Gina Betts
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Gina Betts

Partner
betts.gina@dorsey.com

Overview

GINA HELPS COMPANIES REACH THEIR STRATEGIC BUSINESS GOALS THROUGH CORPORATE COUNSELING AND SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF MERGERS, CAPITAL MARKET ACCESS, PRIVATE EQUITY FINANCINGS AND OTHER CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS.

Gina has extensive experience in corporate law. She represents venture, debt and equity funds; middle-market private equity funds; family offices; portfolio companies; and public and private corporations. She has experience in fund formations, going private transactions, recapitalizations, mergers and acquisitions, roll-up transactions, rights offerings, spin-offs, and leveraged and management buy-outs. Clients count on her for ongoing advice on corporate governance matters that affect everything from daily operations to entity-transforming transactions.

Gina also represents companies in connection with the negotiation and structuring of joint ventures, limited liability companies, partnerships, and other general business arrangements.

Gina has served as lead counsel on transactions in many industries, including manufacturing, packaging, medical devices, retail, beauty, manufactured housing and mobile homes, technology, food, consumer products and real estate.

Gina has over 30 years of experience representing companies in their formations, acquisitions, IPOs, and public and private financing transactions. She maintains an AV® Preeminent rating with Martindale-Hubbell®, which is the highest possible rating in both Legal Ability & Ethical Standards in 2023. She was named a Dallas 500 Business Leader for her merger & acquisition work, by D CEO Magazine in 2015 and 2016.

Education & Admissions

American University Washington College of Law (J.D.), American University Law Review, Member

Southern Methodist University (B.A.)

Admissions

  • Texas
  • U.S. Supreme Court

Experience

Representative Transactions

  • Represents healthcare companies. 
  • Represents corporations in public and private capital raising transactions.
  • Represents corporations in public and private merger transactions.
  • Represents multiple private equity funds in acquisitions and in making investments.
  • Represents funds in legal review of investment opportunities.
  • Represents multiple private equity funds in acquisitions and in making investments.
  • Represents modular housing manufacturer in expansion into Qualified Opportunity Zones.
  • Represents distillery in acquisition of liquor brands.
  • Represents packaging company in acquisitions.
  • Represents an elastomeric coatings manufacturing company in negotiating international supply and distribution agreements.
  • Represents a company in acquisition of international data processing companies.

News & Resources

Articles

Dallas

Professional & Civic

Community Involvement

  • Luke’s Fast Breaks, Director
  • Crystal Charity Ball

Accolades

  • Recognized as a Woman Leader in the Law
  • Dallas 500 Business Leader, D CEO Magazine 
  • Best Lawyers in Dallas – Corporate Finance Honoree, D Magazine  
  • Women in Business Honoree, Dallas Business Journal 
  • Rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell®
Gina Betts