Gary Laitner is a qualified solicitor in England and Wales, and he is a partner in the London business and corporate services group.

Prior to joining Faegre Baker Daniels, Gary was a partner at Crowell & Moring and a Worldwide Partner in the tax and legal practice of Arthur Andersen. Gary has considerable experience in all types of company and corporate finance transaction, including acquisitions, disposals and joint ventures. Gary has particular experience in cross-border merger and acquisition work, and he works frequently with clients based in the United Kingdom and United States.

Examples of transactions Gary has worked on include:

• Advising RSMP Ltd (trading as Sedari) on an initial funding round, including negotiating and finalising appropriate documentation with multiple investors
• Advising Elta Group Limited on its acquisition of Duct Products (1998) Limited, and its wholly owned subsidiary Duct Products Limited
• Advising ICM Registry in connection with a new top level domain application to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
• Advising FleetCor on a 10-year, €300 million contract to support Shell's Commercial Fleet fuel cards programme in Europe and Asia. The deal involved FleetCor teaming up with Logica to deliver the service to Shell
• Advising Les Creux House Investment Limited on its acquisition of Airepure Australia Limited
• Advising Pentair, Inc. in connection with its investment in Voltea Limited
• Advising FleetCor Europe Limited on its acquisition of the UK and Ireland fuel card businesses of Retail Decisions
• Advising the former chief executive of a well known high street clothing chain on the structuring of a substantial loyalty and termination bonus 
• Advising on the £28m disposal of A&J Gummers Limited to Masco Corporation, mid-market VC deal of the year
• Acting for the management team in respect of the £90m acquisition of Adams Childrenswear business from Sears Limited and acting for Adams Childrenswear in the £120m recapitalisation to fund expansion backed by Lloyds TSB Development Capital
• Advising on the £40m disposal of WH Smith & Sons (Extrusions) Limited to Bowater plc
• Advising on the £47.8m disposal of Air Movement (Holdings) Limited to Smiths plc
• Advising on the £50m acquisition of H Leverton Limited from Unilever UK Holdings Limited by Finning (UK) Ltd and advising on the £59m sale of finance book by Finning (UK) Ltd., Finning Equipment Hire Limited and Finning Finance Limited to Caterpillar Financial Services (UK) Limited
• Advising on the refinancing of all committed banking facilities of Wagon plc by means of an £80m Syndicated Multi-currency Credit Agreement arranged by The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
• Advising on the £24m disposal of WH Smith & Sons (Scotland) Limited to Pressac plc
• Advising on the formation, fundraisings, admission to AIM and on the offer for Oneview.net plc for $200m
• Advising Deloitte on the acquisition of the Burlington Consultancy Limited
• Acting for the Offeror in the take private of AIM quoted West Bromwich Albion plc
• Advising a client on an investment in the $887,467,000 Offset Related Structured Debt Financing of Aircraft Lease Purchases
• Advising a client on the $47 million vendor financing of an equipment sale for the establishment of a mobile phone network
• Acting for the vendors on the £53.6m sale of C H Jones (Holdings) Limited to Fleetcor Technologies, Inc. and subsequently acting for Fleetcor Technologies, Inc. in the purchase of various UK fuel bunkering businesses (shares and assets).

Honors

• Legal 500 UK —  "Standout Partner" in M&A, 2011

Professional Associations

• Law Society of England and Wales