Mona Betancourt is a Member of the firm’s Business Law and Transactions and Private Equity, Venture Capital and Emerging Companies practice groups. She handles equity and asset acquisitions and dispositions, financing, venture capital, corporate restructuring, and other corporate matters. With a career in law spanning over 15 years, Mona has represented local, national, and international business clients on a wide range of transactions. She brings experience in strategic planning and attention to detail, with a focus on accessibility with clients.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Mona was a Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and a Lecturer in Law at Tumaini University in Iringa, Tanzania, before working as General Counsel for Preemo, a technology company based in Miami. She then worked as an Associate Attorney at Alvarez & Diaz-Silveira LLP and its spinoff, Grady Hunt PLLC, both boutique corporate transactional firms in Miami, and later continued as an Associate Attorney in the corporate groups at Benesch, Coplan, Friedlander & Aronoff LLP and Gutnicki LLP in Chicago. Mona joined Aronberg Goldgehn as a Member in 2026.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• Represented the larger party in a $900 million merger with a target group comprised of 15 subsidiaries, which manufactures several brands of recreational marine equipment and after-market products for boats. The transaction involved owned and leased property, including manufacturing and distribution facilities, assignment of international patents and trademarks, coordination with Canadian counsel regarding Canadian subsidiaries, coordination of filing under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, analysis of CFIUS issues, analysis of open litigation claims and other liabilities, and negotiation of multiple third-party consents from major suppliers.

• Represented overseas buyer in $730 million (including $137 million earn-out) acquisition of a U.S. retail cooler company from a private equity seller. The transaction involved seven subsidiaries in the U.S. and China; multiple patents, trademarks, and other transferred IP; licensing and supplier agreements that required third-party consents, which were individually negotiated; three commercial leases for manufacturing facilities and Phase II environmental assessments; and employees across a dozen U.S. states.

• Represented overseas buyer in $157 million purchase of U.S. company producing multiple brands of after-market power supplies for recreational vehicles and boats from private equity seller. The transaction involved a Mexican subsidiary and manufacturing facility, a Canadian subsidiary, the assignment of international patents and trademarks, employees in eight U.S. states as well as Canada and Mexico, six office and manufacturing facilities (all leased), key executive employment agreements and restrictive covenant agreements, and the coordination of international counsel.

• Represented overseas buyer in $80 million (including $20 million earn-out) purchase of assets of U.S. company producing outdoor grills under four brands and their respective subsidiaries. The transaction involved transitioning 130 employees, assignment of intellectual property, including international trademarks, a Phase II ESA, and assignment and renegotiation of the lease for a large manufacturing and office facility.

• Represented multiple borrowers in HUD loans ranging from $20 million to $100 million.

• Represented buyers and sellers in acquisitions and dispositions of healthcare facilities, including skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, behavioral health clinics, dialysis centers, and related facilities in transactions ranging from $5 million to $80 million.

• Represented overseas buyer in $53 million (including $10 million earn-out) acquisition of a company producing after-market electronics and other products for the upfitting of recreational vehicles and boats. The transaction involved two subsidiaries, several executive incentive payments, restrictive covenant agreements, the transfer of intellectual property, and multiple commercial leases.

• Represented multiple borrowers in HUD loans ranging from $20 million to $100 million.

• Represented buyers and sellers in acquisitions and dispositions of healthcare facilities, including skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, behavioral health clinics, dialysis centers, and related facilities in transactions ranging from $5 million to $80 million.

• Represented overseas buyer in $53 million (including $10 million earn-out) acquisition of a company producing after-market electronics and other products for the upfitting of recreational vehicles and boats. The transaction involved two subsidiaries, several executive incentive payments, restrictive covenant agreements, the transfer of intellectual property, and multiple commercial leases.

• Represented buyer in its roll-up acquisition strategy, acquiring the non-clinical assets of various behavioral health practices in various states, including states with corporate practice of medicine laws.

• Represented U.S. buyer in $44 million purchase of Wyoming commercial property portfolio and subsequent assignment to seven buyer subsidiaries.

• Represented Series A investor in a $25 million investment in a high-end vintage car customization company.

• Represented a multi-generational family manufacturing company in restructuring its ownership to pass on control to new generations.

• Represented a steel manufacturing company in a $22 million sale of its alloy extrusions business to a strategic purchaser.

• Represented the buyer in its acquisition of the majority interest in a plumbing and HVAC repair and contracting company located in Illinois, a transaction which included an F-reorganization.

• Represented the buyer in its acquisition of the majority interest in a general contracting company and associated service company located in Texas, a transaction which included a complicated pre-closing reorganization of the target companies.

• Represented the buyer in its acquisition of a pet treat manufacturing company, a transaction which included a rollover of equity interests.

• Represented a major consumer products brand in updating all of its significant form contracts, including distribution, manufacturing, sponsorship, supply, and vendor agreements.

• Represented a Tennessee fund purchasing the recording and songwriting catalogues of multiple musical artists in transactions ranging from $13 million to $38 million.

• Represented Florida buyer/borrower in $38 million purchase, with related financing, of adjacent condominium properties in Florida in use as and to be used as semi-independent living and retirement residences. Issued corporate opinion letter and coordinated regulatory opinion letter. Created a joint venture structure for the buyer among various investors and operational managers.

• Represented an overseas buyer in a $36 million (including $6 million earn-out) acquisition of a U.S. solar panel manufacturing company from the parent company seller. The transaction involved Phase II ESA of the manufacturing facility, assignment of multiple patents and trademarks, coordination with IP and regulatory counsel, and employment agreements and restrictive covenant agreements for key executives.

• Represented a Florida-based Buyer of commercial real estate across the U.S. who purchases industrial land valued between $5 million and $15 million for the purpose of industrial storage and tractor-trailer parking. This involved approximately 6-8 transactions per year, 50% of which involved financing. Each time, a series of single-purpose entities and investor entities was created; often, the property, or a portion of it, was leased back to the seller.

• Negotiated a $27 million construction loan for a North Carolina borrower developing a mixed-use residential and retail complex in Orlando. The transaction involved significant negotiation and coordination with the City of Orlando to amend zoning ordinances, as well as with the contractor, architecture, and engineering firms, all of which the borrower paid with the proceeds from the Loan.

• Issued Florida opinion letters for multiple amendments and refinancings of credit facilities for a client with multiple driving school subsidiaries across the U.S. (issued opinions as to Florida subsidiaries).

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