Charles Heins advises clients with a strategic, solution-oriented approach focused on advancing their business objectives. He advises privately held and publicly traded companies on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and securities transactions. He has significant experience drafting legal documents, managing due diligence and advising on corporate transactions such as acquisitions, recapitalizations and private placements.

Charles has played a key role on transaction teams across various industries, supporting clients through complex deals and investments. His responsibilities include drafting and negotiating agreements, coordinating filings and acting as a key contact for legal and operational matters. He frequently drafts documents such as asset purchase agreements, membership interest purchase agreements, stock purchase agreements and private placement memoranda.

He also advises boards, management teams and equity holders on corporate governance, operational contracts and commercial matters. His work includes preparing bylaws, operating agreements, confidentiality agreements and other governance and operational agreements. Before joining Lathrop GPM, Charles served as lead associate on numerous transactions at an Am Law 200 firm, assisting with operational matters and guiding clients through regulatory and strategic challenges.

Areas of Focus

Experience

  • Represented the purchaser in a strategic acquisition of a heavy industrial company for $1.4 billion.
  • Represented the investor in structured preferred investment of $450 million.
  • Represented a private equity firm in acquisition of a portfolio company for $150 million.
  • Represented the issuer in a tender offer for $600 million in senior notes.
  • Represented the purchaser in the strategic acquisition of a data company for $10 million.
  • Represented the purchaser in the strategic acquisition of an agribusiness company for $85 million.
  • Represented the acquired company in a cross-border M&A transaction for $30 million.
  • Represented the seller in the sale of an engineering firm for $9 million.
  • Represented the seller in the sale of a green energy business for $8.5 million.
  • Represented the investors in a capital raise of $15 million.
  • Represented a company in a capital raise of $7 million.

Credentials

Education

  • University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., 2018)
  • University of Denver (B.A., Global Political Economy & International Politics, 2013)

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • Missouri

Professional Activities

  • American Bar Association (ABA)
  • Lawyers Association of Kansas City (LAKC)
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (KCMBA)

Community Involvement

  • Nelson Atkins Young Friends of Art (YFA)
  • Operation Breakthrough, Lawyers Encouraging Academic Performance (LEAP)