Cody Wilson is an associate in the Dallas office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. His practice focuses on complex business transactions involving public and private companies, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, growth and venture investments, minority investments, and exits, and advising on general corporate matters.
Cody graduated, summa cum laude, from the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in 2020, where he was named a member of Order of the Coif and a Hatton W. Sumners Scholar, and served as an editor of the SMU Law Review, a teaching assistant for Professor Gregory Crespi, and a research assistant for Professor Christopher Hanna.
Before law school, Cody gained extensive sales and sales management experience within the automotive industry. He also earned an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering, with distinction, from the University of Oklahoma where he was awarded departmental honors in recognition of his distinguished academic record.
Cody is admitted to the State Bar of Texas.
Representative Matters
- Counsel to Trive Capital in numerous acquisitions by OWL Services, a provider of integrated solutions for petroleum convenience and electric vehicle markets.
- Counsel to Keystone Group, a privately held investment firm, in several investments.
- Counsel to American Airlines in its partnership with JetSMART, an ultra-low-cost carrier operating in South America.
- Counsel to an affiliate of Lone Star Funds in its $3.8 billion acquisition of SPX Flow, Inc, a leading provider of process solutions for the nutrition, health and industrial markets.
- Counsel to an affiliate of Lone Star Funds in its sale of Arclin, Inc., a chemistry‐based provider of highly technical, engineered products for the residential building products market and other industries, to The Jordan Company, L.P.
- Counsel to Satori Capital, a Texas-based multi-strategy investment firm in its minority investment in Torani, a leading manufacturer and distributor of multi-flavor syrups used in Italian ice drinks, café lattes and other food and beverages.
- Counsel to CenterOak Partners, LLC in acquisitions of numerous businesses, including Palmetto Exterminators, HK Solutions Group, SurfacePrep, Hometown Services and CollisionRight.
- Counsel to CenterOak Partners, LLC its dispositions of Cascade Windows to Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc. and Vivify Specialty Ingredients to Gryphon Investors.
Publications
- Article – March 30, 2023 | U.S. International Tax Policy and Corporate America to be published in The Journal of Corporation Law.
- Article – April 15, 2021 | 10 Things to Know About US Competent Authority Assistance published in Law360.
- Article – March 15, 2021 | International Tax Planning for Domestic Multinational Corporations: Optimizing Effective Tax Rates by Turning Sticks into Snakes and Implementing Other Strategies published in the Virginia Law & Business Review.
- Article – June 30, 2020 | “Form” Determine “Substance” – A Call to Reign in Tax Law’s Substance-Over-Form Principle published in the Creighton Law Review.
- Article – January 9, 2020 | Taxing Trades: Proposals to Keep Moneyball out of Tax Law published in the SMU Law Review.
- Article – July 19, 2019 | Tribal Sovereignty and Online Gaming: Fantasy Sports Offer Tribes What Other Games Do Not published in the SMU Law Review.
Capabilities
Credentials
Education:
- SMU Dedman School of Law - 2020 Juris Doctor
- University of Oklahoma - 2014 Bachelor of Science
Admissions:
- Texas Bar