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Chandler received his J.D. from Yale Law School and his B.A. in history, magna cum laude, from the University of Wyoming. He is admitted to practice in Florida and New York.

Chandler leads the corporate and transactional practice at Showalter PLLC, a firm built around an AI-augmented workflow, where he heads the firm’s deal-side work across M&A, securities, and commercial contracting.

Chandler’s transactional experience spans the full range of deal sizes and structures, from smaller acquisitions handled end-to-end and founder-owned business transactions through middle-market acquisitions and divestitures, private equity-backed transactions, cross-border investments, and complex public-company M&A, with matters in the healthcare, financial services, transportation, manufacturing, food and beverage, and tourism and hospitality industries. Representative matters handled prior to joining Showalter PLLC include three small asset acquisitions with an aggregate transaction value of approximately $1 million, handled end-to-end for the acquiror; the $20 million sale of a healthcare practice to private equity; a $35 million asset acquisition in food and beverage manufacturing; a $56 million acquisition in shipping and transportation; an $80 million cross-border joint venture in tourism and hospitality; a $260 million divestiture of a shipping and transportation business line; the $300 million acquisition of three hospitals; and assistance with a $28 billion public-company merger in the banking sector. On the securities side, Chandler has represented issuers and underwriters in public and private offerings of debt, preferred equity, and common equity, SPAC initial public offerings, convertible securities offerings, and Rule 144A and Regulation S transactions, ranging from growth-company financings to multibillion-dollar offerings, and he advises public companies on Securities Act and Exchange Act matters, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K, proxy disclosure, and other SEC reporting obligations. Before joining Showalter PLLC, Chandler practiced with Squire Patton Boggs and Carlton Fields in Tampa, and began his legal career with Sullivan & Cromwell in New York, where his practice focused principally on capital markets and other significant corporate transactions.