R. Mason Bayler

Mason chairs the firm’s Transactional Department and is a member of the firm’s Management Team and Policy Committee.

Mason is a partner in the firm’s Corporate practice. His practice focuses on the representation of public and private companies in connection with mergers and acquisitions and security offerings. He is a 1995 graduate of Tulane University School of Law where he was on the Tulane Law Review and received his bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina. A member of the American, Virginia, and Richmond Bar Associations, Mason also served as a law clerk for the late Honorable Robert R. Merhige, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

• Representation of TXNM Energy, Inc. in connection with $11.5 billion sale to Blackstone Infrastructure and related $400 million PIPE.
• Representation of Norfolk Southern Railway Company in connection with multiple transactions involving the acquisition and sale of rail line assets.
• Representation of private equity fund Arcapita in connection with the acquisition of Precision NDT.
• Representation of Dominion Energy, Inc. in connection with numerous acquisitions related to the develop of merchant solar portfolio.
• Representation of American Tire Distributors in the sale of a Canadian subsidiary to Groupe Touchette.
• Outside counsel to independent directors of Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.
• Represented Dominion Energy, Inc. in $1.5 billion sale of interest in Blue Racer Midstream joint venture to First Reserve.
• Represented The Brink’s Company in $520 million acquisition of Dunbar Armored, Inc.
• Represented Lumos Networks Corp. in connection with $950 million sale to EQT Infrastructure Fund.
• Represented Union Bankshares Corp. in connection with $700 million acquisition of Xenith Bankshares, Inc.
• Represented Windstream Holdings, Inc. in connection with $227 million acquisition of Broadview Networks Holdings, Inc.
• Represented Access National Corporation in connection with $233 million acquisition of Middleburg Financial Corporation.
• Represented StellarOne Corporation in connection with $445 million merger with Union First Market Bankshares Corporation.

• Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer (2021-2025) – independently rated lawyers
• Best Lawyers in America®: Corporate Law (2018-2026), Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions (2024-2026), Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2024-2025)
• Virginia Super Lawyers (2012-2015)
• Virginia Business Legal Elite in Business Law (2013)
• Legal 500 United States: M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Middle-Market (Sub-$500M) (2022-2025); Corporate (2015-2016)