Cases
Experience: Mergers
Acquisitions: Represented ProLogis in its merger with AMB Property Corporation.
Represented CPower, Inc. in its sale to Constellation Energy Group, Inc.
Represented ArcelorMittal, S.A. in the sale of its Sparrows Point, Maryl
, integrated steel facility pursuant to a divestiture order entered in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Represented Dofasco Tubular Products Corporation, a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal, S.A., in the sale of its Elizabethtown, Kentucky, stainless tube making facility to Samuel Manu-Tech Inc.
Represented a special committee of the board of directors of a publicly held corporation in its evaluation of strategic options for the corporation, including an outright sale
a private investment in public equity transaction.
Represented Tenneco Inc. in its acquisition from Delphi Automotive Systems LLC of certain ride control assets
inventory located at Delphi's Kettering, Ohio, facility.
Represented Caterpillar Inc. in its acquisition of Progress Rail Services, Inc.
Represented Marconi Corporation plc in the following transactions: The sale of its U.S. telecommunications equipment businesses to Ericsson.
The sale of its Outside Power, Plant
Services businesses to Emerson Electric Co.
The sale of its North American Access business to Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc. (now Tellabs, Inc.)
The sale of its Marconi Data Systems subsidiaries to Danaher Corporation.
Represented United Stationers Inc. in its acquisition of the stock of Sweet Paper Sales Corp.
substantially all of the assets of Sweet Paper Sales Group, Inc., a privately held wholesale distributor of janitorial, sanitation, paper,
foodservice products.
Represented Capital One Financial Corporation in its acquisition of esmartloan.com from National Bank of Kansas City
esmartloan.com management, as well as in its acquisition of Onyx Acceptance Corporation through a public merger.
Represented Suez S.A. in the sale of Ondeo Nalco Company to a consortium of private equity investors, led by The Blackstone Group, Apollo Management L.P.
Goldman Sachs Capital Partners.
Represented Northern Trust Investments, Inc. in its acquisition of the passive investment management business of Deutsche Bank AG.
Represented YUM! Br
s, Inc. (KFC, Taco Bell,
Pizza Hut) in its acquisition of Long John Silver's
A&W restaurants.
Represented Arthur Andersen LLP in the sales of various accounting practices to KPMG LLP.
Represented Illinois Tool Works Inc. in its acquisition of Foilmark, Inc. through a cash tender offer
a second-step merger.
Represented GATX Corporation in the sale of its U.S. terminals
pipelines business to Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.
Joint Venture Formations
Private Equity Investments: Represented Caterpillar Inc. in its entry into: A 50/50 joint venture LLC with Navistar International Corporation to develop, produce, market, sell, distribute,
support heavy-duty trucks
certain medium-duty trucks outside of North America
the Indian subcontinent.
A series of license agreements
supply agreements with Navistar International Corporation pertaining to on-highway truck engines, fuel injectors, remanufactured components,
other products
in its settlement of certain litigation matters pending with Navistar International Corporation.
Represented a private equity fund in its acquisition from an insurance company of an equity interest in a portfolio of hotels located throughout the United States.
Represented HealthNexis, LLC, a joint venture of AmerisourceBergen Corporation, Cardinal Health, Inc., Fisher Scientific International Inc.,
McKesson Corporation, in the contribution of substantially all of its assets to Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC in exchange for a partial equity interest in Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC.
Joint Venture Terminations
Buy-Outs: Represented a Fortune 50 bank in its acquisition from a third party of the equity interest in a leveraged leasing joint venture not already held by such bank.
Represented Ryerson Inc. in the sale of its equity interest in Collado Ryerson, S.A. de C.V., a 50/50 joint venture between Ryerson Inc.
G Collado, S.A.B. de C.V., to G Collado, S.A.B. de C.V.
Represented The Dow Chemical Company in its acquisition of certain assets from Dow Reichhold Specialty Latex LLC, a 50/50 joint venture between The Dow Chemical Company
Reichhold, Inc.
Represented Whirlpool Corporation in its acquisition from Vitro, S.A. de C.V. of the 51 percent equity interest in Vitromatic, S.A. de C.V. not already held by Whirlpool.
Some of the above representations were h
led by Mr. Luber prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
Previous Experience: Partner, Mayer Brown LLP
