Cases
Experience: Strategic Mergers
Acquisitions : Represented a publicly traded auto parts retail company in connection with its acquisition of an auto parts supply business with a significant presence in the Northeast
Mid-Atlantic regions
Advised a publicly traded auto parts retail company in connection with its divestiture of approximately 100 store locations
Advised a multinational chemicals
plastic company relating to its acquisition of an acetate homopolymer
co-polymer (PVAc) business from a publicly traded chemicals company
Counseled a strategic client
a private equity client in connection with a proposed acquisition to acquire the car rental division of a publicly traded car rental company
Advised a medical device company in connection with its sale to a wholly-owned subsidiary of a publicly traded healthcare company
Counseled an international chemicals company with respect to its acquisition of a division of a publicly traded chemicals company
Represented two medical groups in connection with each entity's buy-back from a publicly traded medical services management company
Assisted in the divestiture of the pharmaceutical
optometry businesses of a prominent primary care
multispecialty medical group located in Southern California
Advised with respect to the tender offer
merger of a scientific research company with a publicly traded aerospace company
Counseled an international retail company in its negotiations to purchase a regional furniture retail business
Counseled a Fortune 100 company in connection with the divestiture of its window business
Managed all aspects of a multi-billion dollar merger of a publicly traded steel distribution company with a publicly traded steel processing company
Assisted a publicly traded company organized
operating in Engl
Wales in a cross-border merger with a California corporation for consideration in excess of $100,000,000
Counseled a Fortune 500 company in connection with the divestiture of a wholly-owned subsidiary with a value in excess of $250,000,000
Represented the leading manufacturer of interactive board games, with a value of $100,000,000, in connection with its sale to an NYSE-listed company
Private Equity: Counseled a private equity fund in connection with its proposed, simultaneous acquisitions of the U.S.
European businesses of an international flooring company
Represented a private equity fund in connection its proposed acquisition of a publicly traded, internet based services company
Counseled a private equity fund in connection with the acquisition
subsequent divestiture of a supplier of refurbished IT hardware
related services to a publicly traded electronics distributor
Advised a private equity fund its proposed acquisition of a Canadian publicly traded health
safety company
Counseled a private equity fund relating to the merger of one of its portfolio companies, which owns
manages night clubs, with another club management company
Represented a private equity fund
its portfolio company, a producer of content for in-store TV networks, with respect to its merger with a provider of in-store entertainment for retail, restaurant,
hospitality environments
Represented a Southern California-based private equity fund in connection with its acquisition of a controlling interest in an online placement agency with a total investment of $40,000,000
Represented a private equity fund in connection with its participation in equity
senior debt financings with total value in excess of $45,000,000 by a company that provides software solutions to hospitals
medical groups
Venture Capital: Assisted a multinational Japanese technology firm in its investment in over 20 emerging growth
later stage venture capital companies in the internet, high-tech
life sciences industries
Negotiated multiple private placements of securities with an aggregate value in excess of $100,000,000 for a Northern California-based fund with funds in excess of $300,000,000
Managed over 30 venture capital, Internet-related investments for a Southern California-based venture capital fund
Represented a private company, which is one of the market leaders in article research
which provides Internet access to the world's largest library of scientific, medical
technical journals, in its issuance of multiple series of preferred stock with an aggregate value of $60,000,000
Advised a REIT with net assets in excess of $500,000,000 with respect to matters in connection with a private placement with an aggregate offering price of $50,000,000.
Advised a late stage management data services company in the sale of $20,000,000 of its convertible promissory notes to various accredited investors
Negotiated a private placement of $10,000,000 of Series B preferred stock of a software management services firm
Formed an animation studio company
counseled on all aspects relating to the company's legal
business needs, including representing the company in connection its financings with angel
venture capital investors
Advised the leading provider of mortgage software solutions on the internet in connection with a bridge financing
Series A
Series B preferred stock financings
Represented a venture capital fund in connection with its tender offer to acquire all outst
ing securities of a privately-held company that offers security software solutions
infrastructure support to utility companies
subsequent cash-out, back-end merger
reorganization
Joint Ventures, Restructurings, Debt Financings
Other Securities Offerings
Exchanges: Assisted a publicly traded chemicals company in connection with the restructuring
follow-on investment in a multi-billion dollar joint venture in Saudi Arabia
Represented an affiliate of a publicly traded oil
gas company in connection with a multi-billion dollar restructuring
stock exchange involving an oil
gas joint venture with a multi-billion dollar, publicly traded Spanish company
Represented a lender
related affiliates with respect to its equity investments in connection with numerous mezzanine financing
restructuring transactions
Negotiated
prepared documents regarding the restructure of two public companies' outst
ing debt in excess of $350,000,000
$100,000,000, respectively
Advised the majority shareholder of an Internet-based educational learning, training
support company with respect to finance
restructuring matters
such company's merger with a dominant educational software company
an affiliated entity
Counseled an exclusive housing cooperative in its corporate
financial $300,000,000 restructuring
Represented a Fortune 500 oil
gas company with respect to a $50,000,000 joint venture with a regional power supply
transport company
Assisted a Fortune 100 investment bank in connection with $150,000,000 convertible subordinated note offering of one of its portfolio companies
Represented the majority shareholder of a technology company with respect to a proposed $30,000,000 joint venture with an international cellular technology company
Negotiated a joint venture with a national credit agency to form a one-stop online credit application website with initial annual revenues of $200,000,000
Negotiated a settlement
related corporate divorce of an online payment processing company with total annual revenues in excess of $100,000,000 for such company's co-founder
majority shareholder
Counseled a healthcare management company in a private placement of $20,000,000 of its senior subordinated notes, its reorganization as a Delaware corporation
its negotiations for a new $100,000,000 credit facility
