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Hope P. Krebs

About Hope P. Krebs

Hope P. Krebs is a lawyer practicing international taxation, corporate law, franchise distribution and 5 other areas of law. Hope received a B.S. degree from Drexel University in 1984, and has been licensed for 38 years. Hope practices at Duane Morris LLP in Philadelphia, PA.

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Areas of Law

  • Corporate Law
  • Other 7
    • International Taxation
    • Franchise Distribution
    • Franchise Law
    • Mergers and Acquisitions
    • Technology Law
    • Tax Law
    • International Litigation

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Partner
    Firm Name
    Duane Morris LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Representative Matters: Represented Certified Collectibles Group, a leading global provider of authentication, grading
    conservation services, in its sale to funds managed by private equity firm Blackstone (NYSE: BX)'s Tactical Opportunities business, which valued the company at more than $500 million.
    Represented Allevi, Inc., a manufacturer of 3D bioprinters
    bioinks trusted by leading researchers worldwide, in the $9.5 million sale of its business to 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD), a provider of 3D printing
    digital manufacturing solutions.
    Represented Sports Reference LLC, a sports statistics data compilation company in its purchase of certain datasets for professional baseball, football, basketball
    hockey from prominent aggregators Gary Gillette, Peter Palmer
    Kenneth Pullis.
    Represented MLP Ventures
    real estate developer J. Brian O'Neill in the closing of a $144.6 million debt
    equity financing to fund MLP Ventures' purchase of the former GlaxoSmithKline Research & Development Center in Upper Merion, Pennsylvania,
    to fund future operating costs, renovations,
    leasing costs for prospective tenants moving into the center.
    Represented DuPont (NYSE: DD), a global innovation leader with technology-based materials, in its $110 million acquisition of Evoqua's Memcor business, which includes ultrafiltration
    membrane bio-filtration technologies.
    Represented a foreign family office in a $5 million Series C investment in a US-based leading global provider of parcel delivery software
    hardware to businesses in the U.S.
    Europe.
    Represented YouVisit, LLC, a company that has created virtual tours of campuses for more than 600 educational institutions, in its sale to EAB, a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners that provides research, enterprise technology,
    data-enabled services for education institutions.
    Represented an affiliate of Deerfield Management Company, L.P. in a $540 million acquisition financing for the purchase of an office building at 345 Park Avenue South, New York, New York
    for the redevelopment of the building as office building with lab space
    financing included three mortgage loans
    a mezzanine loan.
    Represented New Hampshire-based Unitil Corporation (NYSE: UTL) in its sale of $30 million aggregate principal amount of 3.70% senior notes to several well-known insurance companies.
    Represented Iroko Pharmaceuticals, LLC in connection with a $140 million secured loan facility with CRG, a healthcare investment fund,
    the simultaneous pay-off of Iroko's loan facility with another lender.
    Represented the owners of a test engineering
    technical staffing services company in its sale for $39 million.
    Represented the owners of a furniture retailer with approximately 40 locations in several states in its sale for $42 million.
    Represented an international public energy services company
    its U.S. subsidiary based in Houston in the negotiation
    documentation of an amended
    restated $75 million senior secured revolving credit facility. Converted the credit facility from a single-lender facility to a $75 million syndicated credit agreement, extended its maturity, added a swingline loan facility
    restructured the financial covenants
    certain other provisions. Certain of the borrower's international affiliates guaranteed the obligations under the facility.
    Advised concerning year-end multi-country corporate restructuring for South American investors of $72 million in real estate
    other assets, which were located in six jurisdictions (France, Panama, Peru, Massachusetts, Florida
    Colorado)
    transferred to a new South American holding company.
    Represented a public company in negotiating
    documenting its Fourth Amended
    Restated Credit Agreement with a syndicate of lenders, increasing the capacity under the senior secured revolving credit facility from $1.3 billion to $1.8 billion. The entire amount of the facility may be used for loans
    letters of credit in certain non-U.S. currencies.
    Represented a specialty chemical company in closing a $175 million credit facility, comprised of revolving credit, term loan, swing line
    letters of credit sub-facilities. The credit agreement contains an accordion feature affording the client the right to increase the revolving credit facility size by $50 million.
    Represented Voxx International Corporation in its $20 million acquisition, through Newco, a Delaware LLC, of 54 percent of the assets of EyeLock, Inc., a Puerto Rico corporation,
    EyeLock Corporation, a Delaware corporation,
    a wholly-owned subsidiary of EyeLock, Inc.
    Represented Quanta Services, Inc. (NYSE: PWR) in the sale of five subsidiaries comprising its fiber optic licensing operations to Houston-based Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI) for $1 billion in cash.
    Acted as sole international legal counsel to JM Financial Securities Limited
    Bajaj Finance Limited on Bajaj Finance Limited's Rs. 14.0 billion (US$222 million) sale of its shares in a QIP, including a concurrent private placement to QIBs in the United States.
    Served as the sole international legal counsel on Capital First Limited's recent sale of Rs. 3,000 million (US $48 million) of its shares in a qualified institutional placement (QIP), including concurrent private placements in the United States
    other jurisdictions outside India. The team represented Axis Capital Limited
    JM Financial Institutional Securities Limited, the Book Running Lead Managers for the offering.
    Represented Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited in its collaboration, license
    option agreement with Curis, Inc. for immuno-oncology
    selected precision oncology targets.
    Represented a public international energy services company
    its U.S. subsidiary in Houston in the negotiation
    documentation of a $50 million secured revolving credit facility.
    Represented TuV SuD in its strategic acquisition of RCI Consultants Inc., located in Houston, Texas.
    Represented Balchem Corporation in a $450 million syndicated credit facility led by Bank of America. (Nasdaq: BCPC)
    Represented a private investment company focused on casino operators
    suppliers in (i) rolling up its various gaming equipment finance businesses, (ii) completing a reverse takeover of a Canadian public shell company,
    (iii) completing a public offering of $10 million of common stock
    $10 million of secured convertible debentures.
    Represented a Chicago-based private equity fund in the sale of a Michigan headquartered benefits payments processing services company to an Ohio-based private equity firm.
    Represented a manufacturer of boilers, generators
    heaters in its sale to a private equity company.
    Represented Iroko Pharmaceuticals, a global specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to advancing the science of responsible pain management, in securing $75 million in debt financing to support general business operations
    the commercialization of Iroko's FDA-approved ZORVOLEX (diclofenac), a drug that uses iCeutica Inc.'s proprietary SoluMatrix Fine Particle Technology to both reduce the dosage of active ingredients ingested by the patient
    accelerate the dissolution of the drug in the patient.
    Represented a French CAC 40 company in connection with the sale of its wind-to-energy subsidiary for $81 million.
    Represented a major French CAC 40 company as lender
    guarantor in connection with a $230 million project syndicated loan to a wind energy project.
    Represented the lender in obtaining a $55 million secured financing, consisting of U.S.
    Dutch credit facilities, provided to a global transportation company.

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1988, New York
    1998, Pennsylvania
    U.S. Tax Court
    Memberships

    Professional Activities

    Activities

    •Multilaw, the Multinational Association of Independent Law Firms
    - Immediate Past Chair, 2017-2018
    - Chair, 2015-2017
    - Management Committee, 2014-2018
    - Board of Directors, 2011-present
    - Chair, Appraisals Committee, 2018-present
    - Chair, Finance Committee, 2017-2018
    - Chair, Future Conferences Committee, 2012-2015
    - Chair, Pro Bono Mission, 2011-2015

    •British-American Business Council of Greater Philadelphia
    - President, 2011-2013
    - Vice President, Membership, 2005-2011, 2014-2015
    - Board of Directors, 2005-present

    •Philadelphia Tax Conference
    - Planning Board and Executive Committee, 2001-present
    •Chair, Transfer Pricing 101, Executive Enterprise Institute, Chicago, Illinois, June 20, 2013
    •Chair, International Tax Bootcamp, Executive Enterprise Institute, Chicago, Illinois, June 18-19, 2013
    •Chair, International Taxation Bootcamp, Executive Enterprise Institute, New York, New York, June 22-23, 2010
    •Co-Chair, Fifth Annual Inbound Tax Conference, Current U.S. Tax Planning Strategies for Foreign-Controlled U.S. Companies, Council for International Tax Education, New York, New York, May 13-15, 2002
    •Chair, Advanced International Taxation - Strategic Planning, Executive Enterprise Institute, Chicago, Illinois, October 17-18, 2001
    October 4-5, 2000
    •Chair, Introduction to International Taxation - Conceptual Bootcamp, Executive Enterprise Institute, Chicago, Illinois, October 15-16, 2001
    October 2-3, 2000
    Associations
    •International Fiscal Association
    •American Bar Association
    - Section of Taxation
    -- Committee on U.S. Activities of Foreign Taxpayers
    -- Committee on Foreign Activities of U.S. Taxpayers
    •New York State Bar Association
    - Tax Section
    -- Committee on U.S. Activities of Foreign Taxpayers

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Villanova University School of Law
    Class of 1987
    J.D.

    New York University School of Law
    Class of 1992
    LL.M.
    Taxation
    Other Education
    Drexel University
    Class of 1984
    B.S.
    Business Administration
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1961
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 13, 1961

Hope P. Krebs

Partner at Duane Morris LLP
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30 South 17th StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19103U.S.A.

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