Stephen Geanacopoulos

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Senior Counsel

  Firm Name

  Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Steve led the AP&S team in the following engagements: $250 million sale to Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. of the U.S. Precious Metals Business of a London-based, London Stock Exchange-listed multinational, including subsidiaries in France, U.K., Hong Kong, China, Japan, U.S. Virgin Isl
  s,
  the Dominican Republic.
  Representation of Stern/Leach Company, a Massachusetts-based supplier to the jewelry manufacturing industry, in connection with its acquisition from UK-based Argentium International Limited of a worldwide License to Manufacture
  Distribute certain patented silver germanium alloys developed at Middlesex University in the UK.
  Counseling several firm clients re: obtaining loans under the Paycheck Protection Program
  other forms of relief made available under the CARES Act in response to the COVID-19 p
  emic.
  Sale of a Pennsylvania-based refractory brickmaking business to a private investor in exchange for a purchase price consisting of a combination of cash, preferred securities of Buyer,
  Buyer's assumption of unfunded pension plan liabilities.
  Statutory conversion of a Rhode Isl
  -based medical device manufacturer from a Missouri corporation into a new Delaware corporation.
  $ 30 million acquisition by BTR, PLC, one of the UK's original
  largest industrial conglomerates, of a Massachusetts-based subcontract manufacturer to the US Defense industry.
  $90 million sale of an ESOP-owned, Massachusetts-based IT hardware/services business to a Boston-based private equity firm.
  $50 million acquisition by a Paris-based, Euronext-listed multinational of a controlling interest in a Boston-based emerging technology company.
  Acquisition of a Vancouver, British Columbia company by a Providence-based patent-rich technology company listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.
  $300 million private auction sale of worldwide non-core businesses of a U.K.-based multinational.
  Representation of senior management team in connection with $610 million sale of a private equity portfolio company to a strategic buyer.
  $30 million sale of a Rhode Isl
  -based, family-owned precious metals business to a Florida-based private equity fund.
  $14 million Series B venture capital financing of a Rhode Isl
  emerging technology company by a London-based investment firm.
  Representation of diverse manufacturers in negotiation of precious metals consignment facilities with a variety of European
  Asia-Pacific precious metals lenders.
  Distressed sale of U.S. subsidiary of Irish company in coordination with receivership proceedings in Irel
  for the Irish company
  its U.K. affiliate.
  $90 million acquisition by a U.K.-based multinational of the assets of a Massachusetts-based competitor
  the shares of its Hong Kong, China,
  U.S. Virgin Isl
  s subsidiaries.
  $110 million reorganization of a Massachusetts-based textile manufacturer designed to solve a dispute among the three family shareholder groups.
  Acquisition by a French public company of a minority stake in a Boston-based start-up.
  Acquisition by a Netherl
  s-based multinational of the assets of a Connecticut-based company.
  Wind-up of U.S. subsidiary of a Swiss-based global manufacturer.
  Strategic alliance between a U.K.-based multinational
  a group of five companies in the US, Thail
  ,
  Israel.
  $165 million sale of a U.S., China,
  Mexico-based manufacturer to a Providence-based private equity firm.
  Reorganization of the U.S. holding company structure of a U.K.-based multinational, designed to achieve cross-border tax efficiencies.
  Sale of a Swedish company
  its U.S. subsidiary to a U.S.-based, publicly-traded strategic buyer.
  Acquisition of a New Jersey software development company by a patent-rich technology company listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.
  $500 million precious metals consignment facility opened by a group of international precious metals lenders for a U.K.-based multinational listed on the London Stock Exchange.
  Case Studies: AP&S Guides Narragansett Bay Commission through Major Wind Turbine Deal
  AP&S Guides Clients Through Successful Development of the Largest Solar Energy Project in the Region
  AP&S Guides Paris-Based Multinational Through Complex Acquisition
  AP&S Attorneys Successfully Represent International Precious Metals Consignor in Multinational, Multi-Million Dollar Litigation