Focus Areas
Selected Mergers and Acquisitions
- Represented a private company in a joint venture creating a major water treatment chemicals business with 27 sites across North America
- Represented a public company that manufactures and leases railcars in a sale transaction valued at approximately $1.75 billion (including debt)
- Represented a public company in the gaming and entertainment sector in a sale transaction valued at approximately $1.85 billion
- Represented an Isle of Man company owning Brazilian natural resource assets in its sale to a Brazilian public company for approximately $550 million
- Represented a Nasdaq-listed manufacturer and distributor of medical devices and placental tissue products in its acquisition by a Nasdaq-listed provider of plastic and regenerative technologies
- Represented a railcar leasing business in a sale transaction valued at up to $3.4 billion (comprising a $2.8 billion initial enterprise value and three-year “put” and “call” options over an additional $600 million of railcar and rolling stock assets)
- Represented a fiber-optic network business in a sale transaction valued at $1.8 billion and the related grant of an option to purchase an entity owning wireless spectrum for an additional undisclosed purchase price
- Represented a multinational pharmaceutical company in its disposition of an orphan drug product line for approximately $900 million
- Represented a public company in a joint venture to develop sustainable animal and plant nutrition
- Represented a private company engaged in through-channel and distributed marketing solutions in its sale to a private equity firm
- Represented a multinational pharmaceutical company in its agreement to transfer certain rights to market and commercialize an orphan drug and in its participation in a tender offer for the outstanding shares of a Nasdaq-listed company
- Represented an aircraft components manufacturer in its acquisition of a U.S.-based distributor of avionics components
- Represented a London Stock Exchange-listed public company in its acquisition of a health care clinical services business located in the United Kingdom and the United States
- Represented a Nasdaq-listed public company in its acquisition of a manufacturer of packaged control house solutions for the energy, oil and gas and electrical industries
- Represented a consumer products manufacturer in its private-label business and related manufacturing and supply agreements
- Represented a specialty chemicals company in its acquisition of a United Kingdom-based hydroxy monomers and conventional contact lens business from the world’s largest chemical company in a transaction mandated by the European Union
- Represented a PET resin company in its merger with a subsidiary of a Mexican multinational corporation
Selected Activism Matters
- Represented an activist investor in a proxy contest resulting in the election of the stockholder’s nominee to the board at the issuer’s annual meeting
- Represented an activist investor in a hostile tender offer and proxy contest resulting in a settlement agreement providing for the appointment of four of the stockholder’s nominees to the board and replacement of the issuer’s chief executive officer
- Represented controlling stockholders in 13e-3 “take-private” transactions
- Represented activist investors in the nomination of directors pursuant to advance notice bylaw provisions and negotiation of settlement or cooperation agreements
- Represented an NYSE-listed company in the adoption of a rights agreement to protect net operating losses
- Represented an NYSE-listed company in the preparation of common stock rights plan to be held “on the shelf”
Selected Securities Matters
- Represented a foreign private issuer in an issuer tender offer for preferred stock
- Represented the target in a de-SPAC transaction and listing on Nasdaq
- Represented selling stockholders in resale registration statements and exercise of registration rights
- Represented a commercial aerospace industry supplier in connection with corporate governance, compliance, and securities law matters
- Represented a teleradiology provider in its initial public offering and Nasdaq listing
- Represented an aerospace component manufacturer in its initial public offering and NYSE listing
- “Are We All Fiduciaries Now? Consent Rights After Pace Industries,” Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law, Fall 2020
- “Minority Shareholders Beware: Consent Rights May Trigger Fiduciary Duties,” Thompson Hine Business Law Update, Fall 2020
- “The Necessity for Cybersecurity Due Diligence in M&A Transactions,” Thompson Hine Business Law Update, Fall 2019
- “Buy-Side Representation and Warranty Insurance in M&A Transactions – A Continuing Trend,” Thompson Hine Business Law Update, Summer 2016
- “Negotiating Working Capital Adjustments In Private M&A Transactions”, financierworldwide.com, April 2014
- “Tips for Buyers in M&A Transition Services Agreements,” Law360, March 2013
- “Tips for Creating an Effective Succession Plan for Your Business,” Thompson Hine Business Law Update, Winter 2013
- “Use of Earn-Outs in Private M&A Transactions,” Thompson Hine Business Law Update, Spring 2012
- Listed in The Legal 500 in M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500m), 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023
Professional Associations
- American Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- New York County Lawyers’ Association
Community Activities
- Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Education
- The University of Iowa College of Law, J.D., 2003, with high distinction,
Order of the Coif, Iowa Law Review
- Bowdoin College, A.B., 2000, summa cum laude,
with highest honors in Government and Legal Studies
Bar Admissions
- New York
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