Representation of various well-known U.S. and offshore money managers in connection with a variety of acquisitions and control and non-control investments, including of companies engaged in financial restructurings.
Practice includes a broad range of equity investments in Asia, including in companies based in China, India, Indonesia and Australia, and significant experience in cross-border transactions.
Industries targeted include hotel, oil and gas exploration, oil field services, real estate, mining, food retailing, automotive, health care, airlines, car rental, telecommunications, environmental, and distribution and other services.
Representative transactions include acquisitions, divestitures, bankruptcy exit financings, investment financings, joint venture formations and private equity capital raising.
Representative transactions include:
Acquisition of RockPile Energy Services by Keane Group
Acquisition of Safeway Inc. by Albertsons Companies and an investor group led by Cerberus Capital Management LP
Acquisition of SUPERVALU’s Albertsons, Acme, Jewel-Osco, Shaw's and related Osco and Sav-on in-store pharmacies and related non-control investment in SUPERVALU common stock
Acquisition of Albertsons Companies' non-core grocery businesses
Acquisition of Innkeepers USA in a bankruptcy auction
Formation of joint venture between The Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group to develop the Hudson Yards project; representation of Oxford in the capitalization of three office towers, a retail center and a residential building as part of the project
Formation of Keane Group Holdings LLC, a joint venture in the fracking industry, and the pending acquisition of Trican Well Service’s U.S. oil field services businesses
Bankruptcy exit financing and formation of joint venture to acquire large residential development project in Florida
Acquisition of minority stake in U.S.-based satellite company
Acquisition of U.S. business process outsourcing company from Indian parent
Going-private transaction for U.S. time-share company
Sale of Talecris Biotherapeutics to Grifols SA of Spain
Acquisition of non-controlling equity interests in PRC companies in a variety of sectors, including retail, mining, chemicals and industrials
Acquisition of non-controlling equity interests in Indian pharmaceutical retailer
Convertible bond investment in leading Australian rare earths company
Acquisition of non-controlling equity interests in oil and gas exploration companies in Indonesia
Acquisition of building products distribution businesses of Georgia-Pacific Corp.
Proposed acquisition of subprime mortgage loan originator and servicer
Acquisition of coated-paper businesses of Mead Westvaco Corp. and Stora Enso North America
Sale of carbonless paper business of NewPage Corp.
Sale of timber assets of Escanaba Timber LLC
Acquisition of Alamo and National car rental businesses out of bankruptcy
Acquisition of core businesses of Teleglobe out of insolvency proceedings in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. and subsequent sale of Teleglobe to VSNL
Acquisition of Mervyn's department store chain from Target Corp.
Acquisition of the assets of Georgia-Pacific Corp.’s building products distribution business, and related financings
Acquisition of the business and assets of GDX Automotive Inc. from GenCorp Inc.
Bankruptcy exit financing for ICG Communications Inc.
Auction sale of Arthur D. Little out of bankruptcy
Acquisition of New York Cash Exchange (NYCE) by First Data Corp.
Investment in Clean Harbors Inc. to finance the acquisition of Safety-Kleen Systems Inc. out of bankruptcy
Acquisition of Exco Resources Inc. and its subsequent sale to management
Other representations include:
Keane Group Inc. in connection with its IPO and listing on the New York Stock Exchange
Representation of the Related/Oxford joint venture to develop Hudson Yards in equity and debt financing to construct the initial $1.4 billion office tower
Mount Kellett Capital Management LP in management company formation and private equity raise
Leading global investment firm in connection with the structuring of its innovative hybrid hedge fund focused on credit investments
Issuers in connection with IPOs, including a leading European financial institution in connection with its New York Stock Exchange listing
Leading European financial institution in connection with formation of joint venture to conduct asset-based lending in U.S.
U.S. private investment partnership in connection with acquisition of a substantial health care services company, and subsequent transactions, including divestitures, restructurings of the capitalization, new credit facilities and public offerings
Seller of television production company in complex structured acquisition in which a substantial portion of the purchase price was payable on a deferred, earn-out basis
Major Japanese financial institution in connection with acquisition of controlling interest in major U.S. non-bank financial services company
Major U.S. non-bank financial services company in connection with its acquisition activities in the factoring sector
Both buyers and sellers in wide range of auctions of companies and divisions in Industries including health care, financial services, consumer goods and telecommunications