Experience
Below are some representative projects, with acquiring company or activist listed first and clients indicated in bold.
Friendly M&A Transactions
Franklin Resources / Putnam Investments unit of Great-West Lifeco
Pritzker Private Capital / Kenco
Arch Capital / Watford Holdings
U.S. Steel / Big River Steel
Univar / Nexeo
Enbridge / Spectra Energy
Sagard Capital / Performance Sports Group
Alaska Airlines / Virgin America
Cerner / Siemens Health Services
Tyson Foods / Hillshire Brands
Unsolicited Takeover Bids and Deal Litigation
Aviat Networks / Ceragon Networks
CoStar Group / RentPath
Anthem / Cigna
CACI / CSRA
Cal Water / SJW Group / CT Water
Abbive / Shire
The Finish Line / Genesco
Ramius Capital / Luby’s
Valassis / ADVO
Simon Property and Westfield America / Taubman Centers
Proxy Contests and Public Shareholder Activist Campaigns
ETFS and Lion Point Capital / WisdomTree
Oasis Management / Stratus Properties
Softvest and other investors / Texas Pacific Land Trust
Cypress First (founder T.J. Rodgers) / Cypress Semiconductor
Founding Shareholders / Gome Electrical Appliances
Apollo Global / Cedar Fair
Steel Partners / GenCorp
Carl Icahn and Steel Partners / KT&G
Red Zone Capital / Six Flags
William R. Hewlett Trust / HP