| Representative Experience |
Represented Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. in syndicated $1.3 billion first lien and second lien credit facilities
CATEGORIES: Corporate Finance and Securities
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Represented major defense contractor in syndicated $550 million revolver and term loan credit facilities
CATEGORIES: Corporate Finance and Securities
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Represented major car manufacturer in $130 million leveraged lease of railcars
CATEGORIES: Corporate Finance and Securities
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Represented Brown Brothers Harriman as agent in syndicated $30 million revolver and term loan credit facilities
CATEGORIES: Corporate Finance and Securities
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Represented Citizens Capital, Inc. in $15 million senior subordinated debt investment in printing company
CATEGORIES: Corporate Finance and Securities
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Represented Organogenesis, Inc. in Chapter 11 debtor-in-possession financing
CATEGORIES: Bankruptcy and Restructuring, Corporate Finance and Securities
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Represented global media company in $50 million revolving credit facility
CATEGORIES: Bankruptcy and Restructuring, Corporate Finance and Securities
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Represented investment management firm in leveraged recapitalization involving $46.5 million senior credit facility, $30 million senior subordinated debt and $81 million junior debentures
CATEGORIES: Bankruptcy and Restructuring, Corporate Finance and Securities
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Represented bank in issuance of trust preferred securities to finance acquisition
CATEGORIES: Corporate Finance and Securities, Bankruptcy and Restructuring
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Acted as counsel to Progress Software Corporation, a leading supplier of business-application management software, in its $88 million acquisition of DataDirect Technologies Limited, a privately held company and provider of technology connecting databases and software. The acquisition enables Progress to widen its customer base to deliver the company's technologies to businesses worldwide. |
Represented the RII Chile Limited Fund and its manager, UBS Brinson, in the acquisition of a 49% interest in certain forestry land and a paper mill in South America. We subsequently represented the fund and its manager in its divestiture of its interest in the paper mill and its acquisition of the remaining 51% interest in the forestry land. |
Advised CACI International Inc. in its negotiation of an agreement to purchase American Management System, Incorporated’s Defense and Intelligence Group for $415 million. The agreement’s signing occurred in tandem with CGI Group Inc.’s announcement of a tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of AMS for $19.40. With this acquisition, CACI became one of the largest information-technology service providers serving the Department of Defense, intelligence and homeland security markets. |
Assisted Northeast Energy Services, Inc., a major energy service company, in its sale to Equitable Resources, Inc., a public gas utility headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The sale was for approximately $80 million of cash and stock. |
Represented the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Concerto Software, Inc., a designer of call-center software, in Concerto's going-private transaction and its $145.4 million merger with Melita International Ltd. Given a potential for conflict of interest among management and certain board members, who were continuing their interest in the surviving entity, Concerto established this special committee to negotiate on its behalf. The special committee negotiated a $12-per-share price, providing stockholders with a substantial premium to the price of Concerto's stock prior to the merger's announcement. |
Provided counsel to Allaire Corporation, a developer of software products to enable Web applications and e-business solutions, in numerous acquisitions of technologies to enhance its product line, including the acquisition of Bright Tiger Technologies, Live Software, and several asset purchase transactions |
Represented Project Software & Development, Inc., a provider of business-to-business e-commerce and enterprise-asset maintenance software, in its strategic acquisition of Intermat, Inc., a provider of maintenance, repair and operations content-management tools and cataloging services. The acquisition enabled PSDI to expand its content-service offerings. |
Served as counsel to Internet Securities, Inc., a company that provides financial information through a Web-based subscription service, in the sale of a majority interest to Euromoney Publications PLC, a U.K. publishing company traded on the London Exchange |
Advised Transition Systems, Inc., a developer of large data-processing and information-management systems for major medical institutions, in its sale to Eclipsys Corporation. Eclipsys is a Nasdaq-traded software solutions provider for the healthcare industry. The sale was a stock-for-stock merger transaction valued at approximately $270 million. |
Represented SolidWorks Corporation, a developer of CAD/CAM software, in connection with its sale to Dassault Systemes S.A., a French company, for approximately $320 million of Dassault’s stock. The shares received by SolidWorks stockholders are traded on both the French Bourse and Nasdaq. |
Represented Powersoft Corporation in its sale to Sybase, Inc. Valued at nearly $1 billion, Powersoft had a sale price that was, at the time, the highest price ever paid for a software company. |