Kajima Corporation/Brookfield Property Partners
Kajima Corporation in its $1.1 billion sale of Industrial Developments International to Brookfield Property Partners.
SoftBank/Alibaba and Yahoo
Softbank in its negotiations with Alibaba and Yahoo relating to the disposition of Yahoo’s interests in Alibaba and Yahoo Japan.
Financial Advisor/Dividend Recapitalization
The financial advisor to the special committee of Google in connection with the company’s dividend recapitalization to create a third class of (publicly-traded, non-voting) common stock.
BMO/CNOOC-Nexen
BMO as financial advisor to CNOOC in its $15.1 billion acquisition of NYSE- and TSE-listed Nexen Inc.
Technicolor/Digital Domain
Technicolor in its bid for the assets of Digital Domain in the latter’s bankruptcy section 363 sale.
Intel/Multiple Transactions
Intel in its acquisitions of Fulcrum Microsystems, Switch++ and ConnectSoft.
Frazer-Nash Research/Lithium Technology Corporation
Frazer-Nash Research in its investments in Lithium Technology Corporation, consisting of a credit facility and a series of stock, note and warrant purchases, and in FNR’s joint venture with LTC.
Coca-Cola Enterprises/Transformative Transactions
Coca-Cola Enterprises in its $12.3 billion business separation and split-off, the acquisition of CCE’s North American bottling operations by The Coca-Cola Company and the $822 million acquisition by CCE of TCCC’s Scandinavian bottling operations.
Validus Re/IPC Holdings
Validus Re in its $1.7 billion hostile acquisition of IPC Holdings, involving proxy solicitations to reject the target’s favored transaction and to compel a contested scheme of arrangement under Bermuda law, and a concurrent exchange offer for the target’s shares.
Online Resources Corporation/Proxy Fight
Online Resources Corporation in its proxy fight with fund shareholder Tennenbaum Capital Partners.
Amarin Corp/Financing Transactions
Amarin Corp in its bridge loan, Reg D/Reg S equity offering and subsequent registration and reporting matters.
WebMD/HLTH
The special committee of WebMD in the company’s $1.7 billion merger with its corporate parent HLTH.
Centerplate/Kohlberg & Co.
Centerplate in its acquisition by Kohlberg & Co., involving the separation of the company’s ASE- and TSE-listed Income Deposit Securities, which consisted of one share of common stock and one subordinated note.
KKR/First Data Corp.
KKR in the co-investment by certain of its LPs in the $26 billion acquisition of First Data Corp.
KRG Capital/Multiple Transactions
KRG Capital in its acquisitions of F.A. Richard & Associates and Vantage Health.
Eyak Technology/GTSI Corp
Eyak Technology in its unsolicited offer to acquire its 37% member GTSI Corp.
Rabobank/Taylor Fresh Foods
Rabobank in the sale of River Ranch Fresh Foods to Taylor Fresh Foods.
Toshiba/Landis + Gyr
Toshiba in its $2.3 billion smart grid acquisition of Landis + Gyr.
Orleans Homebuilders/NVR
Orleans Homebuilders in its $170 million Bankruptcy Code Section 363 asset sale agreement with NVR.
DaVita/HealthCare Partners
DaVita in its $4.4 billion acquisition of HealthCare Partners, which included a mixed consideration package with a stock election mechanism.
ICO Global/Reorganization
ICO Global Communications in the restructuring and transition services arrangements relating to its commercial satellite operations.
Azur Pharma/Avanir and UCB
Azur Pharma in acquiring or licensing certain drugs and other businesses from Avanir and UCB.
Forbes Media/Multiple Transactions
Forbes Media in its acquisitions of Investopedia, RealClearPolitics and Clipmarks and True/Slant, its divestitures of Investopedia and American Heritage, its investments in FlipGloss and Techonomy and its ongoing joint venture arrangements with Elevation Partners.
Icon plc/Healthcare Discoveries and Prevalere Life Sciences
Icon plc in its acquisitions of Healthcare Discoveries and Prevalere Life Sciences.
A&P/Pathmark Stores
A&P in its $1.3 billion acquisition of Pathmark Stores.
Covad Communications/Platinum Equity
The special committee of Covad Communications in the company’s $470 million acquisition by Platinum Equity.
Saratoga Partners/Terremark Worldwide
Saratoga Partners in its sale of Data Return to Terremark Worldwide.
Cerberus Capital Management/Albertsons and NABI
Cerberus Capital Management in leading a consortium in the $17.4 billion acquisition of Albertsons supermarkets and in its acquisition of North American Bus Industries.
Castle Harlan/Baker & Taylor
Castle Harlan in its $455 million acquisition of Baker & Taylor.
TRW/Blackstone
TRW in connection with the divestiture of its automotive business to Blackstone.
Exodus Communications/Cable & Wireless
Exodus Communications in its acquisition by Cable & Wireless.
CSCA Capital Advisors/Securities Placement
CSCA Capital Advisors as placement agent in the registered direct placement by Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp.
DLJ Investment Partners/Mezz Loan
DLJ Investment Partners as majority lender under the $200 million mezzanine credit agreement of Wastequip Inc., including amendments to permit purchases by the borrower of loans under the senior facility, the issuance of additional PIK interest amounts and an equity cure right.
Mitsubishi Corporation/PVC Joint Venture
Mitsubishi Corporation in its joint venture with Shin-Etsu Chemical to acquire the PVC business of Lamson Pipe.
Morgan Stanley/Tokyo Westin Hotel
Morgan Stanley in its JPY 50 billion joint acquisition with Starwood of the Tokyo Westin hotel.
JP Morgan/Northwest Airlines' Rights Offering
JPMorgan in its commitment to act as backstop purchaser in the $750 million bankruptcy rights offering by Northwest Airlines.
Tullis Health Investors/PIPE Investment
Tullis Health Investors in its PIPE investment in preferred stock and warrants of Interpharm.
Highbridge Capital/PIPE Investment
Highbridge Capital in its PIPE investment in convertible notes and warrants of American United Global.
Blackacre/Loan Portfolio Sale
Blackacre in connection with the modification and sale of a portfolio of loans to the 270 Greenwich Street development project.
Islamic Working Capital Facility
Lenders under the Islamic Murabaha revolving working capital facility in connection with Arcapita’s acquisition of TLC Healthcare.
SMFG/Issuance of Convertible Preferred Stock
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group in connection with its $1.3 billion issuance of convertible preferred stock to Goldman Sachs.
High Yield Financings
Issuers, including Axtel S.A.B. de C.V., Energy Partners Ltd. and Swift & Company, in various high yield financings and related debt and equity tender offers.
Leveraged Finance Commitments
Citi, UBS and Royal Bank of Scotland in connection with bank/bridge loan commitments for several leveraged finance transactions.
Real Estate Finance Transactions
Lenders and borrowers in more than 20 Japanese real estate finance transactions totaling in excess of JPY 350 billion, including secured non-recourse loans and securitizable bond issuances.
Investment Fund Formation
Morgan Stanley, UBS and Deutsche Bank in their establishment of joint investment funds with other financial institutions to pursue the acquisition of loan portfolios.
Financial Advisor Representations
Financial advisors, including Qatalyst Partners, Houlihan Lokey, Centerview Partners and Duff & Phelps, in connection with numerous fairness and solvency opinions.
Compliance Matters
Various issuers in connection with governance, registration and reporting, exchange listing and ADS matters.