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MoFo Advises Tinicum and Continental Disc Corporation in Its Sale to Baker Hughes

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Morrison Foerster served as legal adviser to the board of Continental Disc Corporation (CDC), a portfolio company of Tinicum, in connection to its sale to Baker Hughes (NASDAQ: BKR), an energy technology company. Tinicum is a private partnership that manages a diversified group of manufacturing, distribution, and industrial technology companies.The MoFo team advising Tinicum and the CDC board was led by New York private equity partners Omar Pringle and Mitchell Presser, and corporate associates Shams Haidari, Mohammed Alismail and Lulu Sun.Read <a href="https://investors.bakerhughes.com/news-releases/news-release-details/baker-hughes-acquire-continental-disc-corporation-differentiated" target="_blank">Baker Hughes’s press release</a>.

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Omar Pringle is a seasoned dealmaker and trusted advisor known for guiding clients through their most complex, high-stakes transactions with precision and insight.Omar has extensive experience advising on the full range of complex domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions for and across from financial sponsors, corporates and family-owned businesses. He couples a creative, solution-oriented approach with deep sector expertise.In addition to his knowledge of the private equity industry, Omar has extensive experience in the food and agriculture, consumer goods, technology and life sciences sectors, and acting for and across from the businesses that are driving and disrupting those verticals.Commended by Legal 500 US 2022-2025 as a Next Generation Partner for Corporate / M&A and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts, he has played a critical role in the growth of the firm’s private equity offering in New York.Omar is an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School, where he teaches a course on cross-border mergers and acquisitions. He is also a member of the firm’s global Food & Agriculture and Life Sciences steering committees.﻿He speaks fluent French and Spanish and is conversant in Arabic.

Omar Pringle

Partner

Mitchell Presser advises on high-profile global public and private mergers and acquisitions, with a heavy concentration on private equity transactions. As co-chair of the firm’s Band 1 global Food + Agriculture Industry practice, and member of the firm’s global Sustainability + Corporate Responsibility steering committee, as well as the Private Equity Investments + Buyouts and M&A groups, Mitchell utilizes his vast experience in high-stakes M&A and private equity deals to drive successful outcomes for clients in diverse sectors, including food production, agribusiness, financial services, industrials, insurance, sports and entertainment, energy, retail, and more.As a founding partner of Paine Schwartz Partners, a premier U.S. private equity firm dedicated to sustainable food chain investing with $6.5 billion assets under management, Mitchell has his unique insights shaped by over eight years as an investor. Mitchell proficiently understands both the legal and business environments, positioning him as a trusted advisor for clients navigating the intricate world of mergers, acquisitions, and private equity transactions.Mitchell has been recognized as a top lawyer by Chambers USA and Legal 500 US. Mitchell is a faculty member and lecturer of law at Harvard Law School and Columbia Law School, where he teaches a class focused on international business sales and negotiations. He has served as board member for various privately-held and public companies.

Mitchell Presser

Shams Haidari is a corporate associate in the Washington D.C. office of Morrison Foerster.Shams advises public and private clients on a wide range of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings, and financings.Prior to joining the firm, Shams was an associate at another international law firm, where she advised on transactions and tax matters.Shams received her J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she served as the Tax Chair for the Harvard Association for Law & Business, Executive Editor for the Harvard Business Law Review, and Submissions Reviewer for Harvard Environmental Law Review.Shams holds a B.A., summa cum laude, from University of Pennsylvania.Shams is fluent in Arabic.

Shams Alaa Haidari

Associate

Mohammed Alismail is a Corporate associate in the New York office of Morrison Foerster.Mohammed’s practice focuses on advising on a range of corporate matters, including public and private M&A, private equity transactions, and general corporate and securities matters.Prior to joining MoFo, Mohammed spent nearly two years at the Saudi office of another international law firm, where he advised on domestic and inbound M&A transactions, as well as general corporate, securities and antitrust matters.Mohammed received his LL.B. from the University of Reading (UK) and his LL.M. from the NYU School of Law. Mohammed is a native Arabic speaker.

Mohammed Alismail

Lulu Sun is a corporate associate in the New York office of Morrison Foerster.Lulu earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she served as a Subciter for the Harvard Civil Rights—Civil Liberties Law Review and an Editor for the Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable. While at Harvard, she also worked within the Harvard Law Entrepreneurship Program as a team member on the CloudStore Project, a startup B2B clothing brand-to-retailer platform. She was also a part of the Harvard Asian Pacific American Law Students Association. Lulu also has experience as an intern at Children’s Law Center of Massachusetts, working on special education related research matters.Lulu also holds a B.A. in English Language and Literature with a secondary major in Law from Tsinghua University.

Lulu Sun

Mergers + Acquisitions