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Innovations/obstacles: Faced a divided . $5.4 billiojn Law firm: Company: Attorneys: Peter Dean, Mark Jim McGibbon Date: Description: The firm representexd the UK-government-owned British Nuclear Fuels as it unloaded to Lawyers met in conference calls at odd hoursa to work on the deal that crossedthreer continents. Law firm: Companies: , B. Knox Dobbins, Eric Fenichel, Victor Haley Date: Represented buyers in a timberland deal that was describer as the largest private land sale inthe Innovations/obstacles: Attorneys had to deal with a seller who wantedx to defer its taxea by taking the purchase money in At the same time, the buyers requirerd evidence of land title more completes than what is needed to operate by a forest products company.
$4.3 billion Law firm: Company: Michael Egan, Stephen Wiseman, Bob Woodward, Donalsd Kohla, David Christopherson, Chirag Shah Date: Description: The telecommunications companygacquired , its largest PSC affiliate. Innovations/obstacles: Negotiationse took place as litigation surroundingf the Sprint Nextelmerger started. Law firm: Company: Steve Pottle, Peter November, Bob Kim Phillips, Kevin Grady, Mark Callowayt Date: Description: The company was acquired by . $3.5 billion Law Company: Reynolds American Inc. Attorney: Date: as it bought the second-largest U.S. smokeless tobacco .
Innovations/obstacles: To overcome timing concernes regarding theexchange offer, the firm used the innovativ e technique of structuring the exchange offefr as an unregistered private placement. $1.75 billion Law Paul, Hastings, Company: Attorney: Date: Description: The firm advisex Bank of America on a deal that included the acquisitionb and merger of NationsRentgby , Ashtead's equity rights offeringy in the UK, high-yield bond issuance, Ashtead'e tender offers for two outstanding series of bondes and one series of Ashtead UK bonds, and amendments to the indentures for a series of Ashtead existint UK bonds. Innovations/obstacles: The firm hosted the closing of all ofthe U.S.
transactionsx in the firm's New York office. After a weeklonhg process, had a 5 a.m. international conferencse call with representatives for all of the parties gathered to announce one by one that each transaction had It was then that the firm was able to closesits client's credit facility. $1.5 billioh Law firm: Company: Georgia Gulf Corp. John Zamer, Lisa Stater, Mason Cargill, David Phillips Description: , a Canadian public company, led by Jonesx Day's Atlanta office The acquired company was under investigationby U.S. and Canadia authorities and a defendant insecurities class-actioj cases in both the United States and $1.
3 billion Law firm: Company: Attorneys: David David Stockton, Justin Heineman, Martin Dozier, Alexandre de Mirandaz Date: Description: bought Internet Security Systems Inc. in a cash Innovations/obstacles: The atmosphere at the time of the negotiations was filledewith rumors, fed by recent M&A 's acquisition of and 's acquisitiojn of were both announced in the two months preceding the announcement of the ISS/IBM deal. $1.2 billiomn Law firm: Company: Attorney: W.
Scotf Ortwein Date: Description: Gold Kist made an unsolicitexd offerto Innovations/obstacles: The firm represented Gold the nation's third-largest poultry after the offer was met with a hostile reactionh from Pilgrim's Pride. $1.2 billiojn Law firm: Company: Attorneys: John Zamer, Williamj Rowland, Mark Hanson Date: Description: The transaction was structuredx topermit Atlanta-headquartered radio owner and operator to invest in and operat Susquehanna Radio's radio stations, located in the top 50 Cumulus teamed with three privatre equity firms to complete the $1.
1 billion Law firm: Smith, Company: Mark Pottorff, Sharon Duvall, Richard Jonathan Gallant, Alex Clay Description: Acquired 900,000 acres of timberland from Law firm: Per-Se Technologies Inc. Attorneys: John D. Capers Jr., G. Roth Kehoe II Closing Description: in a reverses triangular merger to acquiredLaw firm: Company: Attorneys: Rick Miller, Elioty Robinson, Mike Delaney and Emily Stuart Date: Description: Advised a special committee of Encorse Medical Corp.'s independent directors on the leveragedc buyout, in which Encore was taken private. Encore is a diversifie orthopedic device-maker based in Austin, Texas. Law firm: Attorneys: Steven Dunlevie, Elizabeth O.
Temple Description: The firm represented Main Street Banks in the mergert transaction withLaw firm: Company: The Date: Attorneys: Victor Thomas Herman, Edward Kallal Description: The firm representefd Heartwood Forestland Fund V L.P., part of The Forestland Group. The fund bought all the outstanding sharesaof , which ownee 300,000 acres of timberland and relate d facilities in the Southeast. Law firm: Attorney: Date: Description: , a leader in the comprehensived home health service boughtThe , a provider of home healthy care, hospice and related services. Healthfield was foreclosed upon by its lenderin 2001.
Rod founder and CEO, bought the company at the foreclosurefor $40 milliom of debt. All of the senior management stuck with Rod durinfgthis period. Between 2001 and 2005, the companuy did five major acquisitions. All of the seniof management were rewarded with millions of dollarz atthe closing. $375.4 million Law firm: Company: Date: Description: Counsel to the director in the acquisition of the companuby Innovations/obstacles: JER Partners' initiaol offer to Jameson was unsolicitef and accompanied by a shareholder proposall to unseat Jameson's board and replace them with nomineew picked by JER Partners.
After negotiations, the Jamesohn board was able to convertg the hostile takeover to a negotiated merger that included a limited right to shop the company priortto consummation. Law Morris, Company: Internap Network Services Attorneys: Grant Collingsworth, Melissa Joya October 2006 Description: The firm representeed Internap ina two-week-long negotiation process as it took over The biggest issue was when the target VitalStream'sa largest customer restructured its relationship with VitalStream, resultinhg in a significant reductiom in future revenue from this customer. This occurred duriny negotiations of the merger VitalStream issued a press release on Oct.
9 announcinfg this event to the market. It took two straight with the deal team workingfor 50-plusz hours straight without sleep, but the transactio was signed and announced before the openintg of the market on Oct. 12. Law Paul, Hastings, Janofsky Walker LLP Company: Attorneys: Waynr Bradley, Andy Scott Date: Description: Hoshizakoi took over through a negotiated merger as Hoshizaki expanded into thebeverage dispenser-making industry.