Representative Experience
Acquisitions and dispositions of technology businesses and assets for Microsoft Corporation
Strategic Investments, acquisitions and dispositions of technology businesses and assets. (Ongoing)
Acquisition of MarketingPilot Software LLC by Microsoft
Represented Microsoft in the acquisition of MarketingPilot Software, LLC, maker of automated marketing campaign software. (2012)
Joint venture for Microsoft
Represented Microsoft in a health care IT joint venture with GE, creating Caradigm. (2012)
Credit card receivables acquisition
Represent financial institution in connection with the acquisition of a $150 million private label credit card portfolio. (2012)
Debt financing for JELD-WEN, Inc.
Acted as issuer’s counsel in connection with the 144A offering of JELD-WEN, Inc.’s $460,000,000 of senior secured notes. (2011)
Senior note offering for Costco Japan
Represented client in institutional placement of Yen denominated senior debt. (2011)
Development - electric for Summit Power Group
Representation of developer of a 400 MW IGCC (coal gasification with carbon capture) power plant near Odessa, Texas; a $1.5 billion greenfield power project funded in part with a significant DOE demonstration stimulus grant. (2010)
Tender offer and short-form merger for Bristol-Myers-Squibb
Local counsel in $885 million acquisition of ZymoGenetics, Inc. (2010)
Acquisitions for Leaf Clean Energy Company
Represented Leaf Clean Energy Company in the acquisition and redevelopment of an existing power plant in Telogia, Fla. (2009)
Merger and acquisition of Semitool, Inc.
Represented Semitool, Inc., in its $364,000,000 tender offer and merger with Applied Materials, Inc. (2009)
Public equity offering for AVI BioPharma, Inc.
Represented AVI BioPharma in a $30 million public equity offering of common stock and warrants. (2009)
Debt refinancing for privately held company
Represented a privately held company in the restructuring of approximately $1.5 billion of senior debt consisting of senior notes and domestic and European credit facilities.
Sale of servicing portfolio for JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
Represented JPMorgan Chase in connection with the sale of a $4 billion portfolio of CMBS servicing rights, consisting of master servicing and subservicing rights with respect to commercial and multifamily loans backing private label mortgaged-backed securities.
Joint venture for Plum Creek Timber Company, L.P.*
Represented Plum Creek Timber Company, L.P. in a $1.5 billion joint venture with The Campbell Group.
* Denotes experience completed at a prior firm