Donna Cochener has experience in numerous areas of corporate law, including company formation, corporate governance, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and securities matters. Her securities work includes public offerings, private placements, private investment in public equity (PIPE) offerings, 1934 Act compliance, and equity compensation.
Representative Experience
Corporate governance for Magna Force, Inc.
Advising client on creating positive shareholder relations and resolving corporate governance disputes. (Ongoing)
Acquisition for Maruha Nichiro Seafoods, Inc.
Represented client in purchase of interests in fish processing company and related fishing assets. (2011)
Corporate governance for Rigel Capital, LLC
Provide corporate governance counsel. Represented client in which Asset Management Financing (AMF) invested approximately $10 million of mezzanine financing. (2011)
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)
Initial public offering for HomeStreet, Inc.
Initial public offering. (2011)
Sale of business for Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd.
Represented Black Diamond in its sale to Clarus Corporation. (2010)
Sale of business for Mobiata, LLC
Represented Mobiata, LLC, a wireless travel application developer and provider, in the sale to Expedia, Inc. structured as a reverse triangular merger. (2010)
Disposition of business for Merck & Co., Inc.
Represented Merck & Co., Inc., in the disposition of its bioinformatics business to Microsoft and its Gene Expression Laboratory to Covance. (2009)
Merger and investment for Semitool, Inc.
Represented Semitool, Inc., in its $364 million tender offer and merger with Applied Materials, Inc. (2009)
Sale of clothing company for Massif Mountain Gear Company
Represented the owners of Massif Mountain Gear Company in the sale of that company to Golden Gate Capital. (2009)
Cash-for-stock merger for Amazon.com/MDB.com*
Represented Amazon.com in its purchase of all outstanding shares of Without a Box, a service provider for film festivals. (2008)
Merger of public companies for Nextest Systems, Inc.*
Assisted in Nextest Systems, Inc.'s merger of two public companies. (2008)
Registered direct offerings for Cell Therapeutics, Inc.*
Represented CTI in registered direct offerings of public equity. (2007-2008)
Acquisition of private company for Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI)*
Represented CTI, a public biotech company, in its acquisition of Systems Medicine, Inc., a privately held oncology company. (2007)
* Denotes experience completed at a prior firm