North America - United States • M&A/corporate and commercial
Jones Day
Leveraging expertise across the life science, tech, and consumer sectors, Jones Day offers bespoke advice on the whole spectrum of corporate transactions, with a specific focus on cross-border deals, including all-cash acquisitions as well as stock-for-stock mergers. The New York duo of Andrew Levine and Randi Lesnick co-head the practice and offer in-depth knowledge in corporate governance matters as well as in recapitalizations, and spin-offs. From Pittsburgh, David Grubman focuses on activist defense matters, while in Cleveland, Benjamin Stulberg concentrates on takeover preparedness and SEC compliance and Peter Izanec has experience in the food and beverage industries. Also in Cleveland, George Hunter is noted for his ability to advise on public mergers.
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Key clients
- TotalEnergies
- Evoqua Water Technologies Corp.
- Astellas Pharma Inc.
- J.F. Lehman & Company
- KKR
- Roper Technologies
- CoLift Capital LLC
- Meridian Bioscience, Inc.
- Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.
- Hard Rock International
- TopBuild Corporation
Work highlights
- Advised TotalEnergies on its PIPE investment in NextDecade Corporation and investment in the $18.5bn Rio Grande LNG Project.
- Advised Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. on its $7.5bn stock-for-stock merger with Xylem Inc.
- Represented Astellas Pharma Inc. in its $5.9 billion all cash acquisition of IVERIC Bio, Inc.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Andrew Levine, Randi Lesnick