Kenneth A. Schlesinger

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Represented the special committee of the board of directors of a Nasdaq listed company which was the leading regional provider of integrated communications, in its negotiation of a definitive merger agreement with a private equity firm in a transaction valued at approximately $155 million..
• Represented an e-learning solutions provider in its sale to a global leader in business cloud software products in a merger with Infor Inc.
• Represented an NYSE-listed hospitality company in a $800 million merger with a private equity firm.
• Represented a Nasdaq-listed restaurant company in a $600 million merger with a private equity firm.
• Represented a Nasdaq-listed insurance company in a $220 million merger with an NYSE-listed company.
• Represented an NYSE-listed holding company in its acquisition of a majority interest of a Nasdaq-listed music entertainment company.
• Represented an activist investor in its acquisition of a controlling interest of a Nasdaq-listed biopharmaceutical company.
• Represented a Nasdaq-listed sporting goods company in a $185 million merger with a British public company.
• Represented a Nasdaq-listed technology company in the sale of all of its operating assets to an NYSE-listed company.
• Represented a technology company, whose shareholders included several leading venture capital funds and a Nasdaq-listed technology company, in the sale of the company to a publicly traded Canadian corporation.
• Represented a publicly held corporation in the purchase and subsequent sale of a manufacturing company.
• Represented a publicly held company in its acquisition of an oil rig business.
• Represented a construction company in its merger with a publicly held shell corporation.
• Represented a publicly held shell corporation in the sale of its stock to a leading entertainment entrepreneur.
• Represented a specified acquisition company in a proposed acquisition of a bank holding company.
• Represented a paper company in its merger with a publicly held shell corporation.

Securities

• Represented a Nasdaq-listed diversified holding entity with healthcare, construction and investment divisions in a public offering of common stock and warrants.
• Represented an early-stage biopharmaceutical company in its initial public offering and listing on Nasdaq.
• Represented a SPAC, whose sponsor was a publicly traded operating company in the public offering of the SPAC.
• Represented numerous listed companies in self-tenders of shares of their common stock.
• Represented numerous issuers and underwriters in initial public offerings and secondary public offerings.
• Represented numerous public and private companies in private placement financings.
• Represented a private investor in its debt and equity investment in a publicly traded pharmaceutical company.

Restructurings/Debt Financing

• Represented a leading technology-based designer, developer and manufacturer of aerospace and defense products, in a $460 million financing consisting of 7.125% Second Priority Senior Secured Notes, which was used for the acquisition of the largest liquid rocket propulsion designer, developer, and manufacturer in the United States.
• Represented a former Nasdaq-listed company in the sale of various assets through bankruptcy auctions.
• Represented numerous companies in connection with their bank credit facilities.
• Represented a publicly traded technology company in a restructuring and recapitalization, which enabled the company to avoid bankruptcy.
• Represented a publicly traded furniture company in its reemergence as a public reporting company following its bankruptcy.