U.S. Mergers & Acquisitions

• Represented PFSWeb, Inc., a Nasdaq listed global commerce services company, in a $250 million carve-out sale of its LiveArea business unit to Merkle, Inc. (a Dentsu Group company).
• Represented Amazon.com as Texas deal counsel in its $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods, a leading natural and organic foods supermarket.
• Represented Fujitsu Network Communications, a global information and communications technology company, in its acquisition of a U.S. telecommunications and network provider.
• Represented Parago, a U.S. incentives and rewards solutions company, in its $290 million merger with Blackhawk Network, a major U.S. prepaid and payment solutions company.
• Represented Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a U.S. Fortune 200 personal care corporation, in its acquisition of a U.S. manufacturer of personal protective and safety equipment.
• Represented Perot Systems, a leading NYSE-listed U.S. provider of information technology services and business solutions, in its $3.9 billion merger with Dell.
• Represented Odyssey HealthCare, a stock-exchange-listed U.S. provider of hospice services, in its $1 billion merger with Gentiva, the largest U.S. provider of home health care, hospice, and related services.

International and Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions

• Acted as U.S. counsel to Japanese publicly-listed Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. in its acquisition of NKT Photonics from Danish publicly-listed NKT for a consideration of approximately EUR 205 million.
• Represented Nokia, a Finnish multinational network and telecommunications company, in its acquisitions of a U.S. provider of infrastructure and network deployment solutions and a U.S. self-organizing network (SON) technology developer.
• Represented Ericsson, a Swedish multinational telecommunications company, in its acquisition of a U.S. telecommunications vendor in the networks optimization sector.
• Represented Mondi Group, a South African multinational packaging and paper company, in its acquisition of a U.S. industrial bags and kraft-paper business.
• Represented Darling Ingredients, a leading NYSE-listed U.S. developer and producer of sustainable natural ingredients, in its €1.6 billion acquisition of a leading Dutch multinational company that develops and produces specialty ingredients from animal origin for applications in pharmaceuticals, food, feed, bioenergy, and more.
• Represented Norma Group, a leading German industrial group, in its $285 million acquisition of a U.S. drainage, irrigation, and water management company.
• Represented a Danish logistics and shipping company in its acquisition of the largest ship supply organization in North America.

Capital Markets and Public Companies

• Represented several U.S. companies in initial public offerings, including:
  • A multinational investment banking firm in a $4.1 billion IPO.
  • A major wireless service provider in a $1.3 billion IPO.
  • An engineering, procurement, and construction company in a $544 million IPO.
  • A major insurance and investment management firm in a demutualization and related $3 billion IPO.
  • A provider of general-purpose reloadable (GPR) prepaid debit cards in a $204 million IPO.
• Represented several major U.S. companies in public equity and debt offerings.
• Represented several major stock-exchange-listed U.S. companies in connection with SEC reporting, corporate governance, and FCPA/anti-bribery compliance.

• Dansk Selskab for Virksomhedsledelse
• Danish-American Chamber of Commerce, founding board member
• International Bar Association
• Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP)