Georgetown Law Symposium on Careers in Corporate Law Program

Friday, February 26 12:00 – 6:00 p.m. McDonough Hall

600 New Jersey Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001

12:00 – 1:15 p.m. Opening Plenary and Lunch (McDonough 200 & Overflow Simulcast in McDonough 207)

Opening Remarks by Prof. Mitt Regan, Co-Director of

the Center for the Study of the Legal Profession

1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Breakout Session One

Mergers & Acquisitions

(McDonough 200) Banking, Capital Markets & Securities

(McDonough 110)

Project Finance

(McDonough 164)

Private Equity, Funds & Venture Capital

(McDonough 156)

3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Breakout Session Two

Real Estate

(McDonough 164) A View from the Inside: Lawyers in Finance

(McDonough 200) Take it to the House? Perspectives from In-House and

Outside Counsel

(McDonough 156) You Can Do Anything with a Law Degree: Attorneys in

Non-Traditional Corporate Positions

(McDonough 110)

4:30 – 6:00 p.m. Networking Reception (McDonough 2nd Floor Atrium)

Closing remarks by Bill Anderson of Evercore Partners

and formerly of Goldman Sachs

Need a break? The Office of Career Services (McDonough 328) will be available as a

lounge for panelists throughout the day. Feel free to work from our office where we will

have Wi-Fi, snacks, and quiet space available. You are also welcome to check your bags

with us during the event.

Wi-Fi Username: gulaw events

Password: Gohoyas!

Mergers & Acquisitions Featuring panelists Rachael Coffey from

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP; Rich Lucas

from Walker & Dunlop, Inc.; Matthew

Owens from Arnold & Porter LLP; Will

Yavinsky from Hogan Lovells LLP; and

Damien Zoubek from Cravath, Swaine &

Moore LLP.

Banking, Capital Markets

& Securities Featuring panelists Nate Ajiashvili from

Latham & Watkins LLP; Stephanie Bignon

from Covington & Burling LLP; Lisa Collier

from Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP; and

Greg Fernicola from Skadden Arps Slate

Meagher & Flom LLP.

Project Finance Featuring panelists Daniel Michalchuk

from Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy

LLP; Dan Moon from White & Case LLP;

and Sara Thompson from Milbank, Tweed,

Hadley & McCloy LLP.

Private Equity, Funds &

Venture Capital Featuring panelists Brian Ashin from

Manatt Phelps & Phillips, LLP; Monica

Arora from White & Case LLP; Daniel

Blumenthal from Schulte Roth & Zabel

LLP; Sarah Kupferman from Dechert LLP;

and Steve Oetgen from Golden Gate

Capital.

Real Estate Featuring panelists Laura Koehler of

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP;

Matt Linsky of Gibson, Dunn &

Crutcher LLP; Siobhan Murphy of

Goodwin Procter LLP; Ken Schwartz of

Arnold & Porter LLP; and Rob Sorin of

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson

LLP.

A View from the Inside Featuring panelists Von Bryant of Foley

& Lardner LLP; David Fogel from

IndexIQ; Jon Goodman of Sands Capital

Management; and Andrew Lom from

Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP.

Take It to the House? Featuring panelists David Azarkh from

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP; Teri

Champ from American Society of

Clinical Oncology; Stuart Fishman from

JPMorgan Chase; Sean Gordon from

Airbus; and David Sanders from Foley

& Lardner LLP.

You Can Do Anything with a

Law Degree Featuring panelists Michelle Berninger

from Maersk Services USA, Inc.; Peter

Fahrner from Ernst & Young LLP;

Jeffrey Fougere from Hewlett Packard

Enterprises; Manoj Jonna from Deloitte

Corporate Finance; and Dawn Sears

from Porterfield Fettig & Sears PLLC.

Undergraduate

Institution: Sienna College

Law School: New York Law School

Area of Law

Practice:

Capital Markets, Private Equity Finance and Public Company

Representation

Location of

Practice: New York, NY

Type of

Employment: Law Firm

Pertinent Job

History: Latham & Watkins LLP, Partner (2005 - Present)

Representative

Matters:

Representative Capital Markets matters include:

Jefferies, Evercore and RBC Capital Markets in the $360

million initial public offering of Axovant Sciences

Press Ganey in its $255 million initial public offering

Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and BofA Merrill Lynch in

the $600 million senior notes offering of Metaldyne

Performance Group

BofA Merrill Lynch, Goldman and Deutsche Bank in the

$150 million initial public offering of Metaldyne

Performance Group

Jefferies and Citi in the $60 million initial public offering

of Aclaris Therapeutics

Jefferies and Piper in the $85 million initial public offering

of Flex Pharma

Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank in the

$185 million initial public offering and subsequent $185

million secondary offering of Smart & Final Stores

Undergraduate

Institution: Georgetown University

Law School: Georgetown University Law Center

Location of


Type of

Employment: Investment Banking

Pertinent Job

History:

Evercore Partners, Senior Managing Director and Global

Head of Strategic Shareholder Advisory Business

(2015-Present)

Goldman, Sachs & Co., Partner, M&A Group, Global

Head of Defense (2000-2015)

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (1995-2000)

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

(1994-1995)

Coopers & Lybrand (1988-1991)

United States Army Reserves (1988-1997)

Representative

Matters:

Mr. Anderson focuses on advising clients in connection with

shareholder activism, raid defense, corporate governance

issues, board advisory, shareholder reaction to

transactions, and M&A across all sectors globally. He was

head of the market-leading activism defense business for

more than 12 years and advised over 175 companies facing

activism or hostile activity, including on many of the largest

proxy fights and raid defenses during that period. He

pioneered some of the vulnerability assessments and

preparedness planning approaches that have become

standard practice in the industry. Mr. Anderson has

advised companies in connection with shareholder

communications, complicated M&A deals and corporate

governance challenges, and has written and spoken

extensively on these topics.

Undergraduate

Institution: University of Chicago


Area of Law

Practice: Fund Formation

Location of


Type of


Pertinent Job

History:

White & Case LLP, Partner (2009 – Present)

Debevoise & Plimpton, Associate (2001-2009)

Representative

Matters:

Ms. Arora regularly advises sponsors of, and investors in,

private investment funds and management account

structures spanning numerous industries–in the United

States, as well as in Latin America, Asia, Europe and the

Middle East. Additionally, she has significant experience

advising on management arrangements and secondary

transactions involving interests in private investment funds.

As a large part of White & Case's Capital Markets Practice,

the Investment Funds Group counsels sponsors,

investment managers, placement agents and other

financial intermediaries globally concerning the

organization and structuring of investment fund vehicles.

The Investment Funds Group also advises a discrete

number of sovereign wealth funds, foundations, pension

funds and other institutional investors in connection with

their alternative asset investment programs.

Ms. Arora is active in pro bono matters and serves as one

of the select core group of Pro Bono Leaders of the firm.

She was recently awarded the firm’s annual Pro Bono

Award for her work establishing a social-impact investment

fund to support the delivery and development of drugs,

vaccines and diagnostic techniques to low-income

countries.

Undergraduate

Institution: Brandeis University


Area of Law

Practice: M&A, Finance, Private Equity, Emerging Markets

Location of

Practice: Washington, DC

Type of


Pertinent Job

History:

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Partner (2015 – Present)

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,

Associate (2013 – 2015)

Hogan Lovells LLP, Associate (2011 - 2013)

Dewey & Leboeuf LLP, Associate (2008 - 2011)

Representative

Matters:

Has represented private equity funds, fundless sponsors,

equity investors, financial institutions and borrowers in

mergers, acquisitions, private equity, leveraged buyouts,

project financing, infrastructure, debt financing,

restructurings, reorganizations and other complex business

transactions both domestically and internationally. He also

has experience working with new and established venture-

backed companies in the clean technology and sports

industries.

Additionally, he has taught Renewable Energy Seminar:

Policy, Law and Projects as an adjunct professor at

Georgetown Law.

Undergraduate

Institution: Boston University


Area of Law

Practice: Investment Banking and Securities

Location of


Type of


Pertinent Job

History:

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP,

Partner (2015-Present); Associate (2011-2015)

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Associate (2006-2011)

Representative

Matters:

Has represented:

Underwriters in the financing for Carlyle’s $7.4 billion

acquisition of Veritas from Symantec Corporation

Underwriters in the initial public offering, secondary

offerings and debt financings for Realogy Holdings Corp.

Underwriters in the financing for Olin Corporation’s $5

billion acquisition of Dow Chemical’s chlor-alkali business

Underwriters in financings related to the acquisitions of

24 Hour Fitness and CPG International

Underwriters in the inaugural $10 billion debt offering by

Qualcomm

Undergraduate

Institution: University of Notre Dame


Area of Law

Practice: Employment law

Location of

Practice: Florham Park, NJ

Type of

Employment: In-house counsel

Pertinent Job

History:

Maersk Services USA, Inc., Deputy General Counsel

(2016-Present), Associate General Counsel (2009-2015)

Moody’s Investors Service, Assistant General Counsel,

(2000-2009)

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP,

Mergers & Acquisitions Associate, (1995-2000)

Representative

Experience:

Provides counsel on employee relations matters,

including discipline, terminations/reductions-in-force,

hiring and compensation decisions, and in the areas of

Title VII, the ADEA, ADA, FMLA, FLSA, WARN and related

state and local employment laws. Provides training to HR

and management on relevant legal topics and

compliance with company policies. Handles workplace

investigations and federal and state administrative

agency charges, including the fact-finding investigations,

position statements and mediations.

Undergraduate

Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology

Law School: University of Maryland Law School

Area of Law

Practice: Capital Markets and Securities

Location of


Type of


Pertinent Job

History:

Covington & Burling LLP, Associate (2012-Present)

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Law

Clerk to the Honorable Deborah K. Chasanow, Chief

Judge, (2011-2012)

Delta Air Lines, Senior analyst, External Financial

Reporting, (2007-2008)

Grant Thornton, Assurance Associate and Senior

Assurance Associate, (2005-2007)

Representative

Matters:

Represented Eli Lilly and Company in a $1.0 billion

registered offering of notes, consisting of $600 million of

1.950% notes due 2019 and $400 million of 4.650% notes

due 2044.

Represented Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. in its $750

million offering of 6.00% senior notes due 2021 in

connection with its $2.6 billion acquisition of Santarus,

Inc.

Represented the National Football League in connection

with various league and stadium financings and

ownership transactions, including its G-4 stadium funding

program.

Assist Fortune 500 and other public companies in the

preparation of periodic reports under the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934 and on other securities law

compliance matters, including under the Dodd-Frank Act.

Undergraduate

Institution: George Washington University

Law School: University of Pennsylvania Law School

Area of Law

Practice: Investment Management

Location of


Type of


Pertinent Job

History: Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, Associate (2014-Present)

Representative

Matters:

Mr. Blumenthal represents private funds (including hedge

funds, private equity funds, hybrid funds and funds of

funds) and investment advisers in connection with their

structuring, formation and ongoing operational needs, and

on regulatory and compliance matters.

Undergraduate

Institution: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Law School: Washington University in St. Louis

Area of Law

Practice: Venture Capital, Private Equity, Securities and Finance

Location of


Type of


Pertinent Job

History:

Foley & Lardner LLP, Associate (2014- Present)

Foley Hoag LLP, Associate (2012-2014)

Representative

Matters:

Assist and represent clients in financings and strategic

business transactions, ranging from start-ups to NYSE

public companies. Has worked on matters ranging from

IPOs to convertible note financings and most transactions

in-between, including mergers and acquisitions, preferred

equity financings, renewable energy investments and

technology transfers.

Undergraduate

Institution: Vassar College

Law School: University of Michigan Law School

Area of Law

Practice: M&A, Commercial Transactions

Location of

Practice: Alexandria, VA

Type of

Employment: Non-profit

Pertinent Job

History:

American Society of Clinical Oncology, Counsel, Office

of the Chief Executive Officer (2015-Present)

Foley & Lardner LLP, Senior Counsel (2007-2015)

Representative

Matters:

$500 million sale of insurance back-office functionality

business

$439 million reverse IPO and merger of cruise line

business

$2 billion purchase of the L.A. Dodgers by Guggenheim

and Magic Johnson

$155 million acquisition of a clinical and medical device

business;

More than 30 acquisitions and 5 divestitures of clinical

and medical device business, totaling over $200 million

cumulatively

$76 million sale of metal recycling enterprise

$130 million credit facility in the maritime industry

Divestiture of $50 million airport concessionaire business

Develop clinical trial across multiple sites, advise clinical

team, and negotiate all contracts with pharmaceutical

companies, universities and study sites, and health

information technology vendors

Negotiate strategic licensing, publishing, and sales

relationships to maximize value of intellectual property

portfolios

Undergraduate

Institution: Princeton University


Area of Law

Practice: Mergers & Acquisitions

Location of


Type of


Pertinent Job

History: Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Associate (2013-Present)

Ms. Coffey’s clients include Cameron International, Hong

Kong Aircraft Engineering Company, JB y Compañía (Jose

Cuervo), Life Technologies, Starwood Hotels, Unilever,

Weyerhaeuser and Xerox.

Recent matters include representing:

the underwriters in the $1.25 billion offering of

depositary shares representing mandatory convertible

preferred stock and the $1.25 billion debt offering of

Alcoa

Cameron International in its pending $15 billion sale to

Schlumberger

the special committee of the board of directors of CNH

Global in the merger of Fiat Industrial and CNH Global

with and into CNH Industrial

Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company in its

approximately $390 million acquisition of TIMCO Aviation

Services

JB y Compañía (Jose Cuervo) in its $500 million 144A/Reg.

S senior debt offering

Life Technologies in its $15.8 billion sale to Thermo Fisher

Scientific

Starwood Hotels in its pending $12.2 billion sale to

Marriott International

Undergraduate

Institution: New College of Florida

Postgraduate

Institution: University of Chicago

Law School: University of Virginia School of Law

Area of Law

Practice: Capital Markets & Lending

Location of


Type of


Pertinent Job

History: Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, Associate

Representative

Matters:

Advised the financing sources in the acquisition of IPC

Systems by Centerbridge Partners from Silver Lake

Partners; the acquisition of Gentiva Health Services by

Kindred Healthcare; and the acquisition of Ortho-Clinical

Diagnostics from Johnson & Johnson by the private equity

firm The Carlyle Group.

Undergraduate

Institution: Washington University in St. Louis

Law School: The George Washington University School of Law

Area of Law

Practice: Tax

Location of


Type of

Employment: Big Four Accounting Firm

Pertinent Job

History:

Ernst & Young LLP,

International Tax Manager (2013-Present);

Law Clerk, General Counsel’s Office (2009-2012)

Representative

Matters: Cross-border mergers and acquisitions

Undergraduate

Institution: St. Francis University

Business School: Rutgers University


Additional

Certifications: CPA (New York, 1981)

Area of Law

Practice: Corporate and Finance

Location of


Type of


Representative

Experience:

Gregory A. Fernicola represents issuers, private equity

investors and investment banks in a variety of U.S. and

cross-border transactions, including public offerings,

private placements, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations,

exchange offers and debt restructurings, spin-offs and

mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Fernicola also counsels

corporate clients on a regular basis with respect to

corporate and securities law matters.

Undergraduate

Institution: Emory University


Area of Law

Practice: Securities

Location of


Type of

Employment: Investment Bank

Pertinent Job

History:

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Managing Director & Associate

General Counsel (2009-Present), Executive Director &

Assistant General Counsel (2007-2009), Vice President &

Assistant General Counsel (1992-2007)

Schulte Roth & Zabel, Associate (1986-1992)

Gordon, Hurwitz, Butowsky, Weitzen, Shalov & Wein,

Associate (1985-1986)

U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, Attorney,

Division of Market Regulation, Office of Trading Practices

(1983-1985)

Representative

Experience:

As the senior Debt Capital Markets lawyer for J.P. Morgan

Chase & Co., Mr. Fishman is involved in a variety of public,

private and Rule 144A offerings of debt securities for

investment grade and non-investment grade issuers.

Undergraduate

Institution: Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service

Business School: Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business


Area of Law

Practice: Asset Management (e.g., ETFs)

Location of

Practice: Rye Brook, NY

Type of

Employment: Asset Management Firm

Pertinent Job

History:

IndexIQ, President, COO & Co-Founder (2006-Present)

Groton Partners, Vice-President (2005-2006)

Circle Peak Capital LLC, Co-Founder (2003-2005)

TheStreet.com, Vice-President of New Product

Development (2000-2003)

SmartPortfolio.com, Co-Founder (1999-2000)

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Associate (1997-1999)

Representative

Experience:

David co-founded SmartPortfolio.com, Inc. in 1999. After it

was sold to TheStreet.com in 2000, David joined

TheStreet.com as Vice-President of New Product

Development. In 2003, he helped launch Circle Peak Capital

LLC, a private equity firm focused on investments in small-

cap consumer product and financial services companies. In

2005, David left to serve as Vice-President at Groton

Partners, a boutique merchant bank specializing in mergers

& acquisitions and sophisticated private investments.

David left Groton in 2006 to co-found IndexIQ with a fellow

Georgetown Law alumnus. IndexIQ was acquired in April

2015 by New York Life/Mainstay Investments.

Undergraduate

Institution: University of Wisconsin


Area of Law

Practice: Asset Management

Type of


Pertinent Job

History:

Sands Capital, General Counsel (2012 - Present)

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Corporate Attorney (2007 -

2012)

Robert W. Baird, M&A Associate (2006-2007)

Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Corporate Attorney (2003 -

2006)

Representative

Matters: Fund formation, regulatory and transactional matters

Undergraduate

Institution: University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Law School: The George Washington University Law School

Area of Law

Practice:

In-house generalist, with focus on complex contract

negotiations

Type of


Location of

Practice: Dulles, VA

Pertinent Job

History:

Airbus Americas, Inc., Senior Legal Counsel (2012-

present)

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Corporate Associate—

Aviation (2007-2012)

Representative

Matters:

Negotiated 30+ construction-related contracts for new

Airbus A320 Final Assembly Line in Mobile, Alabama;

aircraft sale, lease, finance and customer support contracts

throughout North and South America; currently revamping

company’s Litigation Hold and Document Retention policies

using advanced software tools.

Undergraduate

Institution: Worcester State university


Area of Practice: Mergers & Acquisitions

Location of

Practice: Charlotte, NC

Type of

Employment: Investment Banking

Pertinent Job

History:

Associate at Deloitte Corporate Finance

Risk Advisory at Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare

Grant Thornton, Certified Public Accountant

Industries Served: Consumer Products, Business Services, Technology, Media

and Telecom (TMT)

Undergraduate



Area of Law

Practice: Real Estate

Location of


Type of


Pertinent Job

History:

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Associate (2012-

Present)

Representative

Matters:

Represents real estate investors in the acquisition,

disposition and financing of commercial properties,

including representing significant sovereign wealth funds in

the formation of joint ventures with other major

institutional investors and developers for investment in US

core office properties and multi-family residential

properties in India. Represents luxury retailer in leasing of

its retail and office space. Represents financial institutions,

investment banks, private lenders and borrowers in the

origination, refinancing and securitization of mortgage and

mezzanine financing. Pro bono services include advising

Brooklyn Bridge Park Conversancy on corporate

governance matters, representing Theatre for a New

Audience and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in

connection with their ground leases from the City of New

York and advising Breaking Ground (f/k/a as Common

Ground, a New York not-for-profit that provides affordable

housing throughout New York City) on its recent name

change.

Undergraduate

Institution: University of Colorado - Boulder


Area of Law


Location of


Type of


Pertinent Job

History:

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Associate (2013-current)

Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Law Clerk,

Hon. Wendell P. Gardner, Jr., Associate Judge

Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Law Clerk,

Hon. Judith N. Macaluso, Associate Judge

Representative

Experience:

Negotiation of pricing and contracts, account penetration,

comprehensive logistics solutions

Undergraduate

Institution: Brown University


Area of Law

Practice: Investment Management

Location of


Type of


Pertinent Job

History:

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP,

Counsel (2016 - Present), Associate (2005-2015)

Pfizer, Inc., Government Affairs Intern (2004)

Natsource LLC, Analyst Intern (2001)

Representative

Experience:

Specializes in hedge fund and private equity fund

formation, family office services, regulatory advice, and

private equity transactions.

Undergraduate


Law School: Yale Law School

Area of Law

Practice: General Counsel

Location of

Practice: Bethesda, MD

Type of

Employment: In-House Counsel

Pertinent Job

History:

Walker & Dunlop, Inc., Executive Vice President, General

Counsel and Corporate Secretary, (2010 - Present)

Hilton Worldwide, Executive Vice President, General

Counsel and Corporate Secretary, (2008-2010)

Arnold & Porter LLP, Partner (1998-2008);


Representative

Matters:

Acquisition of CWCapital for $234 million in September

2012.

Acquisition of Johnson Capital for $23.4 million in

November 2014.

Acquisition of Engler Financial Group for $13 million in

April 2015.

Undergraduate

Institution: Queens University, Canada

Law School:

University of Ottawa, Canada (J.D.);

Georgetown University Law Center (LLM in International

and Comparative Law)

Area of Law

Practice: Project Finance

Location of


Type of


Pertinent Job

History:

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP,

Partner (2012-Present); Associate (2000-2012)

Representative

Matters:

Acts for lenders and sponsors both domestically and

internationally, in a wide variety of industries, including

power and transmission, renewable energy, oil & gas, and

infrastructure.

Undergraduate

Institution: Seoul National University


Area of Law


Location of


Type of


Pertinent Job

History:

White & Case LLP, Associate (2011-Present); secunded to

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (2014-2015)

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering,

In-house Counsel (2010)

Representative

Matters:

Representation of the lenders KEXIM and The Bank of

Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Natixis, New

York Branch, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation as

mandated lead arrangers and lenders, in connection with

the approximately US$700 million project financing for the

design, engineering, procurement, construction, financing,

ownership, operation and maintenance of an up to 517 MW

combined-cycle gas power plant, Kelar, located in the

province of Antofagasta, Chile.

Representation of PV Salvador SpA as the project company

and its shareholders Holding Solventus Salvador SpA, Total

Nuevas Energías Chile SpA, and Etrion Chile SpA in

connection with the development, construction and

financing of the 70 MW Salvador solar photovoltaic power

project in the Atacama desert region of Chile, the world’s

largest merchant solar project at the time. The total project

cost is approximately US$200 million.

Undergraduate

Institution: Harvard College


Area of Law

Practice: Real Estate, REITs & Real Estate Capital Markets

Location of

Practice: Boston, MA

Type of


Pertinent Job

History: Goodwin Procter LLP, Partner (2001-Present)

Representative

Experience:

Represents professional real estate investors in

investments in a variety of real estate assets, including

office, apartment, condominium, retail, and hospitality

assets around the country. Clients include insurance

companies, pension fund advisors, real estate investment

trusts, banks and foreign investors investing through a

variety of complex structures, including joint ventures,

mezzanine loans and merger transactions. Experience in

connection with these investments includes acquisition,

disposition, and construction and permanent financings.

Undergraduate

Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign


Area of Law

Practice: Private Equity

Location of

Practice: San Francisco, CA

Type of

Employment: In-House Counsel

Pertinent Job

History:

Golden Gate Capital, Executive Vice President, Finance

and General Counsel (2013 - Present)

Kirkland and Ellis, Partner (1994-2013)

Representative

Experience:

Various control buyout transactions in the software,

technology, retail & restaurant, insurance & financial

services, and industrials sectors. Formerly represented

more than a dozen prominent private equity firms in their

principal M&A activities before joining Golden Gate Capital

on a full-time basis.

Undergraduate

Institution: Tulane Universtiy


Area of Law

Practice: Mergers & Acquisitions

Location of


Type of


Pertinent Job

History:

Arnold & Porter LLP, Counsel (2011-Present); Associate

(2001-2010)

Representative

Experience:

Private equity fund DC Capital Partners and its portfolio

companies, including (1) Integrated Mission Solutions in

connection with its acquisition of Kaseman, Sallyport

Holdings and, together with a US$396.9 million tender

offer, Michael Baker Corporation, and (2) National

Interest Security Company (NISC), in the formation of

NISC and several growth acquisitions, as well as the

subsequent sale of NISC to IBM.

CML Healthcare (Canada) in its acquisition of diagnostic

imaging facilities in the Northeast United States.

AOL in its acquisition by merger of Going, Inc., its

acquisition by merger of Patch Media Corporation, its

acquisition by merger of Lightningcast, Inc., its acquisition

by merger of Third Screen Media, Inc., its stock purchase

of Truveo, Inc., its stock purchase of Totekasche Holdings,

Inc. d/b/a Userplane and its acquisition of GameDaily

assets from Gigex, Inc.

CSX Corporation in the US$1.15 billion sale of its global

port assets to Dubai Ports International and in the sale of

The Greenbrier to Justice Family Group, LLC.

US Airways in its US$1.5 billion merger with America West

and concurrent public equity offering and Rule 144A

convertible note offering.

Undergraduate

Institution: University of Michigan


Area of Law

Practice: M&A, General Corporate Matters and Non-Competes

Location of


Type of


Pertinent Job

History:

Foley & Lardner LLP, Partner (2004-Present);


Freedman Levy Kroll & Simonds (merged with Foley &

Lardner LLP in 2001), Associate (1995-2001)

Representative

Matters:

Continuous representation of Hanger, Inc. in the

acquisition of over 100 orthotics and prosthetics and

durable medical equipment providers and disposition of

several similar businesses over the last 17 years.

Represented BAA-USA in the auction and sale of its

airport concessions operations at Baltimore/Washington

International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Cleveland

Hopkins International Airport, Boston Logan International

Airport, and Pittsburgh International Airport to Prospect

Capital, a private equity buyer.

Representing an Indian-based molecule producer in the

joint venture with a US-based manufacturer and a US-

based drug developer.

Represented IDT Biologika in its acquisition of Aeras’

Biopharmaceutical Development Center (BDC)

manufacturing facility and the resulting strategic

partnership between IDT and Aeras.

Assisting an Asian pharmaceutical manufacturer in the

acquisition of a US-based pharmaceutical manufacturer.

Teaches “Negotiating a Mergers & Acquisitions

Transaction” as an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law.

Undergraduate

Institution: University of Pennsylvania


Area of Law


Location of


Type of


Pertinent Job

History:

Arnold & Porter LLP, Partner (2000-Present);


Representative

Matters:

Recent representative transactions include the following:

Sale-leaseback of corporate headquarters facility in

Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Disposition of two downtown District of Columbia Class A

office buildings on behalf of local real estate investment

and management company.

Refinancing of multifamily property under Freddie Mac

“CME” loan program.

Negotiation of construction contract for construction of

new US$40 million platinum LEED facility in La Jolla,

California.

Negotiation on behalf of a publicly traded REIT of joint

venture for the development and construction of 400-

unit multifamily project.

Acquisition of US$200 million hotel on behalf of a major

hospitality group.

Disposition of 1,400 unit apartment complex located in

Silver Spring, Maryland.

Structuring of equity and debt financing in connection

with portfolio shopping center acquisition.

Counseling foreign pension fund in connection with

investments in multiple large real estate-related-oriented

private equity funds.

Undergraduate

Institution: Roger Williams University

Law School: Roger Williams University School of Law

Area of Law

Practice: Lobbying

Location of


Type of

Employment: Lobbying Firm

Pertinent Job

History:

Porterfield Fettig & Sears LLC, Partner (2014 – Present)

Counsel and Vice-President (2006-2014)

Independent Community Bankers of America,

Legislative Counsel

Senate Judiciary Committee

Representative Terry Lee, Legislative Counsel

Representative

Experience:

Participated, on behalf of the firm’s clients, in the

Congressional deliberations leading to enactment of a

number of laws including Housing Economic and Recovery

Act, the Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act, the

Terrorism Risk Insurance Reauthorization Act and the

Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection

Act. In addition to her client advocacy, as Counsel, Sears is

responsible for overseeing the firm’s compliance and legal

matters.

Undergraduate

Institution: Washington University


Area of Law


Location of


Type of


Pertinent Job

History:

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

(1997-Present)

Robinson Silverman Pearce Aronsohn and Berman

(1985-1997)

Reavis & McGrath (1982-1985)

Representative

Matters:

Counsel to Google Inc. in connection with its US$1.8

billion acquisition of 111 Eighth Avenue, the location of its

New York headquarters. The sale is the largest

commercial real estate purchase by a tenant in US history

and the largest transaction in 2010 for a single building in

the US.

Counsel to The Children’s Investment Fund in connection

with a US$400M construction loan for the development

of 432 Park Avenue, the premier address for residential

condominiums in New York City. Upon completion, 432

Park will be the tallest residential building in the world.

Counsel to C&K Properties, multiple affiliates of whom

sold an assemblage consisting of the fee title to 1710

Broadway and their interests as contract vendees under

multiple air rights contracts. C&K’s purchaser closed on

the air rights contracts with each air rights seller.

Undergraduate

Institution: University of Pennsylvania


Area of Law


Location of


Type of


Pertinent Job

History:

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP,

Senior Associate (2007-Present); Summer Associate

(2006)

U.S. District Court of D.C., Summer Law Clerk (2005)

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP,

Legal Assistant—Banking (2002-2004)

Representative

Matters:

Represented numerous lender groups and tax equity

investors (e.g., Google) in connection with financings for

utility scale renewable energy (wind and solar) projects

throughout the United States

Represented Mizuho Bank, Ltd., JBIC and NEXI in

connection with the Petra Nova carbon capture and

sequestration project in Texas

Advised lenders (including SACE and development banks)

in connection with two separate power projects

(hydroelectric and thermal power) developed by IC Power

in Peru

Representation of the institutional investors in the

private placement transaction for the Hudson

Transmission transmission line under the Hudson River

Representation of secured creditors in connection with

Edison Mission Energy Chapter 11 proceedings

Undergraduate

Institution: Duke University


Area of Law

Practice:

Corporate/M&A (International Business Transactions

Group)

Location of


Type of


Pertinent Job

History:

Hogan Lovells, Senior Associate (2008-Present)

Allende & Brea Abogados, Law Clerk (2006)

Representative

Matters:

Auto parts maker Affinia Group in its global brake,

chassis and filtration businesses sales for total enterprise

value over US$1.3 billion.

Corning Inc. in its acquisition of the US- and Italy-based

pharmaceutical glass tubing business of Gerresheimer

GmbH, for €196 million.

Airbus Defense and Space, Inc. in the sale of its wholly-

owned subsidiary Fairchild Controls Corporation, a

supplier of thermal management systems, to Triumph

Group, Inc.

Gemalto N.V. in its acquisition of SafeNet, Inc., a

worldwide leader in data protection and software

monetization, for US$890 million.

Amplimmune, Inc., a biologics company developing

cancer therapies, in its sale to AstraZeneca and

MedImmune for up to US$500 million.

Ford Motor Company in its sales of Volvo Cars to Geely

for US$1.8 billion, and Jaguar and Land Rover to Tata

Motors for US$2.3 billion.

One of the largest European-based aerospace companies

in acquiring a provider of advanced air traffic

management products and services.

Office Depot, Inc. in the sale of a 50% interest in Latin

American joint venture Office Depot Mexico to Grupo

Gigante for US$690 million.

Undergraduate

Institution: Carnegie Mellon University


Area of Law

Practice:

M&A, Corporate Governance and General Corporate

Matters

Location of


Type of


Pertinent Job

History:

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Partner (2007-Present);


Representative

Matters:

Representing Pilgrim’s Pride in its $7.7 billion offer for

Hillshire Brands and in connection with a competing offer

to acquire Hillshire made by Tyson Food

Representing Covance in its $6.2 billion sale to LabCorp

Representing DreamWorks SKG in its $1.6 billion sale to

Paramount Pictures

Representing Starwood Hotels in its pending $12 billion

sale to Marriott International

Representing Qualcomm in its cooperation agreement

with JANA Partners and in its $3.1 billion acquisition of

Atheros

Teaches “Mergers & Acquisitions in Practice: Advising the

Board of Directors” as an adjunct professor at

Georgetown Law

Documents

Georgetown Law Symposium on Careers in Corporate Law Program