Nicole Perez focuses on public and private mergers and acquisitions, both cross-border and domestic and general corporate matters. In addition, she also advises clients and their boards on activist defense, joint ventures, securities law, corporate governance, divestitures, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, spin-offs, minority investments, PIPEs deals, commercial contracts and other complex corporate transactions.
Nicole has extensive experience in a broad range of industries, including technology, telecommunications, media, health care, life sciences, energy and alternative energy and pharmaceuticals.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., 1995
Bar and Court Admissions
BAR ADMISSIONS
New York
Experience
Represented Gentiva Health Services (NASDAQ: GTIV) in its defense against hostile tender offer by Kindred Healthcare Inc. (NYSE: KND) and its negotiated sale to Kindred for $1.8 billion (including assumed debt).*
Represented Mylan Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: MYL) in connection with attempted $4.0 billion merger with King Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: KG), its defense against an unsolicited offer by Carl Icahn to acquire Mylan and a related proxy fight by Carl Icahn to solicit proxies in opposition to the merger.*
Represented Avellino Lab USA in its proposed de-SPAC transaction with Senior Connect Acquisition I.*
Represented Clayton, Dublier & Rice, Inc. in its $3 billion sponsored spin off of Alberto-Culver Company's (NYSE: ACV) Sally Beauty division (NYSE: SBH) structured as a reverse Morris Trust transaction.*
Represented Trian Partners in its proxy fight to obtain four board seats on the DuPont de Nemours Inc. (NYSE: DD) board.*
Defended VISX Incorporated (NYSE: EYE) in its successful proxy fight against Carl Icahn.*
Represented Culligan Ltd. in connection with $900 million recapitalization.*
Represented Trinidad-based conglomerate in connection with numerous divestitures, including sale (via Jamaican tender offer) of 81.4% stake in rum company to beverage group for $540 million.*
Represented Russian coal and steel company in acquisition of a West Virginia coal company for $400 million in cash, up to $1.5 billion in preferred stock and assumption of $125 million of indebtedness.*
Represented UK-based communications company in connection with its GBP3.7 billion demerger (spin-off) into two LSE-listed groups.*
Represented multinational technology corporation in connection with $3.4 billion tender offer for software company.*
Represented telecommunications company in connection with $8.8 billion acquisition of competitor.*
Represented financial services company in formation of 50/50 joint venture establishing a U.S. fixed income derivatives clearinghouse.*
Represented infrastructure fund in connection with purchase of equity in three wind farms.*
Represented Dutch pension manager in acquisition of a 37.75% stake of Mexican wind farm.*
Represented global asset management company in a number of transactions, including $2.1 billion going-private merger.*
Represented private equity firm in connection with $259 million leveraged buyout of four television stations effected through stock and asset purchases.*
Represented Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund in acquisition of a minority stake (valued at approximately $2.4 billion) in a major U.S. financial institution.*
Represented private equity firm in sale of a minority stake of itself to a prominent Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund.*
Represented private equity firm in a number of PIPEs deals and other minority investments in public companies or public company subsidiaries.*
Represented commercial real estate brokerage company and its affiliates in the sale of its investment fund for a purchase price of $515 million.*
Represented paper company in numerous transactions connected to strategic transformation plan, including auction-style asset sale of more than six million acres of timberland across 17 states for aggregate proceeds of $6.6 billion and divestiture of its wood products division in a series of asset sales to separate buyers for aggregate proceeds of $560 million.*
Represented energy company in attempted public auction of 2,900 megawatts of six power generation facilities in sales to five buyers for approximately $1.5 billion.*
Represented automotive pension plan in PIPEs transaction to acquire convertible preferred stock.*
Represented special committee of software firm in $1.3 billion merger.*
Represented motion picture equipment company in connection with joint venture to establish digital laboratory services company.*
Represented aerospace company in connection with the repatriation of the cash proceeds received by its subsidiaries from the sale of a division and restructuring in contemplation of a potential sale or spin-off.*
Represented financial services company in its offering of two classes of convertible preferred stock.*
* - handled by Nicole prior to joining Foley Hoag.
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