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Michael
W.
Benjamin
Partner
Education
University of New South Wales, B.Com., with merit
University of New South Wales, LL.B., 1997
Practice
Mr. Benjamin is a partner in the firm’s Capital Markets Group. He has worked on numerous domestic and international debt and equity securities offerings, including SEC-registered offerings, private placements under Rule 144A and Regulation S, shelf offerings, tender offers and exchange offers. Mr. Benjamin also has experience advising domestic and international issuers on their ongoing compliance obligations under U.S. securities laws, including the drafting of Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Experience
- JBS S.A. and JBS (USA) LLC in connection with their joint issuance of high yield notes
- American Axle & Manufacturing Inc. in connection with its issuance of secured high yield notes
- Tops Holding Corporation and Tops Markets, LLC, a company owned by Morgan Stanley Private Equity, in connection with its issuance of secured high yield notes
- Legg Mason Inc. in connection with its SEC-registered offer to exchanges its outstanding Equity Units for a combination of cash and common stock
- Goldman, Sachs & Co. and several other underwriters in connection with a concurrent offering of common stock by Leap Wireless International, Inc. and secured high yield notes by Cricket Communications, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, Inc.
- Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Blackstone Advisory Services L.P. in connection with the restructuring of, and tender offer for, debt securities of Ford Motor Credit Company, LLC and convertible notes of Ford Motor Company
- Morgan Stanley in connection with the initial public offering and secondary offering of shares of common stock of Chart Industries, Inc.
- Morgan Stanley in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Hub International Ltd. by Apax Partners
- Morgan Stanley in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Seitel, Inc. by ValueAct Capital
- Morgan Stanley in connection with the financing of the acquisition of NCO Group Inc. by One Equity Partners
- Morgan Stanley in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Sensata Technologies B.V. by Bain Capital
- Morgan Stanley in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Chart Industries, Inc. by First Reserve Corporation
- Morgan Stanley in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Progress Rail Services Corp. by One Equity Partners
- Morgan Stanley in connection with the issuance of high yield notes by Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc., a company owned by Morgan Stanley Capital Partners
- Morgan Stanley in connection with the issuance of high yield notes by TFM, S.A. de C.V.
- Merrill Lynch & Co. in connection with the issuance of senior convertible notes by General Cable Corporation
- Banc of America Securities in connection with the issuance of high yield notes by Moog Inc.
- Banc of America Securities in connection with the issuance of high yield notes by Rainbow National Services LLC, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation
- Banc of America Securities in connection with the issuance of high yield notes by MedCath Corporation, a company owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., L.P. and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe VII, L.P.
- The underwriters for Kansas City Southern and its subsidiaries in connection with several offerings of debt securities, shares of common stock, debt tender offers and consent solicitations
- The underwriters for The Interpublic Group of companies in connection with several tender offers, shelf takedowns of common stock, preferred stock and senior notes and private placements of senior notes and convertible preferred stock
- The underwriters for Cablevision Systems Corporation in connection with several offerings, including its “go private” transaction
- Ongoing corporate and SEC representation for American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.
- Ongoing representation for the Corporate Governance Committee of Trizec Properties, Inc.
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