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W.
Jeffrey
Lawrence
Partner
Education
Columbia University School of Law, J.D., 1981, Kent Scholar, Stone Scholar
Parker School Certificate with Honors
Columbia Journal of Transnational Law
School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University, M.A. in International Studies, 1978
The Johns Hopkins University, B.A. in International Studies, 1977, General and Departmental Honors
Practice
Mr. Lawrence, a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group in New York, represents European and U.S. clients in acquisitions and sales of public and private companies and their assets. Many of these transactions have included a substantial cross-border element. He also has extensive experience in private equity transactions, including leveraged buyouts, and has provided corporate counsel to a variety of companies held in private equity investment portfolios. In addition, he has been involved in a number of acquisition and disposition transactions in the insurance industry. Mr. Lawrence joined the firm in 1981 and became a partner in 1990. He spent five years in our London office, returning to New York in August 2001.
Recent Experience
- DaimlerChrysler AG in its disposition of an 80.1% interest in DaimlerChrysler Holding LLC to an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.
- Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. in connection with its acquisition of a 10% equity interest in Miller Buckfire & Co. LLC and a related strategic collaboration agreement
- A special committee of the board of directors of Pathmark Stores, Inc. in connection with its acquisition by The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Inc.
- BG Group plc in its acquisition of the Lake Road power plant in Dayville, Connecticut
- The majority shareholders of Atlas Tube, Inc. in its business combination with John Maneely Company
- Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. in its acquisition of Heidenreich Marine Inc., Heidmar International Pools Inc. and GT Energy Corporation
- Tetra Pak in its acquisition of Carlisle Process Systems from Carlisle Companies Incorporated
- Continental AG in its acquisition of the automotive electronics business of Motorola, Inc.
- Merrill Lynch in its acquisition of The Advest Group, Inc. from AXA Financial, Inc. and subsequent dispositions of Independent Portfolio Consultants, Inc. and of a majority interest in two lines of business of Boston Advisors, Inc.
- Pathmark Stores, Inc. in its sale of a 40% stake, together with warrants, to investment funds affiliated with The Yucaipa Companies LLC
- The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. in the formation of its Independent Research Network, LLC joint venture with Reuters America LLC
- Nash Finch Company in its acquisition of certain assets of Roundy’s, Inc.
- Ispat International N.V. and a special committee of its board of directors in Ispat’s share acquisition of LNM Holdings N.V. to form Mittal Steel Company N.V.
- Celanese AG in its acquisition by The Blackstone Group in a combined German and U.S. cash tender offer and subsequent follow-up offer in connection with the execution of a domination agreement
- Aventis in the sale of its Aventis Behring blood plasma products business to CSL Limited
Morgan Stanley in the sale of its self-directed online accounts to Bank of Montreal’s Harris direct
- Technip in its simultaneous U.S. and French exchange offers for Coflexip and ISIS
- British Telecommunications plc in connection with its restructuring and in its acquisitions of
Esat Telecom Group plc, Esat Digifone, Yellow Book USA and a 20% interest in IMPSAT Corporation
- Hilton Group plc in its cash and share offer for Scandic Hotels AB
- Viscardi Ventures GmbH in its combined U.S. and U.K. cash offers for topjobs.net plc
- The Tetra Laval Group in the sale of its Alfa Laval business in a leveraged buyout led by
Industri Kapital
- Investcorp in its public-to-private acquisition of Gerresheimer Glas AG and in the U.S. aspects of its acquisition of Stahl B.V.
- Orange plc and (subsequently, with the consent of Orange) Mannesmann AG in the acquisition of Orange by Mannesmann
- Ceyoniq AG in its share-for-share acquisition of TREEV, Inc.
- Unaxis AG in the sale of its Bally shoe business to Texas Pacific Group and in the sale of its Large Area Coating business to Applied Films Corp.
- British Steel plc in its merger with Koninklijke Hoogovens NV to form Corus Group plc
- Cinven and Investcorp in their leveraged buyout of the specialty chemicals division of AstraZeneca
- Deutsche Babcock in the combination of its Balcke-Dürr heat exchange business with
Thermal Engineering International Corporation, a company controlled by Citicorp Venture Capital
- Hoechst AG in the sale of its Herberts paint business to DuPont
- Leica Holdings in the sale of its Leica Microsystems business in a leveraged buyout led by
Schroder Ventures
- Lancet Investments in the sale of its Leica Geosystems business in a leveraged buyout led by Investcorp
- British Telecommunications plc in its previously planned merger with MCI Communications Corporation and subsequent agreement to vote in favor of the merger between MCI and
WorldCom, Inc.
- Munich Reinsurance Company in its acquisition of American Re Corporation and in its disposition of Great Lakes America Reinsurance Company
- Oslo Reinsurance Company AS in the sale of its U.S. subsidiaries, Christiania General Insurance Corporation of New York and Surety Re Corp., to Folksamerica Holding Company, Inc.
- Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in connection with various investments including ARM Financial Group, Inc. (life insurance and financial services), Centre Cat Limited (Bermuda catastrophe reinsurer), Shakopee Valley Printing, Inc. (printing), Stanklav Holding, Inc. (shipping) and Sullivan Communications, Inc. (printing)
- Merrill Lynch Capital Partners and its successor, Stonington Partners, in connection with its investments in Supermarkets General Corporation including advising Supermarkets General in its dispositions of the Purity Supreme supermarkets chain, the Rickel home improvement store chain and the Pathmark free-standing drugstore business
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