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David Carpenter

 
Partner - Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP
 
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Company Name : Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP
 
Company Website : www.mayerbrownrowe.com
 
Company Address : 71 S. Wacker Dr.
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United States,
 
David Carpenter Profile :
Partner - Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP
 
David Carpenter Biography :

Experience:

David Carpenter focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and sales of businesses, joint ventures and strategic alliances, with particular emphasis on cross-border transactions. His practice also includes representing issuers and underwriters/managers on securities transactions, including private placements, Rule 144A transactions, and Regulation S offerings by international issuers, and advising on day-to-day compliance with securities law matters. He also represents corporate clients in negotiating and document relationships with outside investors, distributors, and co-packers, and on corporate governance matters.

David serves as the co-Chairman of Mayer Brown’s India Practice and is active in advising clients on investment and joint venture activities in India. He also represents Indian issuers and underwriters in connection with international aspects of securities offerings, including foreign currency convertible bond transactions.

From March 1998 until June 2001, David served as the Executive Vice President, Administration, Legal & Regulatory Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary of Metal Management, Inc (NYSE: MM), a publicly traded scrap metal recycler.

Notable Engagements:

M&A/Joint Ventures

Represented Nestlé S.A./Nestlé U.S.A. in connection with the acquisition of: Chef America, the owner of the Hot Pocket® and Lean Pockets® brand of hand held sandwiches ($2.6 billion); Jenny Craig ($600 million); Norvatis Medical Nutrition ($2.5 billion); and Gerber Products Company and Gerber Life Insurance Company ($5.5 billion).

Represented Nestlé U.S.A. in the sale of its Ortega, Mexican food division to B&G Foods.

Represented Huron Consulting Group Inc. in connection with the acquisition of Callaway Partners, Wellspring Partners, Galt & Company, Nextra Litigation Solutions, Glass & Associates, and Aaxis Technologies Inc.

Represented Nestlé S.A. in the formation of a joint venture (Dairy Partners Americas) with Fonterra Cooperative Group of New Zealand for the manufacture of milk powders and the manufacture, distribution and sale of flavored milks and other dairy products throughout North, Central and South America and the Caribbean.

Represented Nestlé S.A. in a world-wide joint venture with Colgate-Palmolive Company to manufacture and distribute confectionery products with oral care benefits.

Represented Metal Management, Inc., a publicly traded scrap metal recycler in over 20 acquisitions, dispositions, and joint venture transactions.

Represented DSM Desotech Inc., a subsidiary of a Dutch chemical company, Royal DSM N.V., in the restructuring of its joint venture with JSR Corporation of Japan, and the sale of certain assets and related technology of DSM Desotech’s UV/EB curable resins business to JSR.

Represented HSBC Private Label Corporation in connection with Preferred Stock investments in Concept Shopping Inc. and Debitman Inc. (now Tempo Payments Inc.) and related strategic alliances.

India-related

Represented a joint venture formed by Mauritius-based affiliates of Walton Street Capital and Starwood Capital Group in a $1.23 billion township development project in Kolkata, India and the related negotiation of a joint venture with Indian property developer, Shriram Properties Limited.

Represented Walton Street Capital India in connection with joint venture and real estate development opportunities in Pune, India.

Represented Jefferies International in foreign currency convertible bond offerings for Aftek Infosy, REI Agro Limited, HEG Limited, GHCL Limited and S. Kumars Limited.

Represented Jindal Poly Films Limited in the international aspects of its INR 3,000,000,000 Equity Share offering.

Represented SKS Microfinance Limited, a Hyderabad-based microfinance lending institution, in connection with its first and second round private equity financings with, among other investors, Mauritius Unitus Corporation, Vinod Khosla, and Sequoia Capital India II LLC.

Education:

DePaul University College of Law, JD, 1987; Law Review, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, BA, 1984.

 
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