Jacquie Smith
Biography
Overview
Jacquie Smith is an associate in the Mergers and Acquisitions practice group and is resident in the New York office. Jacquie focuses her practice on the representation of corporate clients and private equity funds in connection with domestic and global mergers, acquisitions and equity investments across a broad range of industries.
Experience
Representation of Peter Cancro and Jersey Mike's Inc., an entity owned by Peter Cancro and his affiliates, in their entry into an equity purchase agreement to a majority of the equity interests in Jersey Mike's Franchise Systems, Inc. to an affiliate of Blackstone Inc.
Representation of the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Gatos Silver, Inc. on the acquisition of all the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Gatos Silver by First Majestic Silver Corp. for an approximate value of US$970 million.
Representation of CVC in its acquisition of a significant ownership position in Epicor Software, a global provider of industry-specific enterprise software to promote business growth.
Representation of Hartree Partners, a global energy and commodities trading company, on its acquisition of the majority of ED&F Man's outstanding A2 and B1 senior secured legacy debt and the acquisition of ED&F Man Commodities' three business units Volcafe (coffee), ED&F Man Liquid Products (molasses, animal feeds and fish oil) and ED&F Man Sugar.
Representation of Surgalign Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries in the negotiation and execution of a stalking horse asset purchase agreement for the sale of its hardware and biologics medical technology business to Xtant Medical Holdings, Inc., which shall be effected pursuant to Sections 105, 363 and 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Representation of Newmont Corporation, the world's leading gold company and a producer of copper, silver, zinc and lead that is based in the United States with operations worldwide, in its US$19.3 billion acquisition of Newcrest Mining Limited, an Australian gold mining company, by way of an Australian scheme of arrangement.
Representation of GLAAM, Co., Ltd., a leading designer and manufacturer of architectural display glass, on its business combination with estimated post-transaction enterprise value of $309 million with Jaguar Global Growth Corporation I, a Nasdaq-listed special purpose acquisition company.
Representation of IFS AB, a leading enterprise software solution provider and portfolio company of EQT AB, in its acquisition of P2 Upstream SuperHoldco Inc., a provider of leading production software in upstream oil and gas from Advent International.
Representation of Guardian Alarm, a leading security alarm monitoring and services provider and portfolio company of Certares Management LLC, in the sale of Guardian Medical Monitoring, LLC, a medical monitoring business and its wholly owned subsidiary to VRI Intermediate Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Modivcare Inc., a technology-enabled healthcare services company.
Representation of Strike Holdco LLC and its subsidiaries (the "Debtors") in the negotiation and execution of a stalking horse asset purchase agreement for the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Debtors to an affiliate of American Industrial Partners for a credit bid of all outstanding obligations under the Debtors' debtor-in-possession and ABL credit facilities and a certain amount of excluded cash.
Representation of Mill Rock Capital, a growth and operations oriented private equity firm, in (i) the US$110 million purchase of all the outstanding equity of Asbury Carbons, Inc., a leading supplier of carbon products, (ii) the acquisition by Tandym Group, a leading recruitment, contract staffing, consulting, and workforce solutions company, and a portfolio company of Mill Rock Capital, of Metro Systems Inc., a provider of IT staffing services to clients in the North American marketplace, (iii) the acquisition by DRT Holdings, a Mill Rock Capital portfolio company that provides specialised manufacturing solutions to the metal packaging, aerospace, and precision industrial segments, of Custom Machining Corporation, a manufacturing company specialising in contract manufacturing/machining and high-speed automation machinery, and (iiii) the acquisition of assets from Everett Graphics, Inc.
Representation of Onward Energy, a portfolio company of J.P. Morgan Asset Management Infrastructure Investments Group, in its acquisition of two combined-cycle, gas-fired power generation facilities located in South Carolina and Maryland.
