Zane Mitchell
Biography
Overview
Zane Mitchell is an associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group and is resident in the New York office. Mr. Mitchell's practice focuses on representing domestic and international clients from a wide array of industries on public and private mergers and acquisitions, capital fundraising, debt financing and activism-related matters. He also represents a range of financial sector clients, including fintech, banking, and insurance firms, as well as their top executives and investors, on enforcement and regulatory issues.
Experience
Representation of EchoStar Corporation in its acquisition of DISH Network Corporation in an all-stock merger at a fixed exchange ratio.
Representation of Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a portfolio company of QHP Capital, on its acquisition of Slayback Pharma, LLC from existing investors including KKR and Everstone Capital.
Representation of NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG), a consumer services company built on dynamic retail brands, in its US$5.2 billion all cash acquisition of Vivint Smart Home, Inc. (NYSE: VVNT), a leading smart home company in the United States.
Representation of Flying Eagle Acquisition Corp., (NYSE: FEAC) a blank-check company, in its US$4.3 billion business combination with Skillz Inc., a mobile-gaming company based in California.
Representation of DIC Corporation, a Japanese fine chemicals company, and its US subsidiary Sun Chemical Corporation, in connection with DIC's proposed acquisition of BASF's global pigments business, known as BASF Colors & Effects (BCE) for a purchase price on a cash and debt-free basis of €1.15 billion.
Representation of Brookfield Asset Management, a leading global alternative asset manager, on the acquisition by Brookfield Infrastructure Partners of substantially all the assets of Cyxtera Technologies, Inc., a global leader in data center colocation, interconnection services, and digital infrastructure, for US$775 million.
Representation of Schneider Electric SAS in connection with the complex pre-sale carve-out, and subsequent €723 million sale to Yageo Holding France, of its global sensors business, in a two-stage transaction process involving (i) the establishment of the Telemecanique Sensors group, a group of new entities, into which the global sensors business, including all assets, contracts, property, intellectual property and employees, were carved out into prior to the sale (the "Global Carve Out"), and (ii) the subsequent sale of 100% of the share capital of the parent entity of the Telemecanique Sensors group, TMSS Holding, to Yageo Holding France.
Representation of UBS Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and the other initial purchasers in connection with the issuance by Fiesta Purchaser, Inc. of US$500 million aggregate principal amount of its 7.875% senior secured notes due 2031.
Representation of Banco Mercantil del Norte, S.A., Institucion de Banca Multiple, Grupo Financiero Banorte, acting through its Cayman Islands Branch (Banorte) on its Rule 144A/Reg S offering of 8.375% perpetual 10-year callable subordinated non-preferred non-cumulative tier 1 capital notes, in an aggregate principal amount of US$500 million.
Representation of KKR and its credit funds and accounts as structuring advisor, left lead arranger and initial lenders for a US$125 million non-recourse receivables facility with Curia Receivables II SPV, LLC, as borrower, Curia Global, Inc., as master servicer, and performance guarantor, and Curia Global, Inc. and certain of its wholly owned subsidiaries, as originators.
