Stephen Koval, a member of the firm's Executive Committee, concentrates his practice on structuring and negotiating complex business transactions and private equity structures, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, carveouts, recapitalizations and workouts. He has substantial experience in public offerings and private placements of debt and equity securities, representing financial institutions and U.S. issuers of all sizes in the United States, and both U.S. and international entities in cross-border offerings. He is also experienced in the restructuring of the debt of financially distressed public companies.
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Mr. Koval is an experienced corporate counselor, advising boards of
directors and their committees on a broad range of issues, including
governance and executive compensation.
Mr. Koval has substantial experience in the transactional health care
area. He has represented companies, financial institutions and other
investors in a variety of health care entities, both start-up
enterprises and mature companies, covering different fields of health
care, including health maintenance organizations, physician practice
groups, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies.
Mr. Koval has been recognized as a leading practitioner in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2009).
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Represented Sidney Frank Importing Co., Inc. in its multi-billion dollar sale of its Grey Goose vodka brand to Bacardi Limited.
Represented Chef America, a major frozen food company, in a Goldman
Sachs-led auction sale of the company to Nestlé for $2.6 billion.
Represented J.W. Childs Associates and Merrill Lynch Global Private
Equity in the acquisition of Advantage Sales & Marketing Inc. ("ASM")
for approximately $1.05 billion. ASM is a leading sales and marketing
agency in the U.S., providing outsourced sales, marketing and
merchandising services to manufacturers, suppliers and producers of
consumer goods.
Represented a consortium comprised of J.W. Childs and two
Singapore-based co-investors in the going private acquisition and
associated financing of Brookstone, Inc., valued at approximately $465
million.
Represented J.W. Childs and another private equity sponsor in the
acquisitions and associated financings of Pinnacle Foods and Aurora
Foods in separate acquisitions, one through the going private
bankruptcy of Aurora Foods, and the combination of those businesses, in
transactions aggregating several billion dollars. Pinnacle and Aurora
own and market well-known branded food products.
Represented J.W. Childs and Halifax Capital Partners in the $300
million leveraged recapitalization of Universal Hospital Services, the
leading provider of leased medical equipment to hospitals and other
health care facilities.
Represented Universal Hospital Services, Inc. in its sale to Bear
Stearns Merchant Banking, the private equity affiliate of The Bear
Stearns Companies, Inc., for approximately $712 million.
Represented J.W. Childs as part of the sponsor group with two Canadian
co-investors in the C$640 million going private acquisition and
associated financing of MAAX Inc, a Canadian manufacturer of shower and
bathroom fixtures, and its subsequent restructuring and sale.
Represented Sidney Frank Importing Co., Inc. in its multi-billion dollar sale of its Grey Goose vodka brand to Bacardi Limited.
Represented Chef America, a major frozen food company, in a Goldman
Sachs-led auction sale of the company to Nestlé for $2.6 billion.
Represented J.W. Childs Associates and Merrill Lynch Global Private
Equity in the acquisition of Advantage Sales & Marketing Inc. ("ASM")
for approximately $1.05 billion. ASM is a leading sales and marketing
agency in the U.S., providing outsourced sales, marketing and
merchandising services to manufacturers, suppliers and producers of
consumer goods.
Represented a consortium comprised of J.W. Childs and two
Singapore-based co-investors in the going private acquisition and
associated financing of Brookstone, Inc., valued at approximately $465
million.
Represented J.W. Childs and another private equity sponsor in the
acquisitions and associated financings of Pinnacle Foods and Aurora
Foods in separate acquisitions, one through the going private
bankruptcy of Aurora Foods, and the combination of those businesses, in
transactions aggregating several billion dollars. Pinnacle and Aurora
own and market well-known branded food products.
Represented J.W. Childs and Halifax Capital Partners in the $300
million leveraged recapitalization of Universal Hospital Services, the
leading provider of leased medical equipment to hospitals and other
health care facilities.
Represented Universal Hospital Services, Inc. in its sale to Bear
Stearns Merchant Banking, the private equity affiliate of The Bear
Stearns Companies, Inc., for approximately $712 million.
Represented a sovereign Islamic bank in its investment in a China-based real estate joint venture.
Represented Essie Cosmetics, one of the largest independent nail polish companies in the beauty industry, in connection with its acquisition by L'Oréal USA.
Represented J.W. Childs as part of the sponsor group with two Canadian
co-investors in the C$640 million going private acquisition and
associated financing of MAAX Inc, a Canadian manufacturer of shower and
bathroom fixtures, and its subsequent restructuring and sale.
Represented J.W. Childs and Halifax Capital Partners in the $500
million going private acquisition and associated financing of InSight
Health, a leading national provider of diagnostic imaging services, and
its subsequent restructuring.
Represented J.W. Childs in the $170 million acquisition and associated
financing of the Meow Mix and Alley Cat brands of cat food from Ralston
Purina (as part of the FTC's negotiated consent order approving the
acquisition of Ralston Purina by Nestlé) and its subsequent sale of The
Meow Mix Company to the Cypress Group.
Represented J.W. Childs in the $350 million acquisition and associated
financing of Hartz Mountain Corporation, the leading manufacturer and
distributor of pet supplies and its subsequent $388 million sale of
Hartz to Sumitomo Corporation of America.
Represented J.W. Childs in the sale of American Safety Razor, a leading
global manufacturer of private label wet shaving razors and blades, and
industrial, specialty and medical blades, to Lion Capital LLP, a London-based private equity firm, in a $625 million transaction.
Represented U.S. Home Corporation, one of the largest homebuilding
companies in the United States, in its public sale, in a multi-billion
dollar stock-for-stock merger, to Lennar Corporation.
Represented Golden Pond Healthcare, Inc., a special purpose acquisition
corporation ("SPAC"), in issuing $125 million of public equity to raise
capital for the acquisition of a healthcare company or companies.
Represented an international investor group in structuring and
financing bids for banks being privatized by the Peruvian government in
separate transactions, including a Regulation S/Rule 144A offering of
exchangeable notes to finance a portion of one bid.
