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Jeffrey R. Shuman

Partner

Chicago

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Jeff is a partner in the Chicago office and focuses his practice on corporate finance and securities law, mergers and acquisitions, counselling with respect to corporate governance matters and general corporate representation.

Jeff focuses his practice on meeting the corporate and transactional needs of public and private companies with respect to capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, counselling with respect to corporate governance matters and general corporate counselling. In particular, he has extensive experience advising corporate issuers and Special Purpose Acquisition Companies with respect to a variety of types of public and private securities offerings, including offerings of equity and debt securities and registered and unregistered exchange offers. In 2011, he was recognized by The M&A Advisor as a "40 Under 40" award winner for his work in the mergers and acquisitions, financing, and turnarounds industries.

Key Matters

Some of the experience represented below may have been handled at a previous firm.

  • An NYSE-listed car rental company in the separation of its equipment rental business, multiple private placements of US Dollar and Euro denominated totaling over $5 billion and subsequent Exxon Capital exchange offers, multiple registered secondary offerings of common stock totaling over $4.0 billion and the privately negotiated exchanges of common stock for over $390 million in senior secured convertible notes.
  • A multinational automotive company in a number of transactions, including its $23.1 billion IPO (the largest in history), the sale of substantially all of its assets to a new entity sponsored by the U.S. Treasury in connection with the company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, its proposed $27 billion exchange offer, its 2013 registered secondary offering of common stock, its 2013 registered Dutch auction of warrants, its 2008 issuance of $4.4 billion in convertible debentures in a private offering, its 2007 public offering of $1.5 billion in convertible debentures, and its 2004 registered underwritten secondary sale of approximately $911 million of The News Corporation’s preferred American depositary shares.
  • A Swiss-based multinational chemicals and biotechnology company in its $2.3 billion rights offering and $865 million common stock offering in connection with its acquisition of all outstanding shares of a multinational pharmaceutical company for a purchase price of $5.5 billion.
  • An NYSE-listed business process outsourcing company in the acquisition of an India-based business process outsourcing company from a Singapore-based private equity fund in exchange for a majority of the listed company’s outstanding common stock.
  • A Canadian licensed cannabis producer in its $345 million 5.5% convertible senior notes due 2024 offering.
  • A publicly traded aerospace and defense corporation in multiple public offerings of senior notes of $2.4 billion, $1.5 billion, $1 billion, and $750 million and multiple acquisition transactions, including its $360 million acquisition of publicly traded Force Protection, Inc.
  • Merge Healthcare Incorporated in multiple transactions including its $252 million tender offer for its outstanding senior secured notes, its $50 million private placement of common stock to a group of investors arranged by Guggenheim Corporate Funding, LLC, and its $1 billion sale to IBM.
  • A sponsor of non-listed real estate investment funds, in connection with transactions pursuant to which Monogram Residential Trust, Inc. became self-managed and contractual arrangements pursuant to which TIER REIT, Inc, became self-managed.
  • The providers of business management and advisory services and property management services in connection with their $375 million sale to Retail Properties of America, Inc.
  • A publicly traded, multinational conglomerate in connection with a number of acquisitions, including the acquisition of Callidus Technologies LLC.
  • One of the world’s oldest futures and options exchanges in connection with its 2005 restructuring and demutualization into a stock, for-profit company involving a public offering of securities to the company’s members and the parent company of the exchange in its $198 million IPO of common stock.
Recent Experience
Winston Represented Hayward Holdings in its Acquisition of ChlorKing
Global Hydrogen Energy Completes Business Combination with Dune Acquisition Corporation
ClearCompany Sale to Gemspring Capital Management
Arthur J. Gallagher (NYSE: AJG) carveout acquisition of M&T Insurance Agency from M&T Bank Corporation (NYSE: MTB).
Seven Oaks Acquisition Corp. Business Combination with Boxed, Inc.
Echo Global Logistics, Inc. Announces Acquisition by The Jordan Company, L.P.
Citadel Defense Co.'s Acquisition by BlueHalo
Direct Selling Acquisition Corp. Announces Closing of US$230M IPO
DTRT Health Acquisition Corp. Closes US$230M IPO

Capabilities

Capital Markets
Mergers & Acquisitions
Corporate Governance
Transactions
Public Companies

Key Matters

Some of the experience represented below may have been handled at a previous firm.

  • An NYSE-listed car rental company in the separation of its equipment rental business, multiple private placements of US Dollar and Euro denominated totaling over $5 billion and subsequent Exxon Capital exchange offers, multiple registered secondary offerings of common stock totaling over $4.0 billion and the privately negotiated exchanges of common stock for over $390 million in senior secured convertible notes.
  • A multinational automotive company in a number of transactions, including its $23.1 billion IPO (the largest in history), the sale of substantially all of its assets to a new entity sponsored by the U.S. Treasury in connection with the company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, its proposed $27 billion exchange offer, its 2013 registered secondary offering of common stock, its 2013 registered Dutch auction of warrants, its 2008 issuance of $4.4 billion in convertible debentures in a private offering, its 2007 public offering of $1.5 billion in convertible debentures, and its 2004 registered underwritten secondary sale of approximately $911 million of The News Corporation’s preferred American depositary shares.
  • A Swiss-based multinational chemicals and biotechnology company in its $2.3 billion rights offering and $865 million common stock offering in connection with its acquisition of all outstanding shares of a multinational pharmaceutical company for a purchase price of $5.5 billion.
  • An NYSE-listed business process outsourcing company in the acquisition of an India-based business process outsourcing company from a Singapore-based private equity fund in exchange for a majority of the listed company’s outstanding common stock.
  • A Canadian licensed cannabis producer in its $345 million 5.5% convertible senior notes due 2024 offering.
  • A publicly traded aerospace and defense corporation in multiple public offerings of senior notes of $2.4 billion, $1.5 billion, $1 billion, and $750 million and multiple acquisition transactions, including its $360 million acquisition of publicly traded Force Protection, Inc.
  • Merge Healthcare Incorporated in multiple transactions including its $252 million tender offer for its outstanding senior secured notes, its $50 million private placement of common stock to a group of investors arranged by Guggenheim Corporate Funding, LLC, and its $1 billion sale to IBM.
  • A sponsor of non-listed real estate investment funds, in connection with transactions pursuant to which Monogram Residential Trust, Inc. became self-managed and contractual arrangements pursuant to which TIER REIT, Inc, became self-managed.
  • The providers of business management and advisory services and property management services in connection with their $375 million sale to Retail Properties of America, Inc.
  • A publicly traded, multinational conglomerate in connection with a number of acquisitions, including the acquisition of Callidus Technologies LLC.
  • One of the world’s oldest futures and options exchanges in connection with its 2005 restructuring and demutualization into a stock, for-profit company involving a public offering of securities to the company’s members and the parent company of the exchange in its $198 million IPO of common stock.
Recent Experience
Winston Represented Hayward Holdings in its Acquisition of ChlorKing
Global Hydrogen Energy Completes Business Combination with Dune Acquisition Corporation
ClearCompany Sale to Gemspring Capital Management
Arthur J. Gallagher (NYSE: AJG) carveout acquisition of M&T Insurance Agency from M&T Bank Corporation (NYSE: MTB).
Seven Oaks Acquisition Corp. Business Combination with Boxed, Inc.
Echo Global Logistics, Inc. Announces Acquisition by The Jordan Company, L.P.
Citadel Defense Co.'s Acquisition by BlueHalo
Direct Selling Acquisition Corp. Announces Closing of US$230M IPO
DTRT Health Acquisition Corp. Closes US$230M IPO

Credentials

Education

Jeff received his B.A. and B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he graduated summa cum laude with distinction and with the highest honors. He was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He received his J.D. from Harvard Law School.

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