Stanley H. Meadows, P.C., is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in its Chicago office. He is a member of the Firm’s Corporate Department and a member of the Firm’s Management Committee. As a member of the Firm’s Corporate Finance Group, Stan focuses his practice in public and private offerings of securities, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate restructuring.
In recent years, Stan has spent considerable time representing acquirers of financially distressed companies and lenders and debtors in negotiating debt restructuring, health care companies in joint ventures, and insurance and energy companies in acquisitions, debt financing and public offerings.
Representative Experience
Representation of a health insurance holding company :
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Two separate acquisitions of life and health insurers
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Acquisition of a third-party administrator
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Joint ventures for the marketing of insurance products
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Multibank financing facilities
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Executive compensation and stock option programs
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Public offering of convertible debt
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Public disclosure and SEC matters (NYSE company)
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Representation of a major securities underwriter in underwritten public offerings in the steel and telecommunication industries
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Representation of acquisition partnerships in acquiring a food distributor, a manufacturer of tire-making equipment, a chain of diet shops, a wire mill, a chair manufacturer, and other similar transactions
Representation of a snack food manufacturer:
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Structuring and helping to establish a franchised distribution system
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Restructuring a multilayered financing, including senior bank debt, subordinated debt and receivable and lease financing
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Sale of division
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Executive compensation programs
Representation of a wire manufacturer:
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Purchase of operating division
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Refinancing
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Negotiating supply arrangements
Representation of a magazine and book publisher:
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Public offering of common stock
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Negotiating executive compensation arrangement
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Negotiating commercial agreements
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Disclosure issues and SEC filings (NYSE)
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Representation of UK company in acquisition of public U.S. company
Representation of an operator and franchisor of diet shops:
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Restructuring of debt, negotiating new financing facilities
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Negotiating new franchise agreements
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Acquisition of foreign operations
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Negotiating commercial agreements
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Representation of owner of Chinese food manufacturer in refinancing and establishing a joint venture with an Australian food company
Representation of a construction equipment manufacturer:
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Acquisition of numerous product lines/manufacturing companies
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Disclosure and SEC matters (NASDAQ company)
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Executive compensation program
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Negotiation of foreign distribution and license arrangements
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Going private transaction
Representation of manufacturer of steel buildings/building products:
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Refinancing
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Foreign joint ventures
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Contract negotiations
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Disclosure and SEC matters (NYSE company)
Representation of a pharmaceutical company:
- Joint ventures for development and distribution of pharmaceutical products
- Review of acquisition candidates License agreements
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Divestiture of ancillary operations
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Disclosure and SEC matters (NYSE company)
Stanley is a member of the bar of the states of Illinois and Florida.
Education
- University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1970
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.S., 1966
