Media Mentions
2012
“Bankers Bullish on Tech M&A for 2012”
TheStreet, January 31, 2012
John Tamisiea expressed the belief that mergers and acquisitions among technology companies, particularly those involved in mobile telecom, could increase due to patent considerations. “Companies are trying to acquire as much intellectual property as they can from a defensive standpoint,” Mr. Tamisiea said.
2009
Robert Schreck and John Tamisiea were both quoted in a September 11 Law360 story about the implications of a possible upturn in hostile takeover activity as the economy improves. Mr. Tamisiea recommended that board members be fully up to date on activities in their company’s industry and by competitors, in order to better assess a potential takeover threat. “You really need to know the risk profile of a company in order to know how to respond” to a hostile offer, he asserted. There are certain steps that companies can consider to protect against a hostile bid, such as instituting a shareholder rights plan, but Mr. Schreck warned that a sudden adoption can spotlight an impending threat. “It looks bad if you do it when storm clouds are on the horizon,” he observed.
Robert A. Schreck PC, John P. Tamisiea, Corporate
Jeffrey Jung and John Tamisiea examined the increasing use of royalty financing techniques with respect to pharmaceutical and biotech assets as a source of capital in their article that appeared in The Deal Magazine on June 15. “As more market participants use royalty financing techniques as an alternative financing tool, and as the transactions continue to increase in size, there is likely to be a corresponding continued increase in transactional complexity,” the authors stated. Such transactions include investments in the anticipated future revenues from late development stage or precommercial launch products (“revenue interest” or “synthetic royalty” transactions), and various hybrid financing structures.
Jeffrey A. Jung, John P. Tamisiea, Corporate, Health, Healthcare Royalty Sales
2008
Michael Fayhee and John Tamisiea were quoted in the January 2008 issue of the Chicago Lawyer regarding their representation of The Genlyte Group, Inc. in its definitive merger agreement with Phillips Holding USA.
Michael R. Fayhee, John P. Tamisiea, Corporate, Tax
2005
McDermott was featured in four cases and one M&A deal in the Crain's Chicago Business's list of 2005's big litigation and deals published on September 19. Lazar Raynal (Pritzker v. Pritzker), Rick Meyer (Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Chester Wilcox & Saxbe LLP), Steven Scholes (SEC v. Calugar), Mike Pope and Christopher Murphy (Oshana v. Coca-Cola Co.), all trial partners based in Chicago were mentioned in the litigation list. John Tamisiea and Michael Fayhee were mentioned in the deal list for Gardner Denver Inc.'s purchase of Thomas Industries Inc.
Michael R. Fayhee, Derek J. Meyer, Christopher M. Murphy, Michael A. Pope PC, Lazar P. Raynal, Steven S. Scholes, John P. Tamisiea, Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Trial
