Advises on mergers and acquisitions, securities, private equity, international business and investment funds.

In private equity M&A, Peter represents clients in auctions and sales, restructurings and leveraged capitalizations, mergers, unsolicited tender offers, privatizations, international joint ventures, special-committee representations and venture capital investments.

In finance, he represents issuers and underwriters in public offerings of equity and debt, commercial paper and euro medium-term note programs, Rule 144A offerings, and the organizations and offerings of alternative investment fund products.

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Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity

• Auctions and sales, including those of Oberon Software Inc., Easco Corporation, Circle K Corporation, Avatar Holdings Inc., Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation, Heavenly Valley Ski & Resort Corporation and Orlando Resort Corporation.
• Restructurings, leveraged recapitalizations and buyouts, including Mohawk Rubber Company, Kinder-Care Inc., PSC Inc. and Cerberus.
• Leveraged and management buyouts and acquisitions, including Freeman Spogli & Co., Tweedy, Browne Inc., Morgan Stanley Leveraged Equity Fund II, L.P., Castle Harlan and MOD-PAC.
• Mergers, including The CIT Group, Inc. with Newcourt Credit Group, Inc., Danaher Corporation with Easco Hand Tools, Inc. and Lorimar Inc. with Telepictures Corporation.
• Unsolicited tender offers, including those for Kansas Gas and Electric Company and Interco.
• Deals in the life sciences sector including for startup biotech Samus Therapeutics, Prof. Larry Norton of Memorial Sloane Kettering, BioPharma Alliances and Research Collaborations of Weill Cornell Medical College and Tel Aviv University.
• Representation of Special Committees, including Safety Components Inc. with respect to the acquisition of Valentec International Corporation, JP Stevens in its auction and sale to West Point Pepperell and Circle K in connection with its auction.
• Activist matters for Carlson Capital.
• Venture capital investments, including representation of venture capital funds, internet incubators and startup companies including Adage Capital Partners, Ballentine Capital and The Sprout Group.
• Representation of Special Committees, including Safety Components Inc. with respect to the acquisition of Valentec International Corporation, JP Stevens in its auction and sale to West Point Pepperell and Circle K in connection with its auction.
• Domestic joint ventures for RealOp Management and D.B. Zwirn.

 Cross-Border and Asia

• Sale of a controlling interest in Kyo-ya Hotels & Resorts LLC.
• Unsolicited tender offer for shares of Seibu Holdings, a Japanese public company.
• Sale of a significant interest in Seibu Holdings for $446 million.
• Acquisition of a significant stake in Aozora Bank from Softbank.
• Tender offer for shares of Aozora Bank.
• Listing of shares in Aozora Bank.
• Sale of Cerberus’s $2.5 billion stake in Aozora.
• Acquisition, restructuring and $1.37 billion sale of a controlling stake in Kokusai Kogyo  by Cerberus.
• Acquisition and restructuring and subsequent disposition of Radia (f/k/a) Goodwill Group Inc. in Japan.
• Acquisition and subsequent disposition of a significant stake in HKC Holdings, a Hong Kong listed company.
• Various transactions for Showa Jisho, a Japanese property developer.
• Various transactions in Taiwan and in Korea.
• Privatizations, including those of Malev Airlines and Egis Pharmaceuticals.
• International joint ventures, including for Revlon, Asian Strategic Investments Corporation, Ashta International and Huszar International Partners, L.P.
• Representation of issuers and underwriters in public offerings of equity and debt, including offerings of Huaneng Power International, News Corporation, SinoAmerican Telecom and China North Industries Investments Limited.
• Euro medium-term note programs for Nichimen America Inc., AGA Capital, Toray Industries and NKK Capital.
• Commercial paper programs for Asahi Glass, CIMC, Chinatex and Minmetals.

 Finance and Funds

• Representation of issuers and underwriters in public offerings of equity and debt, including offerings of Telepictures Corporation, Resource Engineering Inc. and Danaher Corporation.
• Representation of Merrill Lynch in the offering under Rule 144A of cumulative guaranteed perpetual capital securities of Swire Pacific Offshore Financing Limited, and $1 billion of TOPrS by News Corporation.
• Organization and offering of advice to investment funds, including China Automotive Components Group, L.P., and Alliance Brewing Group, L.P., Spring Mountain Capital, Gleacher & Co., Tel Aviv University, Baystar Capital, Revelation Capital, Globis Capital, Amici Capital, Linden Advisers, Polar Asset Management and HomeUnion.

• The Legal 500 US
• The United States Lawyer Rankings – named one of the Nation’s Top 10 International Trade & Finance Lawyers, 2008-2011
• New York Super Lawyers
• New York State Bar Association Empire State Counsel Honoree

Education
Harvard Law School, JD, cum laude
Harvard Business School, MBA
Harvard University, AB, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions
Connecticut
New York

Courts/Agencies
US Supreme Court

Prior Experience
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom