White & Case LLP’s team is recognised for its cross-border capabilities, advising multinational corporations and private equity firms on executive compensation, incentive structures, and regulatory compliance in complex transactions. Led by Henrik Patel in New York, the team is well-versed in public company M&A, IPOs, and restructurings, offering strategic guidance on severance arrangements, equity plans, and SEC disclosures. The practice is further strengthened by expertise in employment law and benefits structuring.
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  • Screaming Eagle Acquisition Corp
  • Iberdrola NoIFS
  • Alstom
  • Pyrophyte Acquisition Corp.
  • Endava NoRamudden Global
  • Vast Renewables Limited
  • TotalEnergies E&P USA, Inc.
  • Elevance Health, Inc
  • CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.
  • Vortex Companies

Work highlights

  • White & Case represented Screaming Eagle Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company(SPAC), on its agreement to combine with the studio business of Lionsgate, which comprises itsTelevision Studio and Motion Picture Group segments and one of the world's most valuable film andtelevision libraries, to launch Lionsgate Studios Corp.
  • White & Case represented of Iberdrola, S.A., an international electric utility company headquartered inSpain, in its pending acquisition of all shares of Avangrid, Inc., an energy services and delivery publiclytraded company listed on the NYSE (NYSE: AGR), not already beneficially owned by Iberdrola S.A forapproximately $2.6 billion.
  • White & Case represented IFS (owned by EQT, Hg and TA) on its CAD$1 billion acquisition ofCopperleaf, a global provider of AI-powered enterprise asset investment management and planningsoftware listed in Canada.

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Practice head

Henrik Patel

Other key lawyers

Tal Marnin; Samantha Rozell