Dentons remains a key contact for clients across various sectors, offering particular expertise in the energy, financial services and healthcare industries, providing both domestic and international clients with services including mergers, acquisitions, private equity and loan agreements alongside consultancy work, due diligence and exit strategies. Ilan Katz, in New Jersey, and Ernie Cochran, in Charleston, co-head the practice. Michael Froy and Mitchell Albert, from Chicago and Kansas City, respectively, offer expertise in cross-border deals. The group’s experience is further extended from Chicago-based Zachary Moskowitz , who advises on a host of corporate transactions, and Jacob Styburski, who is a reference for corporate governance and commercial contracts. From the DC office, Jeffrey Sivek advises companies in all stages of the life cycle and from the Kansas City office, Christopher Keyser assists private clients and portfolio companies in a host of transactional matters; the pair act as practice deputy heads.
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Key clients
- Weingarten Realty Investors
- The Tustin Group
- The Retirement Planning Group
- Unico American Corporation
- Miovision Technologies Incorporated
- West Coast Equipment
- Herban Quality Control
- TheSoul Publishing Ltd.
- The Andersons, Inc.
- High Bluff Capital Partners, LLC
- Independence Holding Company
- Align Financial Holdings
Work highlights
Represented a group of five banks including a French multinational financial services firm as agent in the negotiation and execution of a rollover of an existing term loan into a revolving credit facility in the amount of $342,000,000.
Represented First Merchants Bank in a Branch Purchase and Assumption Agreement through which Old Second National Bank will acquire five Chicagoland branches, as well as certain branch-related loans and deposits, from First Merchants.
Assisting Solina Group Services in its acquisition of all of its portfolio company Sokol Custom Food Ingredients.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Practice head
Ilan Katz; Ernie Cochran
Other key lawyers
Zachary Moskowitz; Jacob Styburski; Jeffrey Sivek; Christopher Keyser; Michael Froy; Mitchell Albert
