USA LAW AND PRACTICE Contributed by: George Casey, Heiko Schiwek, Elena Rubinov, Kristina Trauger, Pierre-Emmanuel Perais, Clara Pang, Gregory Gewirtz and Vinita Sithapathy, Linklaters
Linklaters is a 187-year-old leading global law firm with over 3,100 lawyers across 30 offices in 20 coun - tries. Linklaters combines legal expertise with a col - laborative and innovative approach to help clients navigate evolving markets and regulatory environ - ments, pursue opportunities and manage risk world - wide. Its corporate M&A team regularly represents boards of directors and management of major com - panies in their strategic M&A transactions, advising them on governance issues and shareholder engage - ment. It also advises financial sponsors and invest - ment banks on their most significant and complex
transactions in all sectors and geographies. The M&A team covers the full spectrum of M&A and corporate work, advising buyers, sellers and financial advisers on public company transactions, private M&A, pri - vate equity, joint ventures, divestitures, carve-outs, spin-offs, equity capital markets and corporate re - structurings. Linklaters’ approach combines leading transactional expertise with specialist areas, includ - ing antitrust, CFIUS, employment, environmental, in - tellectual property, pensions, regulatory, real estate, tax, technology and financing.
Authors
George Casey is Global Chairman of Corporate and Chairman of the Americas at Linklaters, based in New York. He has extensive experience in US domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, including public com -
Elena Rubinov is a partner in Linklat - ers’ M&A group and the Head of US Infrastructure and Private Capital M&A, based in New York. She advises clients on mergers, acquisitions and private equity transactions across a
pany acquisitions, complex carve-out sales, spin- offs, asset and stock acquisitions, strategic invest - ments and joint ventures. He has represented many large corporate clients and sovereign wealth funds, and regularly advises boards of directors and management on strategic M&A transactions, corpo - rate governance, ESG and shareholder relations. George is an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he teaches cross- border M&A, and is a lecturer of US M&A at l’École de Droit de la Sorbonne – Université Paris I.
variety of sectors, with a special focus on transac - tions in the energy, renewables and infrastructure sectors. She advises public and private companies, including private equity and infrastructure funds and other investors, on corporate and business combi - nation transactions, such as mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, investments, co-investments, joint ventures, recapitalisations, restructurings and bankruptcy sales. She also advises clients on debt and corporate restructurings in connection with equity recapitalisations, rights offerings, and 363 sales and acquisitions.
Heiko Schiwek is a partner in and co-head of Linklaters’ US M&A practice in New York, and is one of the Global Leaders of the firm’s Chemicals sector. Heiko has exten - sive and diverse M&A experience,
Kristina Trauger is a capital markets and M&A partner at Linklaters, based in New York. She advises publicly traded companies, investment banks and sponsors on a broad range of sophisticated corporate transactions,
ranging from public company acquisitions to com - plex carve-out sales, strategic investments and joint venture transactions, and has represented many of the largest US and non-US corporate clients. Heiko is known for working on some of the most complex deals, particularly in the chemicals and industrials space.
including equity and debt securities offerings, strategic investments, spin-offs, tender offers and M&A. She provides counsel to US and international clients, from newly public companies to established global brands, on corporate governance issues, securities compliance and SEC reporting obliga - tions. Kristina is highly experienced in leading clients
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