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Fax: (212) 808-7897 |
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| Mr. Stone's practice focuses on corporate law, including finance and securities law, banking and mergers and acquisitions. |
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Representative Experience:
Mr. Stone has more than 30 years' experience in representing banks, financial institutions, private equity funds, industrial companies and other entities in licensing and regulatory matters, syndicated and private financings, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and workouts and other transactions, routinely ranging from a few million dollars to more than a billion dollars.
Represented a U.S. subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler in a series of divestitures of financial services businesses aggregating in excess of $2 billion.
Represented numerous domestic and foreign banks and financial institutions in connection with licensing and regulatory matters and advice on state and federal banking and securities laws.
Represented the Examiners in the Revco and Interco bankruptcy cases, each of which involved a comprehensive investigation and analysis of the facts and legal and economic issues (including possible claims relating to, among other things, corporate statutes, fiduciary duties of directors, fraudulent conveyance theories and negligence) surrounding a highly leveraged transaction in which multiple layers of debt in the magnitude of hundreds of millions of dollars were issued, and led to multi-volume Examiner's reports which have been widely recognized as major works in the area.
Represented JPMorgan Chase Bank as agent bank with respect to claims arising out of the Enron bankruptcy.
Represented numerous banks from the U.S., Japan and Europe both as agent for a syndicate and as a lender in connection with secured and unsecured credit facilities.
Represented Tailwind Capital Partners in the financing of the acquisition of Aircast, a multi-national manufacturer of orthopedic devices.
Represented State Street Bank and Trust Company in forming CitiStreet, a $600 million joint venture with Citigroup involving a retirement benefit services business.
Represented Pitney Bowes in the $800 million sale of Colonial Pacific Leasing Corp. to General Electric Capital Corporation.
Represented a major beverage distributor in forming a joint venture with Heineken and Miller Brewing Company with respect to distribution in the New York Metropolitan Area.
Represented Union Carbide in the successful defense of a hostile takeover attempt by GAF through a leveraged recapitalization and related divestitures, financings and restructurings (including the $800 million sale of Union Carbide's Home and Automotive Business and the $1.4 billion sale of its battery business).
Acted as lead outside counsel for Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation with respect to various bankruptcies and restructurings, including TWA, Northwest, United Air Lines, U.S. Airways, Delta Air Lines and Delphi.
Represented a Fortune 100 company in the divestiture of a multi-national bar coding and marking business.
Represented a Fortune 500 company in a tax-free acquisition of a New York Stock Exchange listed facilities management company.
Represented the bidder in the successful hostile takeover of seven publicly traded banking institutions.
Represented the target in the interstate merger of two New York Stock Exchange listed bank holding companies. |
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Professional Activities:
Member, Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals
Member, Institute of International Bankers
Member, The Securities Transfer Association, Inc., Legal Committee
Member, Japan Society
Member, Business Law Section, American Bar Association
Listed in "New York Super Lawyers - Manhattan Edition," "Who's Who in America," "Who's Who in the World," "Who's Who In American Law" and "Who's Who In The East." |
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Bar Admissions:
New Jersey, 1976
New York, 1977
Florida, 1981
United States District Court, Southern District of New York
United States District Court, District of New Jersey
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| Education:
Columbia University, JD, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 1976
Comments Editor, Columbia Human Rights Law Review
Rutgers, BA, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1973
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Office Location:
101 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10178-0002
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