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Biography
Nicole concentrates her practice on public and private mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; securities offerings; and corporate governance matters. She has assisted clients in a broad range of industries including energy, energy service, transportation, financial service and manufacturing.
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Representative Experience
Merger and acquisitions experience
- Represented Reservoir Capital Group in its acquisition of a 49.5% interest in 2 windplants and its acquisition of a development project for a waste-coal fired electric generating facility
- Represented a financial institution in connection with the acquisition of 25 domestic power generation facilities
- Represented NuFlo Technologies, a platform portfolio company of SCF Partners, in its acquisitions of Halliburton Measurement Systems and Barton Instrument Systems
- Represented Dynegy in its sale of Dynegy Global Communications to 360Networks
- Represented Dynegy in its sale of Northern Natural Gas Company to MidAmerican Energy for over $900 million
- Represented Seabulk International in a sale of controlling interest in the company to a group of investors, including an affiliate of CSFB Private Equity and affiliates of the Carlyle Group and Riverstone Holdings LLC, for $100 million
- Represented Duke Energy in its cross border $8 billion acquisition of Canadian-based Westcoast Energy
- Represented a construction company in its acquisition of a publicly traded homebuilding company for over $200 million
- Represented a major oil field services company is its sale of a manufacturing division to private equity investors for over $1.5 billion
- Represented a life sciences company in a stock-for-stock "merger of equals" with a global pharmaceutical and health care company with a combined market cap of over $50 billion
- Represented a major mining company in its defense of a hostile $2.7 billion exchange offer, and then in a negotiated merger with the bidder
- Represented owners of a mutual fund advisory business in a $135 million stock sale to a diversified U.S. investment management company
- Represented the financial advisor to two bank holding companies acquired in a $9.9 billion cash merger with a global banking and financial services organization
- Represented a major communications services company in a $1.7 billion acquisition of an independent operator of cellular telephone systems and a $230 million asset sale of an over-the-phone interpretation business
- Represented a major specialty chemicals company in a $375 million stock purchase of a manufacturer of specialty chemicals
- Represented a parking facility management company in a $65 million stock purchase of another parking facility management company
- Represented a Virginia-based bank holding company in a $2.7 billion stock-for-stock merger with a North Carolina-based bank holding company
- Represented an Irish financial services company in a $1.3 billion acquisition of a Pennsylvania-based bank holding company
- Represented a major aerospace supplier in a $1.3 billion acquisition of a manufacturer of commercial aircraft components
- Represented a New York-based bank holding company in a $1.9 billion acquisition of an investment banking and securities brokerage firm
- Represented a global freight transportation company in defending against a hostile bid for its merger partner, and then in a negotiated $10.3 billion joint acquisition with the bidder of the target
Securities offering experience
- Represented Seabulk International in its $150 million 144A senior notes offering
- Represented a major oil field services company in a $275 million medium term notes offering
- Represented a life sciences company in a carveout IPO of its agricultural science subsidiary with an estimated total market cap of $5 billion
- Represented a Texas-based bank holding company in a $100 million Premium Income Equity Securities offering and a $60 million preferred stock offering
- Represented a real estate investment trust in private placements of $100 million of equity
- Represented a parking facility management company in an acquisition-related high-yield debt 144A offering of $210 million in an IPO of this company
- Represented a major food and drug retailer in a $300 million debt shelf takedown
- Represented a diversified financial corporation in a $1.0 billion shelf registration statement
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Activities and Affiliations
- Listed: in H Texas as one of the "Lawyers on the Fast Track," 2004
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Education and Professional Background
- Texas A&M; University, B.B.A. in accounting magna cum laude, 1991
- Senior Staff Accountant: Arthur Andersen & Co., Houston, Texas, 1991-1993
- Certified Public Accountant, 1993
- Harvard University, J.D. cum laude, 1996
- Admitted to practice: New York, 1997; Texas, 2001
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