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Robert A. Profusek

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Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial, Corporate Law, Business Law, Consumer Law, Natural Resources Law

250 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10281

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About Robert A. Profusek

Practice Areas

Mergers & Acquisitions
Financial
Corporate Law
Business Law
Consumer Law
Natural Resources Law

Education

New York University School of Law, New York, New York, 1975
J.D.
- Honors: summa cum laude
- Honors: Order of the Coif
New York University, 1972
B.A.
- Honors: magna cum laude

Representative Cases

ABB acquires Kuhlman Electric from The Carlyle Group (2009)
Abbott acquires Facet Biotech for $722 million (2010)
Abbott Laboratories acquires Visiogen in a $400 million private company merger (2009)
ABM Industries to acquire OneSource Services (2009)
ACI acquires Visual WEB Solutions
ACI and IBM forge Global Strategic Alliance (2009)
American Greetings buys Recycled Paper Greetings for $152.4 million (2010)
Banc of America, Citigroup Global Markets, and RBS Securities complete $4.25 billion public offering of Floating Rate and Senior Notes
Bear Stearns acts as financial advisor to Rural Cellular in acquisition by Verizon Wireless (2009)
Blackstone Capital Partners forms Imperial Home Decor
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Vermont merges with Anthem
Bridgestone/Firestone sells plastics business to Occidental
Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. sells bead wire business to Tokyo Rope
Bristol Hotel merges with Bass
Burlington Industries acquired by W.L. Ross & Co. through bankruptcy buyout for $614 million (2009)
CalEast acquires CenterPoint Properties Trust for $3.4 billion (2009)
Caliber System merges with Federal Express for $2.4 billion (2009)
Continental Airlines and United merge in $8.5 billion all-stock merger of equals (2010)
Diamond Shamrock acquires National Convenience Stores
Diamond Shamrock merges with Ultramar (2009)
Diamond Shamrock participates in unsolicited takeover bid for Natomas
Diamond Shamrock sells chemicals business to Occidental Petroleum
Diamond Shamrock sells coal business to Arch Minerals
Diamond Shamrock spins off refinery and marketing business for $1.8 billion
Dole Food Company bought out by management for $1.92 billion
Dow Corning Corporation reorganizes under chapter 11 (2009)
Eastman Chemical Company sells Genencor for $487 million (2009)
EDS sells business unit of A.T. Kearney
Ernst & Young International sells management consulting business to Cap Gemini Group for $11.7 billion (2009)
Excel Coal acquires Peabody Energy for $1.4 billion (2009)
Explorer Holdings invests in Omega Healthcare (2009)
Federated Department Stores' $17 billion acquisition of May Department Stores is largest U.S. retail deal to date (2009)
Federated Department Stores acquires Broadway Stores for $1.6 billion (2009)
Federated Department Stores acquires Joseph Horne Co. (2009)
Federated Dept. Stores merges with R.H. Macy & Co. (2009)
FranklinCovey sells business unit to Peterson Partners (2009)
FTD acquired by Leonard Green & Partners
GenCorp defends against a $1.2 billion unsolicited takeover bid by Steel Partners (2009)
GenCorp defends against proxy solicitation by Pirate Capital's Jolly Roger hedge fund (2009)
Gillette Company involved in proxy contest
Gillette successfully defends against unsolicited tender offer by Revlon Group and MacAndrews & Forbes Group (2009)
Goode Partners invests in Intermix Holdings (2009)
Goode Partners invests in Rachel Ashwell Designs (2009)
Goode Partners invests in Rosa Mexicano (2009)
Goode Partners invests in Skullcandy (2009)
Greyhound Lines acquired by Laidlaw for $725 million
H&R Block sells Option One mortgage loan servicing business to WL Ross for $1.1 billion (2009)
Hewitt Associates acquires Exult
Hunt Petroleum acquired by XTO Energy for $4.2 billion (2009)
IMG Worldwide acquired by Forstmann Little for $750 million (2009)
inChord Communications acquired by Ventiv Health for $185 million (2009)
International Automotive Components Group acquires Soft Trim for $134 million (2009)
International Automotive Components purchases Collins & Aikman assets
International Coal Group acquires Anker Coal for $198 million (2009)
International Coal Group acquires CoalQuest Development for $101 million (2009)
International Steel Group merges with Ispat International (2009)
Lazard Freres acts as financial advisor to Affiliated Computer in $5.9 billion tender offer
Marathon Oil successfully defends unsolicited tender offer by Mobil
Maxus Energy merges with YPF Sociedad Anónima and defends against shareholder actions (2009)
Maybelline completes a $100 million tender offer of common stock (2009)
Merrill Lynch and other banks underwrite $2 billion of 7.90% Senior Notes in a public offering by PepsiCo (2009)
Merrill Lynch and others complete a public offering of $1.75 billion of 5% Senior Notes by PepsiCo (2009)
Merrill Lynch completes $1 billion public offering of 5.15% Notes by PepsiCo., Inc.
Morgan Stanley completes a public offering of $1 billion of 4.65% Senior Notes by PepsiCo, Inc.
Morgan Stanley, UBS Securities and Muriel Siebert, as representatives of the underwriters, complete $1 billion public offering of 3.75% Senior Notes by PepsiCo (2009)
NACCO makes $325 unsolicited tender offer for Applica (2009)
Nextel bids for NextWave Telecom (2009)
Nextel completes $110 million consent solicitation and exchange offer of consents and existing Preferred Stock
Nextel merges with Sprint and resolves related disputes involving put shares and branding issues (2009)
OMI acquired by Teekay and TORM for $2.2 billion (2009)
Oryx Energy merges with Kerr-McGee
Overseas Shipping Group buys all publicly held units of OSG America LP (2009)
Oxford Automotive ApS is acquired by Wagon Plc for $222.5 million (2009)
Penton Media confirms prepackaged chapter 11 plan and obtains new equity investment (2010)
Pershing Square Capital proposes DIP loan to General Growth Properties (2010)
Pnuemo-Abex Corp. divests over $2 billion of bumper, convertible top, seat and other automotive businesses
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan unanimously rejects $43.1 billion unsolicited takeover proposal from BHP Billiton (2010)
Procter & Gamble acquires Frederic Fekkai & Co.
Procter & Gamble acquires HDS Cosmetics Lab
Procter & Gamble acquires NIOXIN Research Laboratories (2009)
Procter & Gamble divests its Folgers coffee business for $3.3 billion (2009)
Procter & Gamble sells deodorant brands to The Dial Corporation
Procter & Gamble sells Rembrandt product line
Procter & Gamble sells SpinBrush business for $105 million (2009)
Procter & Gamble sells juice-based drink businesses to J.W. Childs Associates, L.P. (2009)
Proliance International sells North American assets to Centrum Equities (2009)
Reliance Electric acquired by Exxon Corp.
Ripplewood Holdings distributes Common Shares of RSC Holdings Common Stock to LPs
Rite Aid acquires Thrifty Payless Holdings
Rubbermaid merges with Newell Companies
Ryder System acquires General Car and Truck Leasing System
Ryder System acquires Ruan Leasing Company
Ryder System sells Ryder Public Transportation Services
Special Metals acquired by Precision Castparts for $540 million (2009)
Spectrum adds Russell Hobbs to its portfolio to create a $3 billion global consumer products company (2010)
Sprint Nextel acquires outstanding shares of Nextel Partners' Class A common stock for $7.5 billion
SunCal Co. acquires Westland Development for $250 million (2009)
Tech Mahindra acquires Satyam for approximately $600 million (2009)
Transaction Systems Architects acquires P&H Solutions for $150 million
Transpro merges with Modine Manufacturing (2009)
TRW acquires BDM International (2009)
TWA goes through $2.9 billion reorganization (2009)
UICI completes sale to Blackstone (2009)
Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corp sells Michigan refining and marketing business
USG Corp rights offering for $1.8 billion (2009)
USG Corporation wins landmark settlement (2009)
Walt Disney Company's Special Committee of the Board of Directors involved in purchase of IPO shares (2009)
Washington Group International acquired by URS Corp for $3.2 billion (2009)
Wasserstein & Co. acquires Bear Creek (2009)
Wasserstein & Co. acquires Hanley Wood
Wasserstein & Co. entity acquires PRIMEDIA's Business Information unit for $385 million
Wasserstein & Co. forms LBO fund (2009)
Wasserstein & Co. acquires Maybelline (2009)
Wasserstein & Co. sells plastic business roll-up to Tyco (2009)
Wasserstein acquires American Lawyer Media and other publications (2009)
Wasserstein Family Trusts acquires New York magazine (2009)
Wasserstein Perella & Co. acts as financial advisor in merger of Service Experts and Lennox International
Wasserstein portfolio company acquires Penton (2009)
WL Ross & Co. forms joint venture with Lear Corporation and Franklin Mutual Advisers (2009)
WL Ross & Co make $685 million bid for Westpoint Stevens (2009)
WL Ross & Co. acquires interest in Oxford Automotive Aps (2009)
WL Ross acquires loan servicing unit of American Home Mortgage (2009)
WL Ross acquires minority stake in Blue Ocean
WL Ross acquires up to $1 billion of Common Stock of Assured Guaranty
WL Ross leads buyout of Horizon Natural Resources (2009)
WL Ross makes strategic investment in Greenbrier (2009)