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Marc F. Sperber

Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Services M&A, Chemicals

Overview

Marc Sperber is a transactional attorney and corporate advisor whose practice focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions. Marc represents buyers, sellers and financial intermediaries in connection with stock and asset acquisitions and divestitures, mergers, joint ventures, strategic alliances, financings, tender and exchange offers, shareholder arrangements and a variety of other transactions involving US, foreign and multinational corporations and other public and private entities. He also represents companies in connection with corporate governance, defensive measures (including shareholders' rights plans) and other matters.

Experience

  • Represented TransCanada Corporation in its $13 billion acquisition of Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc.
  • Represented The Dow Chemical Company in its $860 million sale of AgroFresh, Inc., a post-harvest specialty chemical business, to Boulevard Acquisition Corp.
  • Represented The Dow Chemical Company in the $1.2 billion sale of ANGUS Chemical Company to Golden Gate Capital.

Education

  • University of Rochester, BA, cum laude
    Dean's List
  • Georgetown University - The Robert Emmet McDonough School of Business, MBA
  • Georgetown University Law Center, JD, cum laude
    Dean's List; The Tax Lawyer

Admissions

  • Illinois

Professional & Community Involvement

  • American Bar Association, Section of Corporation, Business, and Banking Law
  • World Business Chicago, Legal Advisory Board
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