As a member of the Firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice, Jonathan is regularly involved in the Firm’s representation of corporations and private equity sponsors in mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, carve-outs, investments, joint ventures, recapitalizations and other corporate transactions across a wide range of industries, including financial institutions, infrastructure, energy, industrials and technology, among others, as well as a wide range of corporate governance matters. Jonathan is fluent in Japanese.
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Work Highlights
- USAA in multiple transactions, including the $1.8 billion sale of its brokerage and wealth management divisions to Charles Schwab, and the $850 million sale of its mutual fund and ETF businesses to Victory Capital
- China National Chemical Corporation in its $43 billion acquisition of Syngenta
- Vistra Energy Corp., the parent company for TXU Energy and Luminant, in its merger with Dynegy Inc.
- J.C. Flowers in its acquisition of the Asia Pacific subsidiaries of Chi-X
- KKR in leveraged buyouts, including its acquisition of Covenant Surgical, and restructurings and sales of its private portfolio companies
- L3 Technologies in its sale of its Vertex Aerospace business
Education
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Harvard University, 2013 A.M.
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Harvard Law School, 2012 J.D.
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Brigham Young University, 2008 B.A.
Associations
- The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- American Bar Association
Admissions
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New York 2013
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*Not registered as a Foreign Attorney in Japan; Application pending
Jonathan is a member of the Firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. He is regularly involved in the Firm’s representation of corporations and private equity sponsors in mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, carve-outs, investments, joint ventures, recapitalizations and other corporate transactions across a wide range of industries, including financial institutions, infrastructure, energy, industrials and technology, among others, as well as a wide range of corporate governance matters.
Jonathan’s recent transactions have included:
- USAA in multiple transactions, including the $1.8 billion sale of its brokerage and wealth management divisions to Charles Schwab, and the $850 million sale of its mutual fund and ETF businesses to Victory Capital;
- China National Chemical Corporation in its $43 billion acquisition of Syngenta AG;
- Vistra Energy Corp., the parent company for TXU Energy and Luminant, in its merger with Dynegy Inc.;
- KKR in leveraged buyouts, including its acquisition of Covenant Surgical, and restructurings and sales of its private portfolio companies;
- L3 Technologies in its sale of its Vertex Aerospace business;
- CamberView Partners and Corsair Capital in the disposition of CamberView to PJT Partners;
- Alinda Capital Partners in its acquisition of Conduent Incorporated’s commercial vehicle operations business;
- EQT in its acquisition of a majority interest in Sitecore;
- Corsair in its strategic investment in CamberView Partners;
- J.C. Flowers in its acquisition of the Asia Pacific subsidiaries of Chi-X; and
- Private equity firms, including Riverstone, in sales of minority stakes.
Jonathan has been recognized by Asian Legal Business for his work in M&A and private equity. He is fluent in Japanese. Jonathan received his J.D. from Harvard Law School, an A.M. from Harvard University and a B.A. from Brigham Young University. Jonathan is admitted to practice in New York. He is not admitted to practice in Japan.