Jonathan M.A. Melmed

Partner

Practice Description

Jonathan Melmed’s practice focuses on international corporate mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital. He is also the head of Chadbourne's Canada practice and is a member of Chadbourne's M&A and private equity transactional group.

Mr. Melmed represents corporations and private equity, venture capital and hedge funds in domestic and cross-border M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions, including U.S.-Canada. He has also represented numerous companies and investment banks in U.S. securities transactions, including initial public offerings, as well as both public and private debt and equity offerings. While Mr. Melmed has very broad sector experience, during the last several years he has been working on a number of alternative energy M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions.

Representative Matters

• Representing Strategic Value Partners, LLC, a Greenwich, CT hybrid hedge/private equity fund in an acquisition of a U.S.-based telecom company (2008).
• Representing Southern Cross Private Equity Fund III, L.P. in a joint venture/private equity investment in a pharmaceutical company in Mexico (2008).
• Representing Tri-White Corporation, a Canadian merchant bank in a M&A transaction involving a Connecticut-based company (2008).
• Represented Montreal-based Induspac, a packaging company in its acquisition of substantially all the assets of Illinios-based Ivex Packaging, LLC (2008).
• Representing Amcor Limited, an Australian-based multinational packaging company in an acquisition of a multi-billion dollar target company with respect to assets located in Kazakhstan (2008).
• Representing an international mining company in a multi-billion dollar joint venture/project financing transaction in an undisclosed emerging market (2008).
• Representing Environmental Capital Partners, LLC, a New York-based buyout fund (affiliated with Emigrant Savings Bank) focused on the climate change sector with respect to a bid for an environmental consulting business (2008).
• Representing Sierra Geothermal Power Corp., a Vancouver-based geothermal company in a joint venture with a U.S. developer in Nevada (2008).
• Represented The Royal Bank of Scotland as agent for a syndicate of secured lenders of China-based PRC, LLC who became equity lenders under a reorganized limited liability company (2008).
• Represented Morgan Stanley Private Equity with respect to its private equity investment in Solar Monkey, Inc. (2008).
• Represented Morgan Stanley Private Equity with respect to its private equity investment in Recurrent Energy, Inc. (2008).
• Represented Morgan Stanley Private Equity with respect to its private equity investment in EyeOn Energy, Ltd. (2008).
• Representing Calgary-based Xtreme Coil Drilling Corp. regarding U.S. matters relating to a secured financing by HSBC Bank (2008).
• Represented a leading Latin American-based mining company in a tender offer bid for all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Montreal-based Alcan Inc. (2007). The winning bid was for $38 billion.
• Representing Montreal-based Canadian National Railway Company (CN) in a corporate commercial matter in the U.S. (2008).
• Represented U.S.-based Leaf Clean Energy Company, which is an alternative energy focused private equity fund, in a private equity investment in Greenline Industries Inc.(2008).
• Represented OMERS Capital Partners, the private equity arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS), in its acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of Give and Go Holdings Corp., the North American market leader in premium thaw-and-serve sweet baked goods (2007).
• Represented Citigroup’s Alternative Investments in its private equity investment in GreatPoint Energy, Inc., a U.S.- based coal gasification company (2007).
• Represented Citigroup's Alternative Investments in its private equity investment in HydroPoint Data Systems, Inc., a U.S.-based water conservation company (2007).
• Represented Strategic Value Partners, a Greenwich, CT hybrid hedge/private equity fund in a convertible debt/restructuring deal in the packaging sector in Greece (2007).
• Represented BMO Capital Corp., the venture capital arm of The Bank of Montreal, in its secured financing of Montreal-based Europe’s Best, a frozen food company (2007).
• Represented the special committee of directors of Bed Bath & Beyond in its acquisition of buybuy Baby, a privately held retailer of infant and toddler merchandise (2007).
• Represented Toronto-based Morguard Corporation and Revenue Properties in the approximately $434 million acquisition of Sizeler Property Investors, a U.S. public Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) that was listed on the New York Stock Exchange (2006).
• Represented OMERS Capital Partners, a Toronto-based pension fund, in its leveraged buyout of Market Wire Inc., a media company based in California (2006).
• Represented XPV Capital, a Canadian venture capital fund, in a convertible debt transaction involving California-based Pionetics Corporation (2007).
• Represented SCP Private Equity Partners, L.P., a U.S.-based private equity fund, in its private equity investment in Deep Breeze, Ltd. based in Israel (2006).
• Represented Tenaska Power Fund, a U.S.-based energy buyout fund, in its $1.6 billion acquisition of 3,145 megawatt natural gas-fired plants from Constellation Energy (2006).
• Represented Energy Innovations Portfolio A.G., a Germany-based venture capital fund, as well as a consortium of investors in a venture capital financing and recapitalization of New Jersey-based Energy Photovoltaics Inc. and a subsequent M&A transaction involving EPV Solar Inc. (2007).
• Represented Accera Venture Partners A.G., a Germany-based venture capital fund, in its follow on venture capital investment in California-based Pentadyne Corporation (2007).
• Represented Great Western Diamond Corp., a Calgary mining company, in its U.S. private placement of various equity securities in connection with its simultaneous Canadian public offering (2006).
• Represented Morguard Real Estate Investment Trust, a Toronto-based REIT, with respect to U.S. securities matters in a CDN $200 million Canadian private placement (2006).
• Represented Revenue Properties Company Ltd. regarding its subsidiary, Revenue Properties (America) Inc., in its U.S. refinancing transaction (2007).
• Represented Old City Partners, LLC, a U.S.-based private equity fund, in its private equity investment in Promisec Ltd. based in Israel (2007).
• Represented the Baeza Group in the formation of a joint venture with Educational Broadcasting Corp. and Syncom Funds that created the first U.S. public broadcast network for Latinos (2007).
• Represented a major U.S. energy company in its bid for Hydro-Québec’s controlling interest in HQI Transelec Chile S.A. in 2006. The winning bid was for $1.8 billion.
• Represented Fortress Investments LLC in its acquisition of Alterra Healthcare Corporation as part of a 363 bankruptcy auction.
• Represented Dresdner Kleinwort/Dovrat Shrem in the IPO of Israel-based Advanced Vision Technology Ltd.
• Represented Viacom Inc. in its acquisition of BET Holdings II, Inc.
• Represented CIT Group Inc. in its private equity portfolio sales of both direct and indirect investments, including to Goldman Sachs & Co. and HarbourVest Partners, LLC.
• Represented Smith Management LLC in its sale of a portfolio company to Metapoint Partners, LLC.
• Represented Magna Entertainment Corp. in connection with its dual offering of shares of common stock on the Nasdaq National Market and the Toronto Stock Exchange.
• Represented Goldman Sachs & Co. in the IPO of Allied Riser Communications Corporation.
• Represented Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. in a high-yield debt offering by Florida Panthers Holdings, Inc.

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