Kessar Nashat

Associate

Practice Description

Representative Matters

• Represented Rockwell Automation, Inc. (formerly Rockwell International Corporation) in:
  • the spin-off of its Rockwell Collins, Inc. avionics and communications business to its shareholders;
  • the divestiture of its Dodge mechanical and Reliance Electric motors and motor repair services businesses to Baldor Electric Company;
  • its acquisition of Pavilion Technologies, Inc.; and
  • its $500 million registered public debt offering comprised of $250 million of notes due 2017 and $250 million of debentures due 2037.
• Represented Rockwell Collins, Inc. in: 
  • its acquisition of DataPath, Inc., Athena Technologies, Inc., Information Technology & Applications Corporation and the simulations business of Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation; and 
  • its $300 million registered public offering of notes due 2019.
• Represented Rockwell Automation, Inc. and Rockwell Collins, Inc. in the sale of their equity interests in Rockwell Scientific Company LLC to Brown Engineering, Inc., a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated.
• Represented The Boeing Company in the organization of United Space Alliance, L.L.C., a 50/50 joint venture with Lockheed Martin Corporation that owns and operates their former U.S. government expendable rocket launch vehicle businesses.
• Represented GLG Partners, Inc. in its $228.5 million Rule 144A private offering of convertible subordinated notes due 2014.
• Represented Conexant Systems, Inc. in:
  • in its merger with GlobespanVirata, Inc.;
  • the spin-off of its Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. Internet infrastructure business to its shareholders.; and
  • its $250 million Rule 144A private offering of convertible subordinated notes due 2026.
• Represented ArvinMeritor, Inc. in the divestiture of its Purolator filters business and its $200 million Rule 144A private offering of convertible senior notes due 2027.
• Represented Riverstone Holdings LLC in the organization of AES Solar Energy, Ltd., a billion joint venture with The AES Corporation to develop a global platform of utility-scale solar photovoltaic projects.

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