Marina Safonova advises publicly and privately held companies and financial sponsors on a wide range of cross-border and US domestic corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, "going private" transactions, carve-outs, joint ventures and minority investments. Marina has experience advising US corporate boards on hostile takeover and stockholder activism defence matters.
Iberdrola on its agreement to acquire 100% of the publicly held shares of Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR)
EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq: SATS) on its all-stock merger with DISH Network
Screaming Eagle Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: SCRMU) on its business combination with the studio business of Lionsgate to launch Lionsgate Studios Corp. (Nasdaq: LION)
Alstom Group on its agreement to sell its rail signalling technology business in North America to Knorr-Bremse
NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG) on its settlement with Elliott Investment Management
Blackstone in its >US$500 million investment in a joint venture (Dynamo Software) with Francisco Partners
TPG in its >US$200 million acquisition of Keter Environmental Services Inc.
TPG in its acquisition of Morrow Sodali
Assembly (a portfolio company of Providence Strategic Growth) in the acquisition of Pacvue
JC Flowers in its co-investment with Bain Capital into Insigneo Financial Group
Ascendant Digital Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: ACND) on its US$3 billion business combination with Beacon Street Group, LLC
CITIC Capital on its US$700 million acquisition of GNC Holdings Inc. pursuant to Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code
Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Cellular Biomedicine Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBMG) in its “going private” sale to a consortium led by certain members of CBMG management, CBMG stockholders and financial sponsors
Hg Capital in its acquisition of Intelerad Medical Systems
Calpine Corporation in the US$1.1 billion financing of the Geysers geothermal power generating facilities in California
Mill Rock Capital in the acquisition of Trojan Lithograph Corporation
Saudi Aramco in its US$69.1 billion acquisition of a 70% stake in Saudi Basic IndustriesCorporation (SABIC) from the Public Investment Fund
Roark Capital Group and Inspire Brands, Inc. in the acquisition of Jimmy John's LLC
Clifford Chance
