David R. Clark

Mr. Clark has advised public and private companies and their boards, real estate investment trusts and private equity firms in negotiated and contested domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, asset sales, spin-offs and reorganizations. He also represents issuers and underwriters in debt and equity securities offerings.

Mr. Clark has advised, among others:

• CME Group in its:
  • $1 billion equity investment by Google LLC
  • transaction with S&P/Dow Jones Indices LLC
  • transaction with IHS Markit involving the combination of the parties’ post-trade services for OTC markets into a new joint venture named OSTTRA
  • $6 billion acquisition of NEX Group plc
  • proposed $820 million acquisition of GFI Group, related $165 million sale of GFI’s interdealer broker business to a group formed by management of GFI and response to interloper bids
  • $126 million acquisition of the Kansas City Board of Trade
• Ball Corporation in its:
  • $5.6 billion sale of its aerospace business to BAE Systems
  • $530 million sale of its beverage packaging business in Russia
  • $6.9 billion acquisition of Rexam PLC
  • $675 million joint venture with Platinum Equity involving its U.S. food and aerosol packaging business
  • $225 million divestiture of its Chinese beverage can and end manufacturing business
  • $120 million sale of its minority interest in its South Korea joint venture
• AutoNation in its:
  • $190 million acquisition of RepairSmith
  • minority ownership stake in TrueCar
  • $85 million acquisition of CIG Financial
• R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company in its proposed but terminated $2.1 billion acquisition by affiliates of Atlas Holdings LLC, and subsequent $2.3 billion acquisition by affiliates of Chatham Asset Management, LLC
• Flagstar Bancorp in its $2.6 billion merger with New York Community Bancorp
• Exact Sciences Corporation in its $2.8 billion acquisition of Genomic Health, Inc.
• Hillenbrand, Inc. in its:
  • $730 million acquisition of the Schenck Process Group’s Food and Performance Materials business
  • $2 billion acquisition of Milacron Holdings Corp.
• Cardinal Health in its $6.1 billion acquisition of Medtronic’s patient product portfolio
• Sara Lee in connection with the spin-off and redomestication of its international coffee and tea operations in a transaction valued in excess of $13 billion
• InvenTrust Properties in its:
  • $1.4 billion sale of its student housing platform, University House, to a joint venture that includes Scion and CPPIB
  • $2.3 billion sale of a portfolio of net lease assets to AR Capital; and series of self-management transactions with the Inland Group for the $12 billion REIT
• Huron Consulting Group in its:
  • $112 million sale of Huron Legal to Consilio
  • $325 million acquisition of the Studer Group
• Black Diamond Capital Management in its:
  • acquisition of GST AutoLeather, Inc.
  • investment in IAP Worldwide Services, Inc.
  • sale of its portfolio company Sun World International

Mr. Clark has been named one of Crain’s Chicago Business’ Notable Rising Stars in Law and recognized by The Deal as a Rising Star for his work in M&A and private equity.

He is a frequent speaker on corporate and governance matters at seminars and other forums, including those organized by Practising Law Institute, Mergermarket and Northwestern University’s Garrett and Corporate Counsel institutes.