Samuel R. Schraer

Samuel R. Schraer advises clients on a wide range of transactions involving intellectual property and technology matters, including with respect to the ownership, protection, commercialization and exploitation of IP and technology. Mr. Schraer regularly counsels clients on mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, licensing agreements, co-existence agreements, manufacturing agreements, supply and distribution agreements, services agreements, sponsorship agreements, and other complex corporate matters and commercial arrangements.

Mr. Schraer’s significant representative transactions include:

• DuPont de Nemours in various transactions, including its:
  • sale of a majority of its Mobility & Materials business to Celanese for $11 billion
  • acquisition of Spectrum Plastics for $1.75 billion
  • sale of a majority of its Delrin business to funds managed by TJC LP for $1.8 billion
  • spin-off of its $21 billion Electronics business into Qnity Electronics
  • pending sale of its Aramids business to Arclin, a portfolio company of funds managed by TJC LP, for $1.825 billion
• Holcim in the spin-off of its $30 billion North America business into Amrize
• Honeywell in the spin-off of its $7.7 billion Advanced Materials business into Solstice Advanced Materials
• International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) in the sale of its cosmetic ingredients business to Clariant for $810 million
• Spirit AeroSystems in various transactions, including its:
  • acquisition by The Boeing Company for $8.3 billion
  • divestiture to Airbus of certain assets and sites involved in the production of Airbus aerostructures
  • sale of its Fiber Materials business to Tex Tech Industries for $165 million
• SharkNinja in its spin-off from JS Global into an independent public company
• Crane NXT, Co. in its separation into two independent, publicly traded companies, in a transaction in which Crane NXT, Co. retained its Payment & Merchandising Technologies segment and spun off its Aerospace & Electronics, Process Flow Technologies and Engineered Materials segments to its stockholders
• Waldencast in its $1.2 billion three-way business combination with Obagi Cosmeceuticals (outside of China) and Milk Makeup
• Tata Electronics in its license and technology transfer agreement with Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC) of Taiwan to establish India’s first semiconductor chip manufacturing facility
• BlackRock in the acquisition of Preqin at an enterprise value of £2.55 billion

Mr. Schraer also maintains an active pro bono practice that includes advising nonprofits and small businesses on matters relating to IP portfolio management, commercial contracts and publication agreements. He also serves on the board of directors of the Robert Irvine Foundation and previously served as chairman of the board of directors of Let’s Chow (which merged with the Robert Irvine Foundation).