Experience

Emaar Properties
Mergers and Acquisitions
Schiff Hardin successfully represented Emaar Properties, a Dubai-based developer, in closing its first U.S. acquisition — WL Homes LLC (doing business as John Laing Homes), one of America's largest privately-held house builders — for $1.05 billion.

International Titanium Powder, L.L.C.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Schiff Hardin represented International Titanium Powder, L.L.C. in its acquisition by a subsidiary of The National Titanium Dioxide Co. Ltd.

Dorel Industries Inc. and Cannondale Bicycle Corporation
Mergers and Acquisitions
Schiff Hardin acted as lead counsel in a major transaction for a public company that made business news headlines all over North America.

Swift Response Helps Bankruptcy Client
Chapter 11 filing and Section 363 Sale
Schiff Hardin represented a manufacturer of hydraulic cylinders for original equipment manufacturers in a Chapter 11 filing and a Section 363 sale of substantially all of its assets under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

New Financing and Territory for Telecom Client
Mergers and Acquisitions, Secured Lending
Schiff Hardin assisted Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc., a communications service provider, in its acquisition of North Pittsburgh Systems, Inc. for a purchase price of approximately $360 million in cash and stock.

Power Company Sale
Mergers and acquisitions
Schiff Hardin attorneys represented NiSource Inc. in the sale of Whiting Clean Energy, Inc. to BP Alternative Energy North America, Inc.

Power Company Acquisition
Mergers and acquisitions
Schiff Hardin attorneys represented Northern Indiana Public Service Company in the purchase of Sugar Creek Power Company, LLC from a subsidiary of LS Power Fund.

Laidlaw International, Inc.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Our client Laidlaw Inc. was considering the acquisition of another transportation company — We Care Transportation — with which it had a significant joint venture in Erie County (Buffalo), New York.

Automotive Equipment Industry Merger
Mergers and Acquisitions
A team of Schiff Hardin attorneys assisted a general trading company in acquiring Prime Automotive Warehouse, Inc., an industry leader in the distribution of aftermarket auto parts, chemicals and tools.

Dorel Industries Inc. and PTI Sports
Mergers and Acquisitions
Schiff Hardin represented Dorel Industries Inc.’s Pacific Cycle division in the $28.1 million asset acquisition of PTI Sports, a leading U.S. designer, manufacturer and distributor of bicycle parts, helmets and other accessories.

The Spring Air Company
Restructuring and Merger
Schiff Hardin represented longtime client The Spring Air Company in this corporate restructuring effort.

Trinsic, Inc.
Mergers and Acquisitions
A Florida-based telecommunications company expands across the Northeast United States through a significant deal with Sprint Nextel and expanded financing.