McDermott Will & Schulte, a global law firm

Stan represents acquirers of financially distressed companies and lenders and debtors in negotiating debt restructuring, health care companies in joint ventures, and insurance and energy companies in acquisitions, debt financing and public offerings. He provides legal counsel to clients in a wide variety of industries, including construction, food and beverage, insurance, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and publishing.

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• Multibank financing facilities
• Executive compensation and stock option programs
• Public offering of convertible debt
• Public disclosure and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) matters (NYSE-listed company)
• Represented a major securities underwriter in underwritten public offerings in the steel and telecommunication industries
• Represented acquisition partnerships in acquiring a food distributor, a manufacturer of the tire-making equipment, a chain of diet shops, a wire mill and a chair manufacturer, and in similar transactions
• Represented a snack food manufacturer in the following:
  • Structuring and helping to establish a franchised distribution system
  • Restructuring a multilayered financing, including senior bank debt, subordinated debt and receivable and lease financing
  • Sale of division
  • Executive compensation programs
• Represented a wire manufacturer in the following:
  • Purchase of operating division
  • Refinancing
  • Negotiating supply arrangements
• Represented a magazine and book publisher in the following:
  • Public offering of common stock
  • Negotiating executive compensation arrangements
  • Negotiating commercial agreements
  • Disclosure issues and SEC filings (NYSE-listed company)
  • Representation of UK company in the acquisition of a public US company
• Represented an operator and franchisor of diet shops in the following:
  • Restructuring of debt, negotiating new financing facilities
  • Negotiating new franchise agreements
  • Acquisition of foreign operations
  • Negotiating commercial agreements
• Represented the owner of a Chinese food manufacturer in refinancing and establishing a joint venture with an Australian food company
• Represented a construction equipment manufacturer in the following:
  • Acquisitions of numerous product lines/manufacturing companies
  • Disclosure and SEC matters (NASDAQ-listed company)
  • Executive compensation programs
  • Negotiation of foreign distribution and license agreements
  • Going-private transactions
• Represented a manufacturer of steel buildings/building products in the following:
  • Refinancing
  • Foreign joint ventures
  • Contract negotiations
  • Disclosure and SEC matters (NYSE-listed company)
• Representation of a pharmaceutical company in the following:
  • Joint ventures for development and distribution of pharmaceutical products
  • Review of acquisition candidates license agreements
  • Divestiture of ancillary operations
  • Disclosure and SEC matters (NYSE-listed company)

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