Details of an M&A Transaction - Hosted by Mirus Capital

Overview

We invite you to join us for a breakfast event at the Harvard Club, where our sponsor, Mirus Capital Advisors, will be hosting a panel discussion on the intricacies and strategies surrounding an M&A transaction. Our panelists include seasoned professionals skilled in financial and legal M&A advisory, joined by a CEO/Board Chair and his attorney, who will offer firsthand accounts of navigating the complexities of a successful deal.

Parking

The Clubhouse front entrance is located at 374 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215. Parking is available in the Club’s own lot, located directly behind the Clubhouse at 415 Newbury Street. Please tell the parking attendant you are attending the PDA event, parking rate for guests 7:00 am – 9:00 pm: $15 (per hour); Daily Maximum: $45.

Registration

$40 Member Registration Fee
$60 Non-Member Registration Fee

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Panelists

Valerie Ney Partner Hunton Andrews Kurth

Valarie focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions transactions, as well as cross-border, securities, and corporate governance matters.

Valarie is experienced in the full range of M&A transactions, including public company mergers and spin-offs, private company acquisitions and dispositions, auctions, joint ventures, licensing transactions, going private transactions, special committee representations, and tender offers. She has advised clients in a number of cross-border transactions.

Valarie also provides counsel in a variety of corporate, securities, and corporate governance matters. As part of her governance practice, Valarie regularly advises clients on disclosure, compliance, and governance matters arising out of US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations, stock exchange rules, and corporate laws. She practices across industries, including government contracting, pharmaceutical, healthcare, energy, technology, and manufacturing.

Relevant Experience

• Represented a NYSE-listed administrator of government health and human services programs with global operations in multiple transactions, including its $1.4 billion acquisition of a provider of medical disability examinations to the US Department of Veterans affairs and its $400 million acquisition of assets from a NYSE-listed aerospace and defense company.
• Represented a leading federal technology services sector firm in the acquisition of a leading provider of technology, cyber, and data solutions to the defense industry.
• Represented a private equity buyer in multiple transactions, including its sale of one of its portfolio companies to a leading global professional services company and its $100 million investment in an innovative consulting firm known for advising large enterprises and governmental agencies on critical strategic and regulatory challenges.
• Represented a US-based electronics manufacturing services firm in its sale to a German-based electronic manufacturing services company with global operations.
• Represented a middle-market private equity firm that invests in buyouts, recapitalizations, and growth capital opportunities in its acquisition of a majority of the business of a New Zealand-based public company that manufactures and distributes specialty building products.
• Represented a multinational pharmaceutical company dually listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in multiple public and private acquisitions, divestitures, and licensing agreements.

Bill Arnold Former President and CEO Beckett Corporation

Bill has been with the Company for 3 years, serving as CEO. He has over 30 years of experience as a business management leader. He is the owner of Marcher Consulting, a corporate turnaround firm, and was initially hired to manage the orderly liquidation of Beckett’s parent company, General Foam Plastics

Early in his career, he held roles in various printing companies such as Printers II, Inc. and Immedia Printing & Imaging

Bill received a B.A. from the University of Kansas and is a certified CPA.

Moderator

Stuart Rose Partner Mirus Capital Advisors

• An investment banker since 2005, Stuart provides M&A and corporate advisory solutions to manufacturers, distributors and business services providers, e-commerce and multi-channel marketers, and consumer goods companies.
• Stuart joined Mirus in 2018.
• Prior to his career in investment banking, Stuart was a senior executive with several leading retailers and direct marketers. Stuart taught direct marketing at Bentley College.
• Registered Investment Banking Principal, holds Series 24, 62, 63 and 79 FINRA licenses.
• Graduated from Brandeis University, magna cum laude, with a BA in Economics and Philosophy. 
• MBA from Harvard University

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