Finance Monthly Deal Maker Awards 2019 Edition

www.finance-monthly.com 40 FINANCE MONTHLY DEAL MAKER AWARDS 2019 MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS ROBERT G. KOEN Partner at Mayer Brown FIRM PROFILE Mayer Brown’s M&A practice is among the largest and most sophisticated in the world, with extensive experience advising clients on a variety of complex, cross-border and high-profile strategic transactions. We offer an integrated global team poised to support the international needs of our clients: We have more than 300 Corporate/M&A lawyers across the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Many of our M&A lawyers’ practices involve providing cross-border advice on regional or global transactions—they are as comfortable advising on cross-border deals as they are on single- jurisdiction transactions. Our broad geographic coverage enables us to manage many of our M&A engagements (including local due diligence support) with lawyers from our offices around the globe. Our firm has participated in M&A transactions worldwide in virtually every industry, and we have extensive experience managing transatlantic, Asia-Pacific, pan-European and global transactions. We also have significant experience coordinating local aspects of cross-border transactions with lawyers from firms with which we have long-standing relationships, or at times, with our clients’ in-house lawyers or local firms designated by our clients. No matter how the transaction team is structured, we take responsibility for ensuring that our clients receive an integrated, high-quality work product. Our cross-practice, cross-border approach to delivering sophisticated legal services to clients means our M&A lawyers not only have a thorough knowledge of the legal system in which they are based, but they also have a broad mix of professional and cultural backgrounds and a familiarity with the laws and political, cultural and commercial influences likely to impact a matter in other regions. In fact, many are recognized for their work in multiple jurisdictions. This international outlook and broad range of practical experience provides our clients with a depth of insight and versatility. Mayer Brown’s M&A practice represents a broad spectrum of public and private companies, private equity and leveraged buy-out firms, special committees and management groups—including many Fortune 500 and FTSE 250 companies, as well as CAC 40, HKE and DAX-listed companies. We routinely handle transactions ranging in size and complexity from multi-billion dollar, cross-border transactions to mid-size and smaller transactions within a single national or regional market. Our national, regional and cross-border experience covers: • Advanced M&A planning • Asset sales and purchases • FCPA compliance planning • Joint ventures and strategic alliances • Private equity • Public and private takeovers and mergers • Restructurings and recapitalizations While we have represented clients in some of the largest and most complex transactions in the world, we provide our clients with efficient, cost-effective service regardless of the size of the deal. Our highly integrated and skilled team, together with the investment we make in our clients, allows us to lead M&A transactions efficiently while maintaining the highest quality. Awarded for his involvement in the following transaction: Quilvest Private Equity Acquires GEDH CONTACT Robert G. Koen Email: rkoen@mayerbrown.com Tel: +1 212 506 2676 Web: www.mayerbrown.com ABOUT ROBERT G. KOEN Robert Koen is a leading lawyer in Mayer Brown’s New York Real Estate practice. He focuses on commercial real estate, with a concentration in real estate acquisitions, finance and complex restructurings for both lender and borrower entities. His extensive experience includes the negotiation, structuring and documentation of acquisitions, dispositions and co- investment transactions; the structuring of real estate joint ventures and partnerships; commercial lending, including conventional loan transactions; construction lending; preferred equity investments mezzanine financings; REIT- related transactions (including formation merger and acquisition transactions); hotel acquisition and development; commercial project development (including land and negotiation of construction and development agreements); and real estate loan and investment workouts, as well as restructurings. Robert has substantial experience handling securitized capital markets and institutional real estate financings as well as all aspects of international investment in domestic real estate transactions. • Special committee representations • Spin-offs • Stock sales and purchases • Tax planning and structuring • Tender and exchange offers • Venture capital