Sarah Brooks Gabriel
Professional Profile
Sarah Gabriel represent issuers in capital markets transactions, including public equity offerings, public and private offerings of high yield debt and tender and exchange offers. Ms. Gabriel represent public and private companies in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. Ms. Gabriel also advises public companies and private equity sponsors regarding Sections 13 and 16 reporting obligations, SEC compliance, Exchange Act periodic reporting and disclosure, stock exchange requirements and corporate governance matters.
Ms. Gabriel was named a "2010 Illinois Rising Star" by Super Lawyers magazine.
Representative Matters
Sale of Otis Spunkmeyer Holdings, Inc. to IAWS Group plc, a publicly traded Irish company
Acquisition by Wynnchurch Capital Partners of two subsidiaries of United Rentals (North America), Inc.
Spin-off by FMC Technologies, Inc. of John Bean Technologies Corporation (NYSE: JBT)
Sale of Boise Cascade Holdings L.L.C.'s paper, packaging and newsprint business to a special purpose acquisition company, now trading as Boise, Inc. (NYSE: BZ), in a transaction valued at approximately $1.6 billion
Registered secondary offering by certain selling stockholders, including Madison Dearborn Partners, of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD)
€141 million 144A offer and subsequent registered exchange offer for senior subordinated notes of Sensata Technologies, B.V.
$50 million tender offer for senior and senior subordinated notes of Sensata Technologies, B.V.
$140 million note exchange offer by Kellwood Company
Publications
Kirkland Governance Watch, Summary of significant corporate developments, co-author, August 2009
Compensation Discussion and Analysis, Chapter 3 to A Practical Guide to SEC Proxy and Compensation Rules, co-author, Aspen Publishers, 2009 and 2010 Supplements
Prior Experience
Corporate Associate - Baker Hostetler LLP, Orlando, FL
