Kessar Nashat
Norton Rose FulbrightWith a client base encompassing major financial institutions, healthcare conglomerates, and tech corporations, the Norton Rose Fulbright team is well-equipped to advise on domestic and cross-border M&A in the public and private spheres. The practice’s offering covers a wide array of transactions, ranging from multibillion dollar cross-border deals to mid-market M&A within the US. Dallas-based team co-lead Scarlet McNellie heads up the firm's corporate and M&A practice, and is an expert in leading on divestitures and spin-off transactions, while co-head Sheldon Nussbaum, who is based in New York, chiefly handles corporate governance matters, leading the firm's business practice. Houston lawyer Brian P Fenske covers IPOs and venture capital financings, and St. Louis-based Kevin Fischer assists private equity funds with corporate transactional issues. Kevin Friedmann acts on behalf of start-up companies in seed stage and angel financings from Chicago, and both Kessar Nashat and Steve Suzzan focus on joint ventures and corporate governance matters in New York.
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Key clients
- Stellar Bancorp, Inc.
- IRG Acquisition Holdings
- InfraRed Capital Partners
- Wellstar Health System, Inc.
- Enerflex Ltd.
- Taylor Maritime Investments
- Majic Wheels Corp.
- Pure Health Capital
- DigiAsia Bios Pte. Ltd.
- SRIVARU Holding Ltd.
- Aeries Technology
- Shell USA
- Crusoe Energy Systems
- Intercontinental Wealth Management
- CrowdOut Capital
- Yuga Labs
- LongueVue Capital
- The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company
- Peerless Oil & Chemicals, Inc.
Work highlights
- Advised Stellar Bancorp, Inc. on its $1.5bn all-stock merger of equals with Allegiance Bancshares Inc., a similar entity.
- Advised IRG Acquisition Holdings, a partnership between Invenergy, CDPQ and funds managed by Blackstone Infrastructure, on the $1.5bn purchase of a 1,365-megawatt unregulated, contracted renewables portfolio from American Electric Power.
- Advised Wellstar Health System, Inc. on its $797m acquisition of Augusta University Health System , the academic health system affiliated with the University of Georgia and the Medical College of Georgia, as well as in the structuring a long-term affiliation agreement between Wellstar and the University.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Scarlet McNellie, Sheldon Nussbaum