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Jayshree Narendan

Jayshree Narendran

Associate
Baker & McKenzie LLP

Biography

Jayshree Narendran is an associate in the New York office of Baker McKenzie and a member of the Tax Practice Group. Prior to joining the Firm, Jayshree worked in the Mergers and Acquisitions Tax group at KPMG LLP in New York.

Practice Focus

Jayshree primarily advises US and multinational companies on domestic and international transactions, with an emphasis on mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, international tax planning, and restructurings (corporate and partnership).

Representative Legal Matters

  • Advised Kantar, a data, insights and consulting company and portfolio company of Bain Capital, in its divestment of its SRDS platform to the Adwanted Group. The sale closed on March 31, 2020.

  • Represented LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton SE, the French luxury products group, with respect to its USD 3.1 billion acquisition of Belmond Ltd. (NYSE: BEL), a leading luxury hotel and travel company.

  • Advised H. Lundbeck A/S in its acquisition of Abide Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focusing on multiple indications in neurology and psychiatry, for USD 250 million upfront and up to an additional USD 150 million in development and sales milestones.

  • Advised Unilever on its acquisition of Astrix S.A., one of the most important local players in the field of home and personal care products in Bolivia

  • Advised Construction Resources Holdings, LLC, a portfolio company of Monomoy Capital Partners, in the acquisition of 100% shareholding interest of United Material, Inc., a distributor of quartz and other natural stones in Florida.

  • Represented Dover Corporation in the successful negotiation and closing of a USD 1 billion multicurrency unsecured revolving loan and letter of credit facility that replaced an existing credit facility that was expiring next year. The currencies available under the facility include the US Dollar, Sterling, Euro, Canadian Dollars and Swedish Kronor, and the facility is permitted to be increased by an additional USD 500 million. The facility was arranged and lead by JPM Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo, with a syndicate of 13 international lenders in the lender group. The transaction closed on October 4.

  • Advised Astellas Pharma Inc. (IKC) on the USD 665 million in structured, milestone-based acquisition for Xyphos Biosciences, Inc.

  • Represented One Equity Partners (OEP), a middle market private equity firm, in the acquisition of ORS MEDCO, a wholesaler of products used in maintenance, repair and operations for industrial and automotive end-users via a multi-jurisdictional carve-out from Essendant, Inc.

  • Represented CRIF S.p.A., a global company specialized in credit bureau, business information, credit and open banking solutions, in its acquisition of Strands, Inc., a FinTech company specialized in advanced digital banking solutions.

  • Advised Blue Horizon on its acquisition of the Seagull Hotel in Miami Beach, a deal in excess of USD 100 million. Blue Horizon intends to redevelop and transform the property into a luxury hotel.

Admissions

  • New York~United States (2015)
  • New Jersey~United States (2016)

Education

  • New York University School of Law (LLM) (2015)
  • St. John's University, School of Law (JD) (2014)
  • University of Rhode Island (BA, summa cum laude) (2011)

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish
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