Ejike Ralph Arumah

Experience

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Represented an internet service provider in connection with a $42 million asset purchase transaction involving the acquisition of substantially all of a company's telecommunications network assets.
• Represented a seller in a $12 million sale of a regional HVAC services company to a private equity-owned platform pursuing a nationwide roll-up, with consideration comprising $9 million in cash and $3 million in rollover equity.
• Represented a distributor of automotive, marine, and recreational vehicle products in its $40 million equity sale to a private equity-backed buyer, including negotiation of transaction terms and documentation.
• Represented buyers and sellers in multiple middle-market asset and stock acquisitions ranging from $50 million to $300 million across the technology, consumer products, and industrial sectors.

Capital Markets

• Represented an issuer in a $900 million hybrid junior subordinated notes offering in connection with a $2.5 billion acquisition of an energy company, including structuring, offering documentation, regulatory compliance, and closing support for a complex debt financing tied to a strategic acquisition.
• Represented an issuer in a $450 million senior note offering, including drafting and reviewing preliminary prospectus supplement, ancillary documents, and coordinating with underwriters.
• Represented an issuer in a $200 million retail junior subordinated notes offering in connection with the redemption of all outstanding cumulative redeemable perpetual preferred stock ($250 million liquidation preference), including preparation of offering documents and NYSE SLAP submission.

Securitization

• Represented the Master Servicer and Special Servicer in commercial mortgage-backed securitizations involving the issuance of commercial mortgage pass-through certificates (transaction sizes ranging from approximately $500 million to $1.5 billion.
• Represented the Master Servicer and Special Servicer in a single-family residential mortgage-backed securitization involving the issuance of pass-through certificates with an aggregate transaction size of approximately $500 million.

Recognitions

Professional & Civic Activities