Stuart C. Rogers

Stuart has represented the financial advisors to the following:

• Harsco Corporation in its $592 million cash sale of its Air-X-Changers business to Chart Industries Inc.
• Empire Resorts Inc. in its sale of all the outstanding equity of Empire Resorts not currently owned by Kien Huat or its affiliates for approximately $925 million in cash.
• TheStreet Inc. in its cash sale to TheMaven Inc.
• Worldpay in its acquisition by Fidelity National Information Services in a $43 billion cash and stock transaction.
• Luxoft Holding Inc. in its $2 billion cash sale to DXC Technology.
• Cisco in its $660 million cash acquisition of Luxtera Inc.
• TheStreet Inc. in its $87.3 million sale of The Deal LLC to Euromoney.
• Golden State Foods in the sale of certain distribution centers to The Martin Brower Company.
• Encana Corporation in its $5.5 billion acquisition of Newfield Exploration Company.
• Encore Capital Group in its acquisition of a majority of Cabot Credit Management.
• Momentive Performance Materials in its acquisition by a consortium including Wonik QnC Corporation, KCC Corporation, and SJL Partners in a cash transaction valued at $3.1 billion.
• Ocean Rig UDW Inc. in its business combination with Transocean in a stock and cash transaction valued at $2.9 billion.
• Modular Space Holdings in its $1.1 billion acquisition by WillScot Corporation in a stock and cash transaction valued at $1.1 billion.
• Pinnacle Foods in its acquisition by Conagra Brands for cash and stock in a transaction valued at $10.9 billion.
• Taylor Morrison Home Corporation in its $963 million acquisition of AV Homes.

Stuart Rogers is a partner in Alston & Bird’s Corporate & Business Transactions Group and Financial Advisors Team. Stuart focuses his practice on M&A and corporate finance, and he actively advises investment banks and financial advisors in M&A transactions. Before joining Alston & Bird, he was a managing director at Credit Suisse, where he led legal coverage for the Investment Banking & Capital Markets Division in the Americas and was lead counsel to Credit Suisse’s M&A financial advisory group and investment banking opinion/valuation committee. Stuart has a sophisticated command of matters affecting financial advisors, including opinion practice, conflicts management, and reputational risk. Stuart has been a regular speaker and panelist at industry conferences sponsored by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association and was a member of FINRA’s Corporate Financing Committee.

Stuart graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in economics and government from Cornell University and was awarded Order of the Coif at New York University School of Law.

Bar Admissions

• New York

Education

• New York University (J.D., 1993)
• Cornell University (B.A., 1990)

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