Stuart C. Rogers

Partner,

New York

Phone: 212.210.9435
Email: stuart.rogers@alston.com

With his two decades of in-house experience, Stuart brings a substantial record of advising financial services firms and their bankers and senior management. He enjoys a reputation for providing highly responsive, sophisticated, business-focused legal advice and for exercising sound judgment on the most complex issues.

Stuart has represented the financial advisors to the following:

Advance Publications Inc., a significant stockholder in Discovery, in Discovery’s $43 billion combination, via a Reverse Morris Trust transaction, with AT&T’s WarnerMedia.
Altus Midstream Company in its $9 billion acquisition of EagleClaw Midstream Services LLC.
Scientific Games in the $6.05 billion sale of its lottery business to Brookfield Business Partners, a business services and industrials company of Brookfield Asset Management.
Realty Income Corp in its $11 billion acquisition of VEREIT.
BA Sports Nutrition LLC in its $5.6 billion sale of the remaining 85% stake in the company to The Coca-Cola Company.
Hexion in its $2 billion sale to private equity firm American Securities.
Independence Energy in its $5.7 billion business combination with Contango Oil & Gas.
Altria on the $1.2 billion sale of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates to Sycamore Partners Management LP.
Desktop Metal Inc. in its $575 million acquisition of The ExOne Company.
The Andersons Inc. in the $550 million sale of its railcar leasing business to American Industrial Transport, Inc.
Earthstone Energy Inc., in its $604 million acquisition of Chisholm Energy Holdings LLC.
Reliant Bancorp in its $517 million acquisition by United Community Banks.
Diamond S Shipping Inc. in its $416 million merger with International Seaways.
Fuze Inc. in its $250 million acquisition by 8x8 Inc.
Vizient on the sale of its Contract Labor Management (CLM) business unit to San Diego-based workforce solutions provider Aya Healthcare.
Neenah Inc. in its €205 million acquisition of Global Release Liners.

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. in its $1.65 billion acquisition of Veritas Capital portfolio company Alion Science and Technology.
Hormel Foods Corporation in its $3.35 billion announced acquisition of Planters® from the Kraft Heinz Company.
Parsley Energy in its $7.6 billion sale to Pioneer Natural Resources Company.
Concho Resources in its $9.7 billion sale to ConocoPhillips.
Builders FirstSource Inc. in its acquisition of BMC Stock Holdings Inc. valued at $2.5 billion.
Intercontinental Exchange in its acquisition of Ellie Mae for cash and stock valued at $11 billion.
7-Eleven Inc. in its acquisition of Speedway LLC in a cash transaction valued at $21 billion.
Chevron Corporation in the acquisition of Noble Energy valued at $13 billion.
Coty Inc. in its majority sale of its professional beauty and retail hair businesses valued at $4.3 billion to KKR Funds.
Leidos in its acquisition of the Security Detection and Automation Business of L3Harris Technologies valued at $1 billion.
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.
ESCO Corporation in its acquisition by Weir plc in a stock and cash transaction valued at $1.285 billion.
Nationstar Mortgage Holdings in its acquisition by WMIH Corp. for cash and stock in a transaction valued at approximately $4.8 billion.
Ply Gem Holdings in its acquisition by an affiliate of Clayton Dubilier & Rice in a cash transaction valued at $2.4 billion.
AmeriPride in its sale to Aramark in a cash transaction valued at $1 billion.
Boyd Gaming in its separate acquisitions of Valley Forge Casino Resort and casino properties from Pinnacle.
Spain’s Gas Natural in the sale of its Columbian business to Brookfield Infrastructure for approximately $568 million.
WisdomTree Investments in its acquisition of ETF Securities’ European exchange-traded commodity, currency, and short-and-leveraged business for approximately $611 million.
Aurora Flight Sciences in its sale to The Boeing Company.
Itron in its acquisition of Silver Spring Networks for approximately $830 million in cash.
Williams Scotsman in its sale to Double Eagle Acquisition Corp. for approximately $1.1 billion.
CH2M HILL in its sale to Jacobs Engineering Group in a transaction valued at approximately $3.25 billion.
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) in its acquisition of Chiltern International Ltd. for approximately $1.2 billion in cash.
McCormick & Company in its acquisition of Reckitt Benckiser Group’s Food Division in a transaction valued at approximately $4.2 billion.

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