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Jeff Schulte is a senior partner in the Corporate and Securities Practices, concentrating in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, project finance, corporate governance and corporate law. Mr. Schulte also co-chairs the firm’s China Practice. He is a frequent speaker on legal issues for organizations such as the Practicing Law Institute, the Institute for Continuing Legal Education, the National Association of Corporate Directors and Glasser Legal Works.
Mr. Schulte has been recognized among the nation’s top IPO counsel by IPO Lawyer Yearbook, and was ranked 19th in the U.S. among issuers’ and underwriters’ counsel. He is recognized as a member of the “Legal Elite” by Georgia Trend and has been selected by Atlanta magazine as one of Georgia’s top 100 “Super Lawyers.” Mr. Schulte served as Chairman of the Securities Law Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia and as a member of the Executive Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia. He currently serves on the Global Commerce Council of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Directors of the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University.
Representative Engagements
- M&A Transactions
- Sale of Hospital Affiliates International by INA Corporation to HCA
- Combination of Connecticut General and INA to form CIGNA
- Acquisition by Pfizer, Inc. of Angiomedics, Inc.
- Sale by CIGNA of individual life insurance business to Intercontinental Life
- Sale by CIGNA of Horace Mann Insurance Companies
- Sale by Alco Standard Corporation of Alco Health Services
- Going Private Transaction for Charles Jacquin Et Cie, Inc.
- Going Private Transaction for The Lehigh Press, Inc.
- Going Private Transaction for General Refractories, Inc.
- Purchase of First American Investment Corporation by HMG Property Investors, a REIT
- Multiple Acquisitions by Witness Systems, Reynolds & Reynolds, United Parcel Service and others
- Corporate Finance Transactions
- United Parcel Service, Inc. initial public offering
- Overseas Partners, Ltd. shelf offerings
- Verizon (f/k/a Bell Atlantic) debt financing to acquire telephone system of New Zealand
- Lodgian, Inc. Recapitalization
- INA Corporation Debt Financings
- CIGNA Corporation shelf offerings
- Witness Systems, Inc. initial public offering and follow-on public offering
- Delta Data Systems Corporation Pipes transaction
- Daleen Technologies, Inc. initial public offering
- AIA Industries, Inc. initial public offering
- Multiple private financings through venture capital firms
- SEC Compliance/Governance Advisory Clients
- UPS
- Overseas Partners, Ltd.
- INA Corporation
- CIGNA Corporation
- BWAY Corporation and BWAY Holdings, Inc.
- S.J. Heyer/Starwood Resorts and Hotels Worldwide
- Lodgian, Inc.
- Witness Systems, Inc
- Daleen Technologies, Inc.
- Consolidated-Tomoka Land Company
- SORL Auto Parts, Inc.
- T-Bay Holdings, Inc.
- SEC Enforcement/Internal Investigations
- Confidential matters involving Fortune 100 companies
- General Corporate Work
- UPS and UPS Supply Chain Solutions
- INA Corporation
- CIGNA Corporation
- Witness Systems, Inc.
- Lodgian, Inc.
- Overseas Partners, Ltd.
- SORL Auto Parts, Inc.
- Daleen Technologies
- Delta Data Systems Corporation
- Prudential Georgia Realty
- Project Finance and Leveraged Lease Transactions
- Waste-To-Energy Projects
- Developer: Covanta (f/k/a Ogden Martin Systems)
- Alexandria/Arlington, VA
- Lake County, FL
- Montgomery County, PA
- Delaware County, PA
- Philadelphia, PA
- McKay Bay, FL
- Bristol, CT
- Indianapolis, TN
- Marion County, OR
- Tulsa, OK
- Credit Support Provider
- Security Pacific Merchant Bank (Westinghouse Project)
- Banque Paribas (Montenay Project)
- Airport Facilities
- Financing of expansion of UPS airport facility at Louisville Airport
- Financing of expansion of UPS airport facility at Philadelphia International Airport
Honors and Affiliations
National Steering Committee, Lawyers Committee to End “Pay-to-Play”
Board of Advisors, Corporate Governance Center, Kennesaw State University
Chairman, Securities Law Committee, State Bar of Georgia (2005-2007)
Executive Committee, Business Law Section, State Bar of Georgia (2005-2007 )
Global Commerce Council, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University, Board Member
American Bar Association (Business Law Section)
Listed, Legal 500, Mergers & Acquisitions: Middle-Market, 2011
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