S. Eric Wang

M&A

• Fifth Third Bancorp in its $10.9 billion pending acquisition of Comerica
• Hudbay Minerals Inc. in the sale of a 30 percent equity interest in Copper World to Mitsubishi Corporation
• Pinnacle Financial Partners in its pending $8.6 billion merger with Synovus Financial Corp
• Flagstar Financial in its restructuring to eliminate its holding company through its merger with its bank subsidiary, Flagstar Bank
• Liberty Strategic Capital as a lead investor in connection with Enstar’s acquisition by Sixth Street
• Discover Financial Services in its $50.6 billion merger with Capital One Financial Corporation

• HomeStreet, the holding company of HomeStreet Bank, in HomeStreet Bank’s merger with Mechanics Bank
• Bakkt in the divestiture of its Trust custody business to Intercontinental Exchange
• KeyCorp in the 14.9% investment by Scotiabank
• Ally Financial in the sale of Ally Lending to Synchrony
• PacWest Bancorp in its all-stock merger with Banc of California
• Enbridge in its various acquisition matters, including the acquisition of The East Ohio Gas Company and pending acquisitions of Questar Gas Company and its related Wexpro companies and Public Service Company of North Carolina from Dominion Energy for $14 billion
• Chevron U.S.A. in its acquisition of a majority interest in ACES Delta, which is developing a renewable energy hub to convert, store and deliver green hydrogen to the Western U.S.
• Rhône Capital and Fogo de Chão in connection with Fogo de Chão’s $1.1 billion acquisition by Bain Capital Private Equity
• Haleon Group in its demerger from the GSK Group, making Haleon the world’s biggest stand-alone consumer health company

Capital Markets

• Avio in its €400 million underwritten rights offering of ordinary shares
• CRH plc on $8 billion in notes offerings since 2017 and in the relocation of its primary listing to the New York Stock Exchange
• Bank of Montreal on more than $40 billion in SEC-registered notes offerings since 2016, including its first SEC-registered offerings of Additional Tier 1 capital, Tier 2 capital outside of Canada and Limited Recourse Capital Notes (LRCNs)
• Allianz in its $1.25 billion offering of Restricted Tier 1 notes
• Ally Financial on more than $1.6 billion in SEC-registered offerings of senior notes since 2024
• VMOS S.A., in its inception, and the related shareholder and transportation arrangements for the development of the $3 billion Vaca Muerta Sur Pipeline project in Argentina, and on the $2 billion syndicated secured term loan facility to finance it
• Enbridge Inc. in its debt, equity and hybrid offerings since 2016, including recently a $2.25 billion offering of senior notes
• American International Group in more than $12 billion in registered public debt offerings and over $5 billion in cash tender offers since 2014
• ING Groep N.V. in more than $23.5 billion in SEC-registered notes offerings and in the issuance of other complex capital securities since 2011
• BHP Group Limited on more than $10 billion in SEC-registered debt offerings, including its largest-ever U.S. debt offering of $4.75 billion, since 2022

Tax Controversy & Other Advisory Work

• Confidential clients in tax controversy matters, including responding to IRS audits and third party information requests
• Confidential corporate clients in relation to tax planning and other advice (including cross-border planning)
• U.S. high net worth individuals and/or their family offices in relation to the application of cross-border tax rules to complex arrangements