S. Eric Wang

M&A and Strategic Transactions

• Leonardo DRS in its $450 million pending acquisition of Raft
• First Hawaiian in its $2 billion pending acquisition of TriCo Bancshares
• Tessenderlo Group in its $400 million strategic minority equity investment in FMC Corporation
• Bank of Nova Scotia in its pending acquisition of MapleMark Financial Holdings
• The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son in its $1.8 billion pending acquisition of CIBC Caribbean

• BMO Financial Group in the pending sale of its Transportation Finance and Vendor Finance businesses
• Grupo México Infraestructura in its strategic combination of power generation assets with Saavi Energía
• Liberty Strategic Capital in its acquisition of an equity stake in Grupo Financiero Banamex from Citigroup
• Wells Fargo in its capital investment in Emberpoint LLC, in partnership with Lockheed Martin, PG&E Corporation and Salesforce
• Anheuser-Busch InBev in its repurchase of a minority stake in its U.S.-based metal container production plants for $3 billion
• Fifth Third Bancorp in its $10.9 billion 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 $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
• KeyCorp in the 14.9% investment by Scotiabank
• 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
• Ally Financial in the sale of Ally Lending to Synchrony
• Enbridge in its various acquisition matters, including the acquisition of The East Ohio Gas Company and acquisitions of Questar Gas Company and its related Wexpro companies and Public Service Company of North Carolina from Dominion Energy for $14 billion
• Rhône Capital and Fogo de Chão in connection with Fogo de Chão's $1.1 billion acquisition by Bain Capital Private Equity
• 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.
• Haleon Group in its demerger from the GSK Group, making Haleon the world’s biggest stand-alone consumer health company

Capital Markets

• Haleon in its $2 billion SEC-registered debt offering
• Bank of Montreal on more than $45 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)
• Ally Financial on more than $2.6 billion in SEC-registered offerings of senior notes since 2024
• Allianz on more than $8 billion in Restricted Tier 1 and Tier 2 offerings since 2020
• Enbridge Inc. in its debt, equity and hybrid offerings since 2016, including recently a $2 billion offering of senior notes
• ING Groep N.V. in more than $26.5 billion in SEC-registered notes offerings and in the issuance of other complex capital securities since 2011
• Cheniere Energy, Inc. in its $1.75 billion Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of senior notes
• H2O America in its $677.2 million offering of common stock
• ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited in connection with its $10 billion medium-term note program
• Equinor in its $1.5 billion aggregate offering of fixed-rate notes
• 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
• 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
• American International Group in more than $12 billion in registered public debt offerings and over $5 billion in cash tender offers since 2014
• 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