• Alcoa in its pending $2.2 billion acquisition of Alumina
• Owens Corning in its pending $3.9 billion acquisition of Masonite International
• Cleveland-Cliffs in its $14 billion unsolicited proposal to acquire US Steel
• Summit Materials in its $3.2 billion acquisition of Argos USA
• Evergreen Hill Enterprise, Pte. Ltd. in its $630 million acquisition of Mativ’s engineered papers business
• HNI Corporation in its $485 million acquisition of Kimball International

Prior to joining Davis Polk, James’s experience includes advising:

• Evoqua Water Technologies in its $7.5 billion sale to Xylem Inc.
• Marathon Petroleum in its $23 billion acquisition of Andeavor
• Goodrich in its $18.4 billion sale to United Technologies
• USG in its $7 billion sale to Knauf
• Parker Hannifin in its $4.3 billion acquisition of Clarcor
• Lubrizol in its $9.7 billion acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway
• Cintas in its $2.2 billion acquisition of G&K Services
• Exelis in its $4.8 billion acquisition by L3 Harris  
• Duchossois Group in its sale of Chamberlain Group to private equity funds managed by Blackstone
• STERIS in its $3.6 billion acquisition of Cantel Medical
• Vertex Aerospace, a portfolio company of American Industrial Partners, in its stock-for-stock merger with Vectrus
• Cooper Tire & Rubber in its $2.5 billion sale to Goodyear Tire & Rubber
• Avient in its $1.5 billion acquisition of Koninklijke DSM’s protective materials business