Notable Representations

• Brookfield Business Partners on its acquisition of Johnson Controls’ Power Solutions Business
• SS&C Technologies in its acquisitions of Advent Software, Citigroup’s Alternative Investor Services business, Primatics Financial, Conifer Financial Services, DST Systems and Intralinks
• BATS in a number of transactions, including its:
  • Merger with CBOE
  • Acquisition of Hotspot
  • Acquisition of ETF.com
  • Merger with Direct Edge to form the second-largest U.S. exchange
  • Acquisition of Chi-X
• I Squared Capital in a number of transactions, including its:
  • Formation of an equity partnership to construct the Oregon Clean Energy Center gas-fired power plant
  • Acquisitions of clean energy and cogeneration projects
  • Acquisition of a district chilling system
  • Acquisition of four hydropower plants in North Carolina from Alcoa
  • Formation of various investment platforms
• Metalmark Capital in numerous acquisitions, investments and dispositions, including Valagro, Camin Cargo Control, Hoffmaster, Tegrant, Aegis and Maxum Petroleum
• Tailwind Capital in numerous acquisitions and dispositions, including Archway Marketing, ReTrans, Lieberman Research Worldwide, Premier Fixtures, Diversified, Technical Innovation and HMT
• Syngenta in a number of transactions, including its defense of an unsolicited bid by Monsanto, technology exchange and joint venture with DuPont, and acquisition of Golden Harvest
• Citigroup in:
  • A number of transactions relating to its alternative assets management business, including its sale of Citi Venture Capital International to The Rohatyn Group
  • Its rescue transaction with Wachovia
• Lenders in connection with chapter 11 restructurings of JGW and Expro International Group
• CNOOC in its acquisition of Nexen, which was the largest overseas acquisition by a Chinese company
• ContourGlobal in a number of transactions, including its acquisition of the Vorotan hydropower complex in Armenia
• Gain Capital in a number of acquisitions and dispositions and its successful defense of an unsolicited acquisition proposal
• Indeed, Inc. in its sale to Recruit Corporation
• Transaction Committee of the Board of Directors of Quicksilver Resources in connection with a potential “going private” transaction proposed by its Chairman and CEO
• Quicksilver Resources in the disposition of Quicksilver Gas Services, a natural gas exploration and processing company, to First Reserve
• Independent Committee of the Board of Directors of GEO Group in connection with GEO's transaction with a management group and its buy-out of a majority shareholder
• Financial Partners Fund in a management buyout of Jefferson National
• Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners in its:
  • Disposition of a 50% stake in SAESA, a Chilean electric utility
  • Acquisition of a cogeneration plant and distribution system from NSTAR and entry into related operating and maintenance and joint venture arrangements with Veolia
• Hyosung in a number of transactions involving multinational acquisitions and long-term supply agreements
• GHL Acquisition Corp. (SPAC) in its acquisition of Iridium
• Sallie Mae in its proposed acquisition by an investor group led by J.C. Flowers
• Health Medical Associates in its recapitalization
• A lead investor in the acquisition of Kinder Morgan by an investor group 
• Gillette in its acquisition by Procter & Gamble
• Shire Pharmaceuticals in its acquisition of Transkaryotic Therapies
• Honeywell in its acquisition and disposition of several businesses
• Comcast in a number of transactions, including At Home restructuring, a number of cable systems acquisitions and the unwinding of Comcast’s joint venture with Insight
• J.P. Morgan in its acquisition of Microsoft employee stock options and the related tender offer
• MascoTech in its leveraged buyout by Heartland Industrial Partners
• Qwest Communications in its hostile bids for US WEST and Frontier and its merger with US WEST
• The Limited in its spinoff of Too, Inc.
• Echlin in its successful defense against a hostile bid by SPX and its merger with Dana
• Shell Oil in its joint ventures with Texaco and Saudi Aramco

Mr. Kreynin has been recognized as a leading lawyer in:

• Chambers Global
• Chambers USA
• Legal 500 U.S.