Stephen B. Amdur

New York
  • 885 Third Avenue
  • New York, NY 10022-4834
  • USA
 
 

Stephen Amdur is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins.

Mr. Amdur has a broad-based practice, representing public and private companies, including private equity and venture capital investment funds, in connection with mergers and acquisitions, public and private financing, tender offers, joint ventures and other general corporate matters. He has represented numerous private equity firms in transactions involving US and foreign companies across a wide range of industries, including media, chemicals, energy, telecommunications and manufacturing. Mr. Amdur also advises clients with respect to matters of public international law, including governmental advisory services, bilateral investment treaties and foreign investments.

Mr. Amdur is also an active participant in the firm’s pro bono program, having served as global coordinator of the firm’s Veterans Pro Bono project and as a local coordinator of the firm’s representation of Holocaust survivors seeking reparations through the German Ghetto Work Payment Program.

 

Mr. Amdur's representative matters include:

  • Global Crossing – US$3 billion stock for stock merger with Level 3
  • Leonard Green & Partners – US$3 billion acquisition, along with TPG Capital, of J. Crew
  • Watson Pharmaceuticals – US$5.65 billion acquisition of Actavis Group
  • KKR & Co., L.P. – acquisition of Alliant Insurance Services from The Blackstone Group
  • E-Land Group – attempted acquistion of the Los Angeles Dodgers
  • Goldman Sachs & Co. – financial advisor to The Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. in its US$52 billion acquisition by InBev S.A.
  • AlpInvest Partners, The Blackstone Group, The Carlyle Group, Hellman & Friedman, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Thomas H. Lee Partners – €8.7 billion acquisition of VNU NV
  • Macquarie Infrastructure Partners - US$7.2 billion acquisition of Puget Energy by a consortium led by Macquarie Infrastructure Partners
  • Leonard Green & Partners – US$1.6 billion acquisition of Jo-Ann Stores
  • Sabre Holdings – US$5 billion take private sale to Texas Pacific Group and Silver Lake Partners
  • LS Power – numerous matters, including the acquisition of nine power plants and bonds from Dynegy Inc. in exchange for US$1.025 billion in cash and the redemption of 245 million shares of Class B Common Stock of Dynegy held by LS Power and the US$1.54 billion acquisition of portfolio of generation assets from Duke Energy North America
  • Adecco SA – US$1.289 billion acquisition of MPS Group, Inc. and acquisition of Drake Beam Morin from Compass Partners
  • JP Morgan Securities – financial advisor to Pfizer in connection with its US$3.6 billion acquisition of King Pharmaceuticals
  • CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC and PQ Corporation - US$1.515 billion sale of Niagara Holdings and PQ Corporation to The Carlyle Group
  • Odyssey Investment Partners – leveraged acquisition of Pexco LLC
  • Société Générale - minority equity investment in Rockefeller Financial Services and formation of a global alliance with its subsidiary, Rockefeller & Co., Inc.