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Kleinberg Kaplan completes sale of US e-cigarette company Logic to Japan Tobacco Inc.

Kleinberg Kaplan’s M&A Team of Christopher Davis, Jason Soncini and Tej Prakash, with tax assistance from James McCann, Claudio De Vellis and Neil Dubnoff, represented Logic Technology Development as it completed its sale today to Japan Tobacco Inc. Goldman Sachs was Logic’s financial advisor. 

 Logic is America’s premier e-cigarette brand, and the preeminent independent…

Firm News | July 27, 2015

Kleinberg Kaplan Represented MESA Securities, Inc. in its Acquisition by Houlihan Lokey

Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C. represented MESA Securities, Inc., a leading New York-based independent advisory firm that provides mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and other strategic advisory services, on its acquisition by Houlihan Lokey. Jonathan A. Ain led Kleinberg Kaplan’s M&A team, with assistance from Tej Prakash and tax assistance from James D. McCann…

Firm News | June 22, 2015

Victory for Kleinberg Kaplan Clients in U.S. Supreme Court

Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen attorneys David Parker and Matthew Gold are on the steering committee of the legal team that won an important victory in the United States Supreme Court for former customers of Bernard Madoff Securities. The Court denied certiorari, and would not consider a bid by a court-appointed trustee to claw back…

Firm News | June 22, 2015

Partner Christopher Davis was quoted in the May 14, 2015 ValueWalk story, “DuPont: What Does The Next Chapter Look Like?”

“It shows, I think, that management and boards that are serious about getting ahead of the curve and really emphasizing value creation and change and creative improvements and that a company can still win against even really talented and well-represented activists… “ Christopher Davis, quoted in ValueWalk Partner Christopher Davis was quoted in the May…

Firm News | May 15, 2015

Partner Christopher Davis was quoted in the May 14, 2015, Wall Street Journal story on DuPont Co’s. efforts to stop Nelson Peltz and his firm from joining the board.

The outcome “suggests that the institutional investors thought they were getting the benefits from the activist without putting Peltz on the board,” said Christopher Davis of Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen P.C., a lawyer who often works with activists. “Performance and the perception of improved future performance are much better defenses than the hurdles lawyers…

Firm News | May 14, 2015

Kleinberg Kaplan Sells Logic, the Premier U.S. E-Cigarette Business, to Japan Tobacco Inc.

Kleinberg Kaplan’s M&A Team of Christopher Davis, Jason Soncini and Tej Prakash, with tax assistance from James McCann and Neil Dubnoff, represented Logic Technology Development in its sale to Japan Tobacco Inc. Goldman Sachs was Logic’s financial advisor. Logic is America’s premier e-cigarette brand, and the preeminent independent maker of electronic cigarettes in the U.S.…

Firm News | May 1, 2015