Jean M. McLoughlin
Ms. McLoughlin is a member of our Corporate Department, concentrating in executive compensation and employee benefits matters. She regularly advises corporate and financial clients on the implementation of management equity programs, the negotiation of executive employment arrangements, and the securities and tax implications of such arrangements.
WORK HIGHLIGHTS
Mergers and Acquisitions Advice
- Roche on its acquisitions of Genentech, Ventana Medical Systems, Nimblegen, 454 Life Sciences and Bioveris
- Sodexho Alliance on its acquisition of Circle Company Associates, its partial acquisition of Marriott International's food services business pursuant to a reverse Morris Trust transaction and its subsequent acquisition of the remaining shares of Sodexho Marriott Services
- Pepsi in its proposed acquisition of Pepsi Bottling Group and Pepsi Americas
- Magnetar Capital in connection with a joint venture with Lehman Brothers
- Mercantile Bankshares on its sale to PNC Bank
- Avista Capital Partners on its acquisition of the Minneapolis Star Tribune
- Greenhill & Co. in connection with its investment in FCC Holdings
- Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical on the divestiture of its consumer businesses in the United States
- Frontpoint on its sale to Morgan Stanley
- Oracle on its acquisitions of PeopleSoft and Siebel
- Yahoo! on its acquisition of Inktomi
- LoudCloud on the sale of its managed services business to EDS
- HomeGrocer.com on its acquisition by Webvan Group
- Francisco Partners on its investments in UltraClean Holdings, CMAC MicroTechnology, American Microsystems and Legerity (a spinoff of the communications product division of Advanced Microsystems)
- Pharmacia & Upjohn on its merger with Monsanto
- Allegiance on a pooling merger with Cardinal Health
- Domino's Pizza on a leveraged recapitalization acquisition by Bain
Capital Markets Transactions
- Provided benefits advice on the initial public offerings of MSCI, AMI Holdings, UltraClean Holdings, Callidus Software and NpTest Holding
- Involved in the representation of Morgan Stanley in creating a transferable stock option program for Google
- Hewlett Packard in connection with the stock option backdating investigation of its subsidiary, Mercury Interactive, and Barnes & Noble in connection with a stock option investigation
- Advised Frontier Airlines with respect to employee benefit issues in its bankruptcy proceedings
- Among clients Ms. McLoughlin has advised on executive compensation, benefit and stock option issues are Oracle, MSCI, Cadence, Intuit, Novo Nordisk, BBVA, Banco Santander, Affymetrix, Smart Modular and FormFactor.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
- Partner, 2001-present
- Associate, 1994-2001
- Clerk, Hon. J. Spencer Letts, U.S. District Court, C.D. California 1992-1993
Bar Admissions
- State of New York
- State of California
Education
- B.A., Yale College, 1988, summa cum laude
- J.D., Harvard Law School, 1992, cum laude