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On Dec. 24, Jenner & Block advised its client Cizzle Brands Corporation in connection with the credit facility executed in the completion of its acquisition of Flow Water Inc. from RI Flow Sub LLC. Cizzle Brands is a Toronto-based sports nutrition company that is elevating the game in health and wellness.

Jenner & Block served as lead counsel to Chapter 11 Trustee, Claudia Z. Springer, Principal of Novo Advisors (Novo), in the bankruptcy cases of Epic! Creations, Inc., Neuron Fuel, Inc., and Tangible Play, Inc. Working closely with Novo as the Trustee’s financial advisor, Jenner as main counsel, and a number of other teams, Springer led the Novo team to restore employee confidence, fill gaps in the management team, and ultimately successfully sell the business for more than $97 million in just ov

Lawdragon has named eight Jenner & Block partners to its 2026 “500 Leading Dealmakers in America” list. The award honors lawyers who “shake the world with the deals they make happen” and whose “mere presence can make or break a deal.”

On July 7, Jenner & Block advised its client Ceres Global Ag Corp. in completing its sale to Bartlett Grain Company LLC, a Savage company. Bartlett’s integration of Ceres is focused on long-term growth; leveraging the combined team’s deep agricultural expertise and shared values around service, integrity, and operational excellence.

On May 20, Jenner & Block advised its client Ceres Global Ag Corp. in entering into an arrangement agreement for Ceres to be acquired via an all-cash transaction by a newly formed entity controlled by Bartlett Grain Company, LLC— part of the Savage family of companies focused on the acquisition, storage, transportation, processing, and merchandising of grain. Ceres and its subsidiaries connect farmers to customers around the world and add value across agricultural, energy, and industrial supply

A Jenner & Block team advised Saothair Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in middle-market manufacturing and industrial companies, in their acquisition of a majority equity stake in Pioneer Window Holdings, Inc (“Pioneer”) through a newly-formed affiliate.

Join us for the return of The Realty Rendezvous! On November 19th, we will gather leaders in the real estate and hospitality industry to discuss trends and hot topics impacting our clients, including the potential impact of the 2024 election. If you are able to join in person, we hope you will stay for a networking reception following the programming.

In honor of American Bar Association's US Pro Bono Week, Jenner & Block is celebrating and shining a spotlight on the impactful work our lawyers do to help preserve and strengthen the communities we serve. Earlier this year, the firm, an international leader in pro bono service, surpassed its five-year commitment of providing $250 million in free legal services to those in need of access to justice—a year and a half ahead of schedule.

Partners Annie Kastanek, Anna Meresidis, and Megan Poetzel have been selected as “2024 Notable Women in Law” by Crain’s Chicago Business. This special feature celebrates women lawyers for “steering multibillion-dollar deals, earning high-dollar awards and securing outcomes that can't be measured in money.” 

A free new service is available for Chicagoans in need of social and health services. Jenner & Block’s pro bono partnership with United Way of Metro Chicago, including Andrew Vail’s role as pro bono General Counsel, assisted United Way’s collaboration and partnership with the City of Chicago and Cook County to bring 211 Metro Chicago to Chicagoland.

In a high-profile transaction that received coverage around the US, Albertsons and Kroger announced last week that the supermarket chains would merge into a combined company with an expanded customer reach of about 85 million households. Valued at $25 billion, the deal is one of the largest this year. It is expected to close in early 2024.

Diverse, Cross-Office Elevations Bolster Key Groups

Jenner & Block advised Albertsons Companies, one of the nation’s largest food and drug retailers, in its amendment and restatement of its existing $4 billion asset-based revolving credit facility. The credit facility is secured by substantially all of the assets of Albertsons Companies and approximately 190 of its subsidiaries. The team was led by Corporate Finance Partner Anna Meresidis, with significant involvement by Corporate Associates Sharon K. Moraes, Solana Gillis, and Tyler G. Westrich.

Jenner & Block represented Synalloy Corporation in its acquisition of DanChem for $33 million. Synalloy is an industrials company focused on the production and distribution of piping, tubing, and specialty chemicals. DanChem is a leading, full-service specialty chemicals contract manufacturing organization with three production plants located on an owned 55-acre campus in Danville, Virginia. The DanChem facility is particularly unique, boasting the largest fleet of horizontal reactors in the ind

For the successful refinancing of Arandell Holdings, Inc., a Jenner & Block team will receive the Turnaround Award for Refinancing of the Year (Under $100 Million) at The M&A Advisor’s 15th annual ceremony. The award recognizes those “that reached the pinnacle of the distressed investing, bankruptcy, and restructuring industry over the past year.” The team receiving the award includes Corporate Finance Partner Anna Meresidis, Corporate Partner Peter H. Rosenbaum, and Vincent E. Lazar, co-ch

NEW YORK – MARCH 16, 2021 – Jenner & Block today launched an expanded international Financial Services Litigation (FSL) practice to represent clients in high-stakes litigation, arbitration, contentious restructurings, monitorships, and criminal and regulatory proceedings.  As one of the few top-tier law firms able to work adversely to many major financial institutions, Jenner & Block is well positioned to represent clients in financial services and financial products litigation arising from vo

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, claims for unemployment insurance benefits have surged. However, alongside genuine claims filed with the joint state-federal Unemployment Insurance (UI) program and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, fraudulent claims for unemployment benefits have skyrocketed. Companies throughout the United States have reported an unusual uptick in their receipt of fraudulent unemployment benefits forms or notices of claims for unemployment ben

Jenner & Block Partner Anna Meresidis moderated a panel of economic industry leaders at the firm’s 15th annual “Battle of Economic Experts” panel discussion. The group shared their perspectives on the economic outlook for 2021; post-election financial planning and investment strategies; pertinent issues related to the US and global economy; an analysis on upcoming M&A activity; and how the pandemic has affected (and will continue to affect) businesses around the world. Ms. Meresidis is an experi

On June 8, 2020—shortly after announcing the program was set to launch—the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (Federal Reserve) announced material changes to some of the key terms for the “Main Street” lending program.[1]  As of June 15, 2020, months after it was first announced, the program is finally operational.

UPDATE: The Federal Reserve Board issued substantive updates to the program on June 8, 2020, after this alert was originally published.  As a result, some of the information below no longer reflects the current terms of the program.  We will soon be posting a revised version of this alert including the relevant updates.