June S. Dipchand

June Dipchand is a corporate partner concentrating in mergers and acquisitions, securities law and general corporate law matters. Ms. Dipchand advises public and private clients in connection with various U.S. and cross-border corporate transactions, including negotiated and contested acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, joint ventures, leveraged buyouts, carveouts, strategic investments, financings, restructurings, recapitalizations and reorganizations.

In addition, she has represented numerous clients with respect to a wide array of corporate law matters, including corporate governance, SEC reporting obligations and takeover preparedness. Selected representations by Ms. Dipchand include:

• Mars, Incorporated in its:
  • acquisition of VCA Inc., a national provider of companion animal veterinary care;
  • acquisition of Pet Partners, a national provider of companion animal veterinary care;
  • acquisition of BluePearl Veterinary, a national provider of companion animal specialty and emergency care;
  • acquisition of the Iams, Eukanuba and Natura pet food brands from The Procter & Gamble Company; and
• New Residential Investment Corp., a mortgage REIT, in its acquisition of all of the assets of Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. (Cayman Islands corporation);
• Verscend Technologies, Inc. in its acquisition of the commercial health insurance payer-focused products business from General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.;
• Covidien plc and its affiliates in connection with their U.S. and cross-border corporate and financing transactions undertaken to facilitate the spin-off of Mallinckrodt plc;
• Primerica, Inc. in its restructuring and initial public offering, in addition to its concurrent private placement to private equity funds controlled by Warburg Pincus LLC;
• Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. in its proposed acquisition of, and subsequent proxy contest initiated against, CBRE Realty Finance Inc. (which were ultimately terminated and settled);
• Fremont General Corporation in connection with the sale of its commercial real estate lending business and outstanding commercial real estate loan portfolio to iStar Financial Inc.;

Education:

• J.D./M.B.A., University of Toronto, 2006 (Dean’s List, Rotman School of Management)
• M.A.Sc. (Mechanical Engineering), University of Toronto, 2001
• B.Eng. (Mechanical), Technical University of Nova Scotia, 1998
• B.Sc. (Mathematics), Dalhousie University, 1995 (cum laude)

Admissions : New York