EXPERIENCE

Claudine's recent transactions include:

• 3G Capital in its $7.1 billion acquisition of Hunter Douglas, a world market leader in window coverings and manufacturer of architectural products
• Authentic Brands Group in the approximately $220 million acquisition of the intellectual property and other assets of PVH Corp.’s Heritage Brands business
• Berkshire Partners in its:
  • investment in Mielle Organics, a Black-owned natural hair care company
  • investment in Kendra Scott Design, a fashion accessories brand
• Brookfield Asset Management and Simon Property Group, an Indiana-based retail real estate ownership, management and development company, in their acquisition of certain assets of J. C. Penney Company, Inc., in connection with J.C. Penney’s chapter 11 case
• Citigroup, in the sale of:
  • its retail banking business in Japan, including about 740,000 customer accounts, to Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
  • Citi Cards Japan, a Japan-based issuer of branded credit cards, to Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
• General Atlantic, in numerous transactions, including alongside other investors in a $1.4 billion growth investment in Sierra Space, a commercial space company
• Hexion in connection with a $425 million sale of its phenolic specialty resins business and other businesses to private equity firms Black Diamond and Investindustrial
• Itron, a provider of critical infrastructure solutions, in the proposed sale of its global gas regulator and European gas metering business to Dresser Utility Solutions, a solutions provider for utility companies
• KPS Capital Partners in numerous transactions, including in its:
  • acquisition of the porcelain enamel, glass coatings, forehearth colorants and frit-based metallurgical products businesses of Prince International Corporation, a Texas-based provider of mission-critical solutions and a portfolio company of American Securities LLC
  • approximately $2.7 billion acquisition of the Europe, Middle East and Africa food, aerosol and promotional packaging business from Crown Holdings
• The Kraft Heinz Company in the $3.2 billion sale of its natural, grated, cultured and specialty cheese businesses to Groupe Lactalis, a France-based multinational dairy products corporation
• Performance Sports Group, a developer and manufacturer of high performance sports equipment and apparel, in connection with its license from Q30 Sports, a research and development company dedicated to finding innovative solutions to the growing problem of Traumatic Brain Injury, to use its patent and technology assets in the development of products intended to address mild traumatic brain injury in sports and athletic activities
• Revlon, a leading global beauty company, and certain of its subsidiaries in their chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
• Roark Capital Group:
  • portfolio company Jimmy John’s in connection with the $850 million whole-business securitization of its franchise system, consisting of 2,600 fast-casual restaurants in the United States
  • portfolio company Orangetheory Fitness, a franchisor of HIIT studios, in a private placement of whole-business structured finance notes
  • portfolio company Primrose School Franchising Co. in its $275 million whole-business securitization
• SPARC Group, a New Jersey-based retail group, in the strategic partnership with Authentic Brands Group, a New York-based brand development, marketing and entertainment company, to become the core licensee and operating partner to Reebok
• Universal Parks & Resorts in connection with the proposed Universal Beijing Resort project which will include the Universal Beijing Theme Park, CityWalk and a Universal branded hotel
• Funds affiliated with Viking Global Investors, a Connecticut-based global investment firm, in its investment in Rockefeller Capital Management, an independent financial services firm newly formed by Rockefeller Financial Services, the New York-based parent company of Rockefeller & Co., and Gregory J. Fleming
• Wilshire in connection with its collaboration with the Financial Times including licensing the FT brand to relaunch the Wilshire 5000 as the FT Wilshire 5000

Claudine is a member of the Advisory Board of the Fashion, Arts, Media & Entertainment Law Center of Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. She was a member of the Journal of International Law and Politics and was a 1997 Paul, Weiss summer associate. Claudine has also spoken at a variety of training and educational programs on brand licensing, legal trends in fashion and emerging copyright issues.