Robert M. Hayward, P.C.

Investment Grade Debt Offerings – $230 billion +

• Counsel to The Boeing Company, Kellogg Company, Whirlpool Corporation, Deere & Co. and John Deere Capital Corporation in offerings of investment grade senior notes
• Led The Boeing Company’s May 2020 senior notes offering of $25 billion spread across seven maturities, which is the largest non-M&A bond offering of all time, the sixth-largest overall and the largest of 2020
• Bob led integrated and cross-disciplined capital markets and ESG teams to help shape a growing green, social and sustainability bond market, including the inaugural sustainability bonds for Kellogg Co., Whirlpool Corp. and John Deere

High Yield Debt Offerings – $75 billion +

• Counsel to Ryan Specialty Group, Biomet, Inc., IPL Plastics, Carvana Co., Nuveen Investments, Inc., Express, Inc., Chemtura Corp., Springs Window Fashions, Joy Global, Inc., Material Sciences Corp., SITEL Worldwide Corporation, Aspect Software, Inc., Atrium Windows in offerings of senior, senior toggle and senior subordinated notes pursuant to Rule 144A

IPOs, Follow-On Offerings and De-SPACs – $80 billion +

• Counsel to Carvana Co., Ryan Specialty Group, Maravai LifeSciences, Ping Identity Holding Corp., Oak Street Health, PowerSchool, JAMF Software, OzForex Group Limited, U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc., Cushman & Wakefield plc, InnovAge, Allvue, Integrated Ad Science, Express, Inc., Datto Holding Corp., Ichor Holdings Ltd., GoodRx Holdings, Inc., Intermedia Communications, TransFirst Holdings Corp., Footprint, Wynn Interactive, RedWire, LiveVox, Beauty Health Co., Flagstone Foods, Cinemark Holdings, Inc., Packaging Corporation of America, CapitalSource Inc., Premium Standard Farms, Inc., BlackLine, Inc., Werner Enterprises, Wynn Resorts, Coach, Inc., Infineon Technologies AG, Vital Therapies, Inc., CelluTissue Holdings, Inc., Hypercom Corp., RE/MAX Holdngs, Inc., Akebia Therapeutics Inc., Tokai Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and/or their private equity sponsor in IPOs and follow-on and rights offerings of common stock

M&A, Spin-Offs, Joint Ventures and Activism Defense – $200 billion +

• Counsel to The Boeing Company (NYSE), Biomet, Inc. (Nasdaq), Tenneco Inc. (NYSE), Deere & Co., Adolph Coors Company (NYSE), Wynn Resorts (NYSE), Ingevity Corp. (NYSE), Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE), Walgreen Co. (NYSE), Kellogg Company (NYSE), PayPay Inc. (Nasdaq), Net2Phone, Inc. (Nasdaq), DexOne Corporation (NYSE), Chemtura Corp. (NYSE), Epiq Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq), LiveVox, Inc. (Nasdaq), Beauty Health Co. (Nasdaq), R1 RCM Inc. (Nasdaq), U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. (NYSE), Berliner Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq), Argosy Education Group (Nasdaq), Nuveen Investments, Inc. (NYSE), Packaging Corporation of America (NYSE), Meritage Corporation (NYSE), Net2Phone, Inc. (Nasdaq), Del Web Corporation (NYSE), MicroAge, Inc. (Nasdaq), CardConnect, Material Sciences Corp. (NYSE), TransFirst Holdings Corp. (NYSE), Huntway Refining Company (NYSE) and UbiquiTel, Inc. (Nasdaq) with respect to numerous acquisitions, dispositions, carve-outs, spin-offs and mergers-of-equals
• Led Kellogg Company (NYSE) in its separation into two independent, publicly traded companies, Kellanova and WK Kellogg Co. (October 2023)
• Counsel to numerous NYSE and Nasdaq companies across industries in undisclosed shareholder activism and hostile takeover response and preparedness matters. Also counsel to Tenneco Inc. (NYSE) in its 2018 agreement with Ichan Enterprises L.P., Tenneco Inc. (NYSE) in its 2020 settlement with Protean Services LLC and Daniel A. Ninivaggi regarding the composition of the Tenneco board, and Epiq Systems Inc. (Nasdaq) in connection with two separate proxy contests (2014 and 2016)
• Counsel to Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE) in its joint venture transaction with SABMiller plc to form MillerCoors LLC
• Counsel to Vista Equity Partners, Golden Gate Capital, Francisco Partners, Weston Presidio, Madison Dearborn Partners, Thomas H. Lee Partners, Summit Partners, Water Street Healthcare Partners and Linden Capital Partners in numerous private acquisitions and dispositions

PIPEs and Related Investments – $20 billion +

• Counsel to companies and private equity sponsors with respect to PIPEs and related investments into Root Inc., Zales Corp., Ann, Inc., Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc., R1 RCM Inc., Reliance Jio Platforms, Net2Phone Inc., Albireo Pharma, Inc., Edge Therapeutics, Inc., Aksys Ltd., Aerpio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Aileron Therapeutics Inc.

Packaging Corporation of America (NYSE: PKG), Interim General Counsel (2003–2006)

Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P., Associate (1997–2000)