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Nicoleta D. Lupea focuses her practice on advising clients in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, including equity and high‑yield debt offerings, and public disclosure as well as general corporate matters. Ms. Lupea also dedicates a portion of her practice to providing commercial and strategic advice to early‑stage and growth companies as well as investors in such companies.
Ms. Lupea’s corporate clients have included Ahold Delhaize, Cable One, Climeworks, H&M, IBM, INEOS, Micro Focus, Newcrest, Peugeot, Rothschild, Saint Gobain, Scientific Games, Starwood Hotels and Toll Brothers. She has also represented underwriters and initial purchasers, such as BNP Paribas, Bank of America, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, UBS and Wells Fargo, in various offerings.
Ms. Lupea’s notable M&A transactions include representing:
Ms. Lupea’s notable capital markets transactions include:
Ms. Lupea was born in Turda, Romania. She received a B.B.A. magna cum laude from Baruch College in 2010 and a J.D. cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 2014. Concurrently, Ms. Lupea received her Master in Economic Law degree from Sciences Po in Paris.
Ms. Lupea was seconded to the Paris office of Bredin Prat in 2018-2019.
Ms. Lupea joined Cravath in 2014 and was elected European counsel in 2021.
Ms. Lupea’s notable M&A transactions include representing:
Ms. Lupea’s notable capital markets transactions include:
Ms. Lupea was born in Turda, Romania. She received a B.B.A. magna cum laude from Baruch College in 2010 and a J.D. cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 2014. Concurrently, Ms. Lupea received her Master in Economic Law degree from Sciences Po in Paris.
Ms. Lupea was seconded to the Paris office of Bredin Prat in 2018-2019.
Ms. Lupea joined Cravath in 2014 and was elected European counsel in 2021.
Deals & Cases
May 15, 2023
On May 15, 2023, Newcrest Mining Limited (“Newcrest”) announced it has entered into a binding scheme implementation deed with Newmont Corporation (“Newmont”), in relation to a proposal for Newmont to acquire 100% of the issued shares in Newcrest by way of a scheme of arrangement. Under the terms of the agreement, Newcrest shareholders will be entitled to receive 0.400 Newmont shares for each Newcrest share held (“Scheme Consideration”). In addition, Newcrest will be permitted to pay a franked special dividend of up to $1.10 per share on or around the implementation of the scheme of arrangement. The Scheme Consideration which would be received by Newcrest shareholders under the proposed transaction, when aggregated with the franked special dividend, represents an implied equity value of A$26.2 billion and enterprise value for Newcrest of A$28.8 billion. Cravath is representing Newcrest as U.S. counsel in connection with the transaction.
Deals & Cases
August 26, 2022
On August 25, 2022, Micro Focus and OpenText announced that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended all-cash acquisition of the entire share capital of Micro Focus by a subsidiary of Open Text Corporation at a price of 532 pence per share, implying an enterprise value of approximately $6 billion on a fully diluted basis. Cravath is representing Micro Focus as U.S. counsel in connection with the transaction.
Nicoleta D. Lupea focuses her practice on advising clients in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, including equity and high‑yield debt offerings, and public disclosure as well as general corporate matters. Ms. Lupea also dedicates a portion of her practice to providing commercial and strategic advice to early‑stage and growth companies as well as investors in such companies.
Ms. Lupea’s corporate clients have included Ahold Delhaize, Cable One, Climeworks, H&M, IBM, INEOS, Micro Focus, Newcrest, Peugeot, Rothschild, Saint Gobain, Scientific Games, Starwood Hotels and Toll Brothers. She has also represented underwriters and initial purchasers, such as BNP Paribas, Bank of America, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, UBS and Wells Fargo, in various offerings.
Ms. Lupea’s notable M&A transactions include representing:
Ms. Lupea’s notable capital markets transactions include:
Ms. Lupea was born in Turda, Romania. She received a B.B.A. magna cum laude from Baruch College in 2010 and a J.D. cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 2014. Concurrently, Ms. Lupea received her Master in Economic Law degree from Sciences Po in Paris.
Ms. Lupea was seconded to the Paris office of Bredin Prat in 2018-2019.
Ms. Lupea joined Cravath in 2014 and was elected European counsel in 2021.
Ms. Lupea’s notable M&A transactions include representing:
Ms. Lupea’s notable capital markets transactions include:
Ms. Lupea was born in Turda, Romania. She received a B.B.A. magna cum laude from Baruch College in 2010 and a J.D. cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 2014. Concurrently, Ms. Lupea received her Master in Economic Law degree from Sciences Po in Paris.
Ms. Lupea was seconded to the Paris office of Bredin Prat in 2018-2019.
Ms. Lupea joined Cravath in 2014 and was elected European counsel in 2021.
Deals & Cases
May 15, 2023
On May 15, 2023, Newcrest Mining Limited (“Newcrest”) announced it has entered into a binding scheme implementation deed with Newmont Corporation (“Newmont”), in relation to a proposal for Newmont to acquire 100% of the issued shares in Newcrest by way of a scheme of arrangement. Under the terms of the agreement, Newcrest shareholders will be entitled to receive 0.400 Newmont shares for each Newcrest share held (“Scheme Consideration”). In addition, Newcrest will be permitted to pay a franked special dividend of up to $1.10 per share on or around the implementation of the scheme of arrangement. The Scheme Consideration which would be received by Newcrest shareholders under the proposed transaction, when aggregated with the franked special dividend, represents an implied equity value of A$26.2 billion and enterprise value for Newcrest of A$28.8 billion. Cravath is representing Newcrest as U.S. counsel in connection with the transaction.
Deals & Cases
August 26, 2022
On August 25, 2022, Micro Focus and OpenText announced that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended all-cash acquisition of the entire share capital of Micro Focus by a subsidiary of Open Text Corporation at a price of 532 pence per share, implying an enterprise value of approximately $6 billion on a fully diluted basis. Cravath is representing Micro Focus as U.S. counsel in connection with the transaction.
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