Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Brad Brasser practices corporate law, with a primary focus on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. Brad has worked on a number of debt and equity security issuances, including debt security issuances by Xcel Energy and its utility subsidiaries and health care bond issuances for the benefit of Bon Secours Health System. He has also worked on numerous M&A transactions involving public mergers and private acquisitions, including Abbott Laboratories' $6.9 billion acquisition of Knoll Pharmaceuticals, S.C. Johnson Commercial Markets' $1.6 billion acquisition of DiverseyLever, Galileo International's $3.2 billion merger with Cendant Corporation, and Great Lake REIT's $250 million merger with an affiliate of Transwestern Investment Company. He has also participated in a variety of corporate transactions, including securities, lending, and general corporate transactions.

Brad is a member of the ABA (Business Law Section), the Illinois State Bar Association, and The Chicago Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

• Capital Markets
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A
• Energy
• Energy Finance
• Energy Transactions
• Energy/Utilities

Representative Cases

• 144A Offering of Secured Debt
• 144A Offering of Secured First Mortgage Bonds
• 144A Offering of Senior Unsecured Debt
• Acquisition by Cendant
• Acquisition of BASF Pharma
• Acquisition of California Wholesale Material Supply
• Acquisition of CenterPoint Properties Trust
• Acquisition of DiverseyLever
• Acquisition of GE Global eXchange Services
• Acquisition of Livonia Group
• Chapter 11 Asbestos Case
• Disposition to Aslan Realty Partners
• Investment in Russian Alcohol
• Joint Venture
• Private Placement , (2008)
• Public Offering of Bonds
• Public Offering of Bonds
• Public Offering of Common Stock
• Public Offering of Common Stock
• Public Offering of Junior Subordinated Notes
• Public Offering of Secured Debt
• Public Offering of Secured First Mortgage Bonds
• Public Offering of Senior Notes
• Public Offering of Senior Notes
• Public Offering of Senior Notes
• Public Offering of Senior Notes
• Rights Offering
• Rule 144A Offering of Senior Notes
• Tender Offer , (2008)

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations

Bar Admissions

• Illinois

Education

• Indiana U - Bloomington (Main)

Address

77 West Wacker
Chicago, IL 60601-1692

Phones

1.312.269.4252 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.312.782.8585 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com