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Of Counsel

Lawyer Overview

Kristi Drefke practices in the areas of general corporate, transactional, and securities law, with a primary focus on mergers and acquisitions. She has handled a number of acquisitions and dispositions for Bayer Corporation, The Pepsi Bottling Group, and the U.S. subsidiaries of Bongrain SA. Other recent representative transactions in which she has played a key role include the formation of Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corporation's strategic alliance with Schering-Plough Corporation, The United Company's sale of its oil and gas assets to Westport Resources Corporation, UtiliCorp United's exchange offer for the publicly held shares of Aquila, Xcel Energy's exchange offer for the publicly held shares of NRG Energy, and GenCorp's sale of Penn Racquet Sports to HTM Sport-Und Freizeitgeräte AG.

Areas of Practice

• Banking & Finance
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• Energy
• Energy Transactions
• Energy/Utilities

Representative Cases

• Acquisition of Centennial Asset Amapá Participações
• Acquisition of Interest in Conemaugh Generating Station
• Acquisition of Le Groupe Forex, Inc. by tender offer and merger
• Acquisition of Olean Bottling Works, Inc.
• Acquisition of Paper Chemicals Business
• Acquisition of Pepsi Cola Buffalo Bottling Corporation
• Acquisition of Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Charlotte, Inc.
• Acquisition of Remaining Interest in Cove Point
• Alliance with Schering-Plough
• Exchange Offer
• NRG Energy Exchange Offer
• Public Offering in Connection with Spinoff
• Sale of ChemDesign
• Sale of Cove Point
• Sale of Everest®
• Sale of Fuels Marketing Business
• Sale of South Texas Assets
• Sale of Star Oil & Gas
• Spin-off of local communications business

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Commercial Banks, Commercial Leasing, Corporate Governance, Credit Unions, Debtor/Creditor, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, International Banking, Joint Ventures, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Loan Workouts, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Public Finance, Reorganizations, Savings & Thrifts, Shareholders' Rights, State & Municipal Bonds & Financing, Trade Associations, Venture Capital

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Missouri
• Nebraska
• New York

Education

• U of Nebraska - Lincoln (Main)

Address

51 Louisiana Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001-2113

Phones

1.202.879.5432 (Business Phone)

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