Drefke, Kristi D.

Current Employment Position(s)

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.

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
• Energy
• M&A
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• Energy Transactions
• Energy/Utilities

Representative Cases

• Aquila acquires UtiliCorp United
• Bayer acquires paper chemicals business of Cytec Industries
• Bayer AG forms strategic alliance with Schering-Plough , (2009)
• Bayer AG sells Everest
• Bayer sells ChemDesign
• Chevron to sell fuel making business in Brazil to a subsidiary of Ultrapar Participações
• Cleveland-Cliffs acquires Centennial Asset Amapá Participações for $133 million , (2009)
• Columbia Energy Group acquires Cove Point LNG
• Columbia Energy Group sells Cove Point LNG to Williams
• Pepsi Bottling Group acquires Olean Bottling Works
• Pepsi Bottling Group acquires Pepsi Cola Buffalo Bottling Corp.
• Pepsi Bottling Group acquires Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Charlotte
• PPL Global and Allegheny Energy Supply acquire interest in Conemaugh Generating Station
• The United Company sells $350 million in gas assets to Westport Resources
• The United Company sells Star Oil & Gas
• Xcel Energy purchases all outstanding public shares of NRG Energy

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

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Washington, DC 20001-2113

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