Joel T. May

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Joel May is co-chair of the Firm's corporate governance area, with more than 25 years of experience representing clients and their boards of directors in a broad range of financing and corporate transactions, as well as corporate governance, shareholder activism, proxy fights, and securities compliance matters. Joel has represented clients in domestic and international financing and corporate transactions in the manufacturing, consumer products, chemical products, real estate, e-commerce, telecommunications, and information management industries; these transactions include public equity and debt offerings; initial public offerings (IPOs); special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) and private investment in public equity (PIPE) transactions; Rule 144A high yield offerings; reorganizations, restructurings, and recapitalizations; and other M&A transactions.

Joel joined the Atlanta Office in 2012 after spending the first part of his career in Jones Day's Chicago Office. He currently serves as the administrative partner for Atlanta.

Joel's notable clients include Aaron's, Asbury Automotive Group, Bunge Ltd., Corpay, Flowers Foods, Forward Air Corporation, HanesBrands, Helios Technologies, Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings, Milliken, Newell Brands, Nutrien, PureCycle Technologies, Rayonier, Roper Technologies, Southern Company, and VSE Corporation.

Recognized as a leading lawyer by The Legal 500 United States, Joel is a member of the American Bar Association and the State Bar of Georgia.

He serves on the board of directors of Make-A-Wish® Georgia.

Expérience

  • Roper Technologies carves out Indicor stakeJones Day advised Roper Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROP) in connection with matters related to its minority stake in Indicor, LLC, a diversified industrial solutions company, related to the approximately $5 billion all-cash sale of Indicor Instrumentation to AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME).
  • Bunge Limited Finance completes $600 million public offering of Senior NotesJones Day represented Bunge Limited Finance Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bunge Global SA (NYSE: BG), in connection with a public offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of 5.000% Senior Notes due 2031.
  • Newell Brands completes $600 million Senior Notes offeringJones Day represented Newell Brands Inc. (NASDAQ:NWL) in connection with a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of 6.250% Senior Notes due 2031.
  • Cloud Capital establishes core joint venture strategy seeded with over $6 billion of assets with Realty Income and a global institutional investorJones Day represented Cloud Capital Advisors in the establishment of a programmatic joint venture with Realty Income Corporation and a global institutional investor focused on stabilized hyperscale assets leased to investment-grade tenants on long duration, triple-net leases in the United States, with intention to expand into Europe.
  • PureCycle Technologies completes $432.5 million public offering of Common Stock and 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2032Jones Day represented PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCT) in connection with concurrent underwritten public offerings of (i) $250 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2032 (the “notes” and, such offering, the “Notes Offering”) and (ii) 17,570,200 shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Stock Offering” and, together with the Notes Offering, the “Offerings”).
  • Howard Hughes Holdings finances $2.1 billion acquisition of Vantage Group HoldingsJones Day advised the financing committee of the Board of Directors of Howard Hughes Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HHH) on the equity financing for the acquisition of specialty insurance and reinsurance company, Vantage Group Holdings Ltd., for approximately $2.1 billion.
  • Nutrien completes $1 billion Senior Notes offeringJones Day represented Nutrien Ltd. in connection with a public offering of US$1 billion of Senior Notes, consisting of (i) US$500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.850% Senior Notes due 2031 and (ii) US$500 million aggregate principal amount of 5.350% Senior Notes due 2036.
  • VSE Corporation acquires Precision Aviation Group for $2.025 billionJones Day advised VSE Corporation in the $2.025 billion acquisition of Precision Aviation Group, Inc., a best-in-class global provider of aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services, distribution, and supply chain solutions serving commercial, business and general aviation, rotorcraft, and defense end markets, from GenNx360 Capital Partners.
  • Bunge Limited Finance completes $1.2 billion public offering of Senior NotesJones Day represented Bunge Limited Finance Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bunge Global SA (NYSE: BG), in connection with a public offering of $1.2 billion of Senior Notes, consisting of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.800% Senior Notes due 2033 and $700 million aggregate principal amount of 5.150% Senior Notes due 2036.
  • VSE Corporation completes $1.3 billion public offering of Common Stock and tangible equity unitsJones Day represented VSE Corporation (NASDAQ: VSEC) in connection with concurrent underwritten public offerings of (1) 3,989,362 shares of VSE's Common Stock at a price of $188.00 per share (before underwriting discounts and commissions) and (2) 8,000,000 5.750% tangible equity units, each with a stated value of $50.00 (before underwriting discounts and commissions) (collectively, the "Offerings").
  • VSE acquires Aero 3Jones Day advised VSE Corporation in the $350 million acquisition of GenNx/AeroRepair IntermediateCo Inc., the parent company of Aero 3, Inc., a portfolio company of GenNx360 Capital Partners and a diversified global Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) service provider and distributor supporting the commercial wheel and brake aftermarket.
  • Corpay agrees to $300 million minority investment by Mastercard in its cross-border businessJones Day represented Corpay, Inc. (NYSE: CPAY) in connection with a $300 million minority investment by Mastercard in Corpay’s cross-border business.
  • HanesBrands and Gildan agree to combine to create a global basic apparel leaderJones Day advised Hanesbrands Inc. in the $2.2 billion acquisition of Hanesbrands by Gildan Activewear Inc.
  • Innventure enters into securities purchase agreement with YA II PN, Ltd.Jones Day represented Innventure, Inc. (the "Company") in connection with its entry into a securities purchase agreement with YA II PN, Ltd., providing for the issuance and sale by the Company of up to $15 million of Convertible Debentures in a private placement.
  • Corpay acquires Alpha GroupJones Day advised Corpay, Inc. (NYSE: CPAY) in the acquisition of Alpha Group International plc (LSE: ALPH).
  • VSE Corporation completes $400 million public offering of Common StockJones Day represented VSE Corporation (NASDAQ: VSEC) in connection with an underwritten public offering of 2,352,941 shares of VSE's Common Stock at a price of $170.00 per share (before underwriting discounts and commissions).
  • Corpay and TPG close AvidXchange acquisitionJones Day acted as Antitrust counsel to Corpay, Inc. in the $2.2 billion take-private transaction with TPG for AvidXchange Holdings, Inc., in which Corpay invested approximately $550 million for a 34% equity stake in the company.
  • restor3d announces strategic investment partnership with Partners GroupJones Day advised restor3d, Inc. in its strategic investment partnership with Partners Group, one of the largest firms in the global private markets industry.
  • Roper Technologies completes $2 billion public offering of Senior NotesJones Day represented Roper Technologies, Inc. in connection with its $2 billion public offering of Senior Notes, consisting of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.250% Senior Notes due 2028, $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.450% Senior Notes due 2030, and $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.100% Senior Notes due 2035.
  • Bunge Limited Finance completes $1.3 billion public offering of Senior NotesJones Day represented Bunge Limited Finance Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bunge Global SA (NYSE: BG), in connection with a public offering of $1.3 billion of Senior Notes, consisting of $650 million aggregate principal amount of 4.550% Senior Notes due 2030 and $650 million aggregate principal amount of 5.150% Senior Notes due 2035.
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