Braden McCurrach

Braden McCurrach advises clients on a wide range of transactional matters, including complex business combinations, acquisitions, divestitures, corporate carve-outs, joint ventures, spin-offs, tender offers, and public and private securities offerings. Braden also advises clients on transactions involving distressed companies and assets, including mergers, acquisitions, investments and financings, as well as restructurings. Braden's practice spans multiple industries, including manufacturing, shipping, aviation, mortgage origination and servicing, media, technology, life sciences, and pharmaceuticals.

Prior to joining Jones Day in 2023, Braden was a partner at an international law firm where his recent M&A experience includes advising: a publicly traded medical device company in numerous acquisitions and dispositions; a creditor consortium in connection with the acquisition of an aircraft manufacturer through a Bankruptcy Code Section 363 asset sale; an automotive parts manufacturer in the sale of its global roof systems design and assembly business; a leading fund in its agreement to acquire, for $2.3 billion, a global financial services technology company; and an investment group in the sale of a global media brand.

In addition, Braden regularly advises officers and boards of directors on corporate governance, activist defense matters, proxy contests, and other shareholder engagement matters. He has helped clients respond to situations involving the most prominent activist investors. Braden also represents top investment banks in their capacity as financial advisors in M&A transactions.