White & Case LLP - Lawyers - Matthew J. Kautz

Practice Experience

Matthew J. Kautz is a partner in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group. Mr. Kautz represents buyers and sellers in domestic and international public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, "going-private" transactions and equity co-investments. Mr. Kautz has extensive experience representing private equity firms with respect to their acquisitions and dispositions of portfolio companies. He also provides general corporate and corporate governance advice. Mr. Kautz is a 2002 recipient of a Burton Award for Legal Achievement, honoring excellence in legal writing, for the article, "Seeking Deal Certainty in Uncertain Times." He began his legal career at White & Case and is resident in the New York office.

Recent transactions include the representation of:

SSAB Svenskt Stål AB in connection with the $4.038 billion sale of its North American tubular business, IPSCO Tubulars, to Evraz Group, S.A.;
SSAB Svenskt Stål AB in connection with its acquisition of Canadian steel producer, IPSCO Inc., for approximately $7.7 billion;
Colony Capital in connection with the restructuring of Meadowlands Limited Partnership, the entity responsible for the construction of the Meadowlands Xanadu entertainment and retail complex project in Bergen County, New Jersey, which resulted in, among other things, an affiliate of Colony Capital becoming the managing general partner of such partnership;
WellPoint, Inc., the nation's leading health benefits company with approximately 28 million medical members nationwide, in its $6.5 billion acquisition of WellChoice, Inc., the largest health insurer in the state of New York and the parent company of Empire BlueCross BlueShield;
Private equity firm Quad-C Management, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of a controlling interest in NuSil Technology, a manufacturer of silicone compounds for the healthcare, aerospace, defense and photonics industries;
NUI Corporation in its sale to AGL Resources for $827 million;
Private equity firm Harvest Partners, Inc. in its acquisition of Associated Materials Incorporated, a leading manufacturer of vinyl siding and other exterior residential building products;
Royal Ahold N.V. in connection with its $3.6 billion acquisition of US Foodservice and US Foodservice's subsequent acquisition of Alliant Foodservice, Inc.;
Quad-C Management, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Heartland Automotive Services, a leading franchisee and operator of quick-lube automobile service centers, and Heartland's subsequent acquisition of a quick-lube operator with service centers in California, Washington and Arizona;
DB Capital Partners in connection with its acquisition of Kinetics Group from Vivendi; and
A large French bank in connection with several equity co-investments in private equity fund sponsored acquisitions.

Bars and Courts
New York State Bar, 1999

Education
JD, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1998
BA, Yale University, 1995

Publications
"Country Q&A—United States," PLC Cross-Border Private Equity Handbook, 2007/2008 (with John Reiss, Daniel M. Latham, Meredith Beuchaw, David A. Goldstein, Nicola Rosenstock, Andrew Oringer, Jeremy Naylor, Gerard H. Uzzi and Joseph H. Brazil)
Co-author, "The U.S. M&A Market: Crowds, Competition and Cautious Optimism," The American Lawyer Guide to Global Mergers & Acquisitions, January 2006
Co-author, "Seeking Deal Certainty in Uncertain Times," The Mergers and Acquisitions Advisor, November 2001

Languages
English

Citizenship
United States