Russell E. Deutsch
Russell E. Deutsch
Biography
Russell E. Deutsch is a senior associate in the Firm's Capital Markets Practice. Russell advises public and private clients on registered and unregistered securities offerings, mergers & acquisitions, shareholder meetings, SEC and stock exchange reporting and disclosure requirements, and corporate governance. He regularly assists clients in negotiating, structuring, and closing complex corporate finance and capital markets transactions. He also counsels management teams, directors, and employees on their transition from private to public. In addition, Russell advises a wide variety of issuers, insiders, and investors on compliance with beneficial ownership, insider transaction, investment manager, and large trader reporting.
Experience
- Representation of Ionic Digital Inc. in raising $400 million of equity capital via a private investment in public equity (PIPE) with new institutional investors.
- Representation of CoinShares International Limited and CoinShares PLC (Nasdaq: CSHR) in their $1.2 billion business combination with Vine Hill Capital Investment Corp.
- Representation of Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. IV in its $800 million business combination with Merlin, Inc (Nasdaq: MRLN).
- USA Rare Earth, Inc. (NASDAQ: USAR) in raising $1.5 billion of equity capital via a private investment in public equity (PIPE) with new and existing institutional investors.
- Representation of Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. II in its $800 million business combination with USA Rare Earth, Inc (Nasdaq: USAR).
- Jefferies LLC as accommodating agent for Pershing Square SPARC Holdings, Ltd. in its distribution of 61.1 million subscription warrants in connection with its novel structure for an acquisition company.
- Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. I, II, III and VI in initial public offerings raising an aggregate of over $1 billion.
- Jefferies as the sole bookrunning manager for the underwritten public offering by America's Car-Mart, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRMT), an automotive retailer focused exclusively on the "Integrated Auto Sales and Finance" segment of the used car market, of 1,700,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $43.00 per share.
- Representation of Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. in its $800 million "Up-C" business combination with Intuitive Machines, Inc (Nasdaq: LUNR).
- Representation of VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings III, Inc., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Victory Park Capital, in its $4.0 billion business combination with Dave Inc.
- Representation of Ormat Technologies in its $375.0 million Rule 144A offering of senior notes.
- Representation of Ahren Acquisition Corp. in its $300.0 million initial public offering.
- Representation of Jefferies LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and UBS Securities LLC as representatives of the underwriters on Oaktree Acquisition Corp. III Life Sciences' $192.0 million initial public offering.
- Representation of Oaktree Capital Management in its $50.0 million investment into Pinstripes Holdings, Inc.
- Representation of Credit Suisse (USA) LLC as sole placement agent in the United States, in the private placement of A$98 million in newly issued ordinary shares of Tamboran Resources Limited.
New York
District of Columbia
JD
Duke University School of Law
LLM
Duke University School of Law
BA
Northwestern University
English
