Devon Pope is an associate in Hughes Hubbard’s New York office in the Corporate department. Devon has a broad range of experience representing clients in stock and asset purchases, mergers, commercial contract drafting and negotiation, and general corporate governance and formation matters, including assisting non-profit entities in corporate formation.
Prior to joining Hughes Hubbard & Reed, Devon was a corporate associate at Cullen & Dykman in New York, and Day & Associates, a boutique corporate firm in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Highlighted Matters
Represented London-based Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY), the publisher of the Harry Potter series, in its acquisition of the academic imprints and associated titles of Rowman & Littlefield, its biggest acquisition to date.
Representation of Knorr-Bremse AG in its approximately €630 million acquisition of the North American conventional rail signaling business of Alstom.
Represented alternative investment firm AURELIUS in the acquisition by its portfolio company, ZIM Aircraft
Seating, of HAECO Cabin Solutions from HAECO Group.
Represented Stanadyne and its subsidiary Pure Power on their section 363 asset sale to an entity formed by Cerberus, the prepetition agent and secured lender.
Represented Diversified Aero Services, a leading global aircraft inventory solutions provider based in Miami, FL, in its 50% sale to Marubeni Corporation, including an exit of minority investor Fortress Investment Group, and relating joint venture arrangements.
Representation of Rheinmetall AG (RHM) in its pending $950 million acquisition of Loc Performance Products.
Represented of MSG Sports in connection with the combination of Counter Logic Gaming, of which MSG Sports previously owned a controlling interest, with NRG, a professional gaming and entertainment company. As a result of the transaction, MSG Sports now owns a noncontrolling equity interest in the larger, combined NRG/CLG company.
