Ron Papa has over 30 years of experience counseling companies in strategic acquisitions, investments and divestitures in a diverse range of industries. He is a former co-head of Proskauer's Mergers & Acquisitions Group, the immediate past co-chair of the Corporate Department and served for three years as a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee.
Ron’s practice is concentrated on both U.S. and multi-jurisdictional transactions, involving public and private mergers and acquisitions, as well as joint ventures and other business combinations, and many types of related commercial agreements.
Ron's industry focus includes:
- Specialty chemicals, energy and other manufacturing industries, primarily for U.S., French and other European companies: Ron counsels companies in accomplishing complex international M&A transactions involving shared site arrangements, distribution and supply, transition services, tolling, licensing and technology transfer.
- Technology and consumer products: For public and private companies, Ron advises clients in their acquisitions, strategic investments, divestitures and restructurings, in transactions in which the core assets are often proprietary brands, technologies and processes.
- Financial services, consulting and other service industries: Ron handles buyouts, strategic alliances and other transactions in industries in which data, information management and human capital are the core assets.
Education
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Cornell Law School, J.D.
cum laude
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, B.S.
(Physics, Mathematics)
cum laude
Admissions & Qualifications
- New York
Clerkships
- Supreme Court of New Jersey, Morristown, NJ - Hon. Stewart G. Pollock
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, New Jersey
- U.S. District Court, New York, Eastern District
- U.S. District Court, New York, Southern District
Awards & Recognition
Acritas Star Lawyer 2020-2021
Chambers USA: New York; Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded: Recognized Practitioner 2017
Chambers USA: New York: Corporate M&A: Highly Regarded 2006-2016
New York Super Lawyers 2010-2022
Best Lawyers in America 2005-2012, 2014-2023
The Legal 500 United States: Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts: Large Deals 2007-2008, 2012-2020
Matters
Representative transactions on which Ron played a lead role include:
- Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE: CHD), a leading consumer packaged goods and specialty products company, in its acquisitions of:
- Water Pik, Inc., a market leader in water-jet technology
- Viviscal Limited, an Irish hair product company, and its U.S. subsidiary, Lifes2Good, Inc.
- Avid Health, the leader in gummy form vitamins and supplements
- Certain women health care brands from Lil’ Drug Store Products, Inc.
- Varied Industries Corp., a manufacturer and seller of feed ingredients for dairy cows, beef cattle, poultry and other livestock
- Arkema, a diversified French chemicals manufacturer, in the sale of its global organotin and organophosphine-based polymer stabilizers, catalysts and fine chemicals business to U.S.-based PMC Organometallix, Inc.
- Arkema in its acquisition of the North American acrylic monomer and specialty latex assets from The Dow Chemical Compnay
- IHS Market (NASDAQ: INFO), a global financial information services company, in its:
- acquisition of Compliance Technologies International, a tax compliance and reporting services vendor
- acquisition of Wall Street On Demand, a website and application developer for the financial services industry
- joint venture with Genpact Limited, a global leader in transforming and running business processes and operations, to create KYC Services