Biography: Corporate Governance

Frederick C Lowinger is a partner in Sidley's Chicago office. He joined the firm in 1982 and became a partner in 1988. He is a member of Sidley's executive committee, the co-head of the firm's M&A and private equity practice area and the head of the Chicago office's corporate group. His principal areas of practice are mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and corporate governance.

Among the numerous M&A transactions in which Mr Lowinger has been involved, he has played a major role in the sale of First Data Corporation in a leveraged buyout by KKR, First Data's prior spin-off of Western Union and acquisitions of Concord EFS, Inc and First Financial Management Corporation, the sale of West Corporation in a leveraged buyout by TH Lee Partners and Quadrangle Group, the sale of Maverick Tube Corporation to Tenaris SA, RR Donnelley & Sons Company's merger with Moore Wallace Incorporated, Stone Container Corporation's merger with Jefferson Smurfit Corporation, Aon Corporation's acquisition of Alexander & Alexander Inc, sale of Combined Insurance Companies of America to the Ace Group of Companies and sale of Sterling Life Insurance Companies to Munich Re, Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc's merger with Misys Healthcare Systems, Sara Lee Corporation's sale of its direct selling business to Tupperware Corporation, the leveraged buy-out of Monsanto's consumer food business by an investor group led by affiliates of Pegasus Investors, LP, the sale of Bill Me Later, Inc to eBay Inc, the sale of Howard Publications, Inc to Lee Enterprises Incorporated and the sale of The Pampered Chef Ltd to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. He has also been involved in contested takeover work, having represented Exelon Corporation in its attempted acquisition of NRG Energy, Inc (ultimately abandoned), Ventana Medical Systems, Inc in its defense against the hostile tender offer of Roche Holding Ltd (and ultimate acquisition of Ventana by Roche), Midwest Air Group, Inc in its defense against the hostile exchange offer and related proxy contest of AirTran Holdings, Inc (and the subsequent acquisition of Midwest Air by TPG), Wallace Computer Services, Inc in its defense against the hostile tender offer and related proxy contest of Moore Corporation (and the later acquisition of Wallace Computer by Moore), and AT&T in its takeover of NCR Corporation. He also has significant experience representing special committees in connection with business combinations.

Mr Lowinger is included in the corporate/M&A section of The World's Leading Lawyers, published by Chambers Global, and the corporate governance section of The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, published by Law Research Ltd. He is also highly recommended for mergers and acquisitions work by Global Counsel 3000.

Mr Lowinger is the former chair of Northwestern University's Garrett Corporate and Securities Law Institute (2008-2009) and is a member of the planning committee of the Tulane Corporate Law Institute.

Mr Lowinger is a certified public accountant.

Biography: Mergers and Acquisitions

Frederick C Lowinger is a partner in Sidley's Chicago office. He joined the firm in 1982 and became a partner in 1988. He is a member of Sidley's executive committee, the co-head of the firm's M&A and private equity practice area and the head of the Chicago office's corporate group. His principal areas of practice are mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and corporate governance.

Among the numerous corporate transactions in which Mr Lowinger has been involved, he has played a major role in the sale of First Data Corporation in a leveraged buyout by KKR, First Data's prior spin-off of Western Union and acquisitions of Concord EFS Inc and First Financial Management Corporation, the sale of West Corporation in a leveraged buyout by TH Lee Partners and Quadrangle Group, the sale of Maverick Tube Corporation to Tenaris SA, RR Donnelley & Sons Company's merger with Moore Wallace Incorporated, Stone Container Corporation's merger with Jefferson Smurfit Corporation, Aon Corporation's acquisition of Alexander & Alexander Inc, sale of Combined Insurance Companies of America to the Ace Group of Companies and sale of Sterling Life Insurance Companies to Munich Re, Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc's merger with Misys Healthcare Systems, Sara Lee Corporation's sale of its direct selling business to Tupperware Corporation, the leveraged buy out of Monsanto's consumer food business by an investor group led by affiliates of Pegasus Investors LP, the sale of Bill Me Later Inc to eBay Inc, the sale of Howard Publications Inc to Lee Enterprises Incorporated; and the sale of The Pampered Chef Ltd to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. He has also been involved in contested takeover work, currently representing Exelon Corporation in its proposed acquisition of NRG Energy Inc and having represented Ventana Medical Systems Inc in its defence against the hostile tender offer of Roche Holding Ltd (and ultimate acquisition of Ventana by Roche), Midwest Air Group Inc in its defence against the hostile exchange offer and related proxy contest of AirTran Holdings Inc (and the subsequent acquisition of Midwest Air by TPG), Wallace Computer Services Inc in its defence against the hostile tender offer and related proxy contest of Moore Corporation (and the later acquisition of Wallace Computer by Moore), and AT&T in its takeover of NCR Corporation. He also has significant experience representing special committees in connection with business combinations.

Mr Lowinger is included in the corporate/M&A section of The World's Leading Lawyers, published by Chambers Global, and the corporate governance section of The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, published by Law Research Ltd. He is also highly recommended for mergers and acquisitions work by Global Counsel 3000.

Mr Lowinger is the chair of Northwestern University's Garrett Corporate and Securities Law Institute.

Mr Lowinger is a certified public accountant.