Profile: Robert A Profusek

Mergers and Acquisitions

Biography: Mergers and Acquisitions

Robert Profusek, head of Jones Day's M&A practice, advises substantial businesses, focusing on M&A and takeovers, restructurings, and corporate governance matters. Mr Profusek is currently a member of the boards of directors of two NYSE-listed companies. The American Lawyer named him "M&A Dealmaker of the Year" in 2005. He was featured twice in The American Lawyer's monthly "Dealmaker" column, and is included in Euromoney's Best M&A Lawyers in the World, Law Business Research's The International Who's Who of M&A Lawyers, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Law, The Best Lawyers in America, and Chambers USA. He is a regular guest commentator on CNBC, CNN, and Bloomberg TV.

Mr Profusek's representative M&A transactions include: Proctor & Gamble in the spin-off of its Folgers coffee business and numerous other transactions; Nextel Communications in its merger with Sprint, and Sprint in its acquisition of Nextel Partners; WL Ross & Co in numerous transactions, Federated Department Stores in its unsolicited takeover of RH Macy & Co; General Motors in its US automotive joint venture with Toyota; Wasserstein & Co in numerous transactions, including its acquisitions of The American Lawyer, New York Law Journal, New York Magazine, and Harry & David, and the restructurings of Burlington Industries, Dow Corning, Federated Department Stores, Horizon Natural Resources, TWA, and US Gypsum.

Mr Profusek has a BA from Cornell University and a JD, summa cum laude, from the New York University, where he was Note and Comment Editor, Law Review, and was awarded order of the coif.